U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
December 2022
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for December 2022. Changes are against November 2022.
What changed from November 2022
Final Action Dates: 4 moved forward, 8 moved back
- EB-3 China advanced 47 days, from 15 JUN 2018 to 01 AUG 2018.
- EB-3 India advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2012 to 15 JUN 2012.
- EB-3 Other Workers China advanced 7 months, from 01 DEC 2012 to 22 JUN 2013.
- EB-3 Other Workers India advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2012 to 15 JUN 2012.
- EB-2 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 01 NOV 2022.
- EB-2 India retrogressed 6 months, from 01 APR 2012 to 08 OCT 2011.
- EB-2 Mexico went from CURRENT to 01 NOV 2022.
- EB-2 Philippines went from CURRENT to 01 NOV 2022.
- EB-4 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 22 JUN 2022.
- EB-4 China went from CURRENT to 22 JUN 2022.
- EB-4 India went from CURRENT to 22 JUN 2022.
- EB-4 Philippines went from CURRENT to 22 JUN 2022.
Dates for Filing: 3 moved forward, 7 moved back
- EB-3 China advanced 48 days, from 15 JUL 2018 to 01 SEP 2018.
- EB-3 India advanced 31 days, from 01 JUL 2012 to 01 AUG 2012.
- EB-3 Other Workers India advanced 31 days, from 01 JUL 2012 to 01 AUG 2012.
- EB-2 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 01 DEC 2022.
- EB-2 Mexico went from CURRENT to 01 DEC 2022.
- EB-2 Philippines went from CURRENT to 01 DEC 2022.
- EB-4 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 22 JUL 2022.
- EB-4 China went from CURRENT to 22 JUL 2022.
- EB-4 India went from CURRENT to 22 JUL 2022.
- EB-4 Philippines went from CURRENT to 22 JUL 2022.
Compared cell by cell with the November 2022 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (85 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.
The December 2022 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 DEC 2014no change | 01 DEC 2014no change | 01 DEC 2014no change | 15 NOV 2000no change | 01 MAR 2012no change |
| F2A | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| F2B | 22 SEP 2015no change | 22 SEP 2015no change | 22 SEP 2015no change | 01 JUN 2001no change | 22 OCT 2011no change |
| F3 | 22 NOV 2008no change | 22 NOV 2008no change | 22 NOV 2008no change | 01 NOV 1997no change | 08 JUN 2002no change |
| F4 | 22 MAR 2007no change | 22 MAR 2007no change | 15 SEP 2005no change | 01 AUG 2000no change | 22 AUG 2002no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | 01 NOV 2022cutoff imposed | 08 JUN 2019no change | 08 OCT 2011−6 mo | 01 NOV 2022cutoff imposed | 01 NOV 2022cutoff imposed |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 AUG 2018+47 d | 15 JUN 2012+2 mo | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 JUN 2020no change | 22 JUN 2013+7 mo | 15 JUN 2012+2 mo | 01 JUN 2020no change | 01 JUN 2020no change |
| EB-4 | 22 JUN 2022cutoff imposed | 22 JUN 2022cutoff imposed | 22 JUN 2022cutoff imposed | 15 SEP 2020no change | 22 JUN 2022cutoff imposed |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 22 MAR 2015no change | 08 NOV 2019no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 08 AUG 2016no change | 08 AUG 2016no change | 08 AUG 2016no change | 01 DEC 2002no change | 22 APR 2015no change |
| F2A | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| F2B | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 JAN 2002no change | 01 OCT 2013no change |
| F3 | 08 NOV 2009no change | 08 NOV 2009no change | 08 NOV 2009no change | 15 JUN 2001no change | 08 NOV 2003no change |
| F4 | 15 DEC 2007no change | 15 DEC 2007no change | 22 FEB 2006no change | 01 APR 2001no change | 22 APR 2004no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | 01 DEC 2022cutoff imposed | 08 JUL 2019no change | 01 MAY 2012no change | 01 DEC 2022cutoff imposed | 01 DEC 2022cutoff imposed |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 SEP 2018+48 d | 01 AUG 2012+31 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 08 SEP 2022no change | 01 NOV 2015no change | 01 AUG 2012+31 d | 08 SEP 2022no change | 08 SEP 2022no change |
| EB-4 | 22 JUL 2022cutoff imposed | 22 JUL 2022cutoff imposed | 22 JUL 2022cutoff imposed | 15 OCT 2020no change | 22 JUL 2022cutoff imposed |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 01 JAN 2016no change | 08 DEC 2019no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for December 2022, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.