More Of The Same: December 2023 Visa Bulletin Brings Few Changes From November

Quick Hits

• The EB-2 and EB-3 Final Action Dates for China will each advance by three weeks, to October 22, 2019 (for China EB-2), and January 22, 2020 (for China EB-2), respectively.
• The EB-4 Certain Religious Workers category for all areas will become "unavailable."
• There are no changes in all remaining employment-based categories.

For December 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that the Dates for Filing chart in the December 2023 Visa Bulletin will continue to be used in determining eligibility for I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, filings. The December 2023 Visa Bulletin continues the previous month's trend of showing little to no movement across most employment-based categories. The Final Action Dates chart for employment-based categories follows below.