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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

January 2023

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for January 2023. Changes are against December 2022.

What changed from December 2022

Final Action Dates: 1 moved forward, 2 moved back

Dates for Filing: 0 moved forward, 2 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the December 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 January 2023 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 DEC 2014no change01 DEC 2014no change01 DEC 2014no change15 NOV 2000no change01 MAR 2012no change
F2ACURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
F2B22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change22 SEP 2015no change01 JUN 2001no change22 OCT 2011no change
F322 NOV 2008no change22 NOV 2008no change22 NOV 2008no change01 NOV 1997no change08 JUN 2002no change
F422 MAR 2007no change22 MAR 2007no change15 SEP 2005no change01 AUG 2000no change22 AUG 2002no change
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 FEB 2022cutoff imposed01 FEB 2022cutoff imposedCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 NOV 2022no change08 JUN 2019no change08 OCT 2011no change01 NOV 2022no change01 NOV 2022no change
EB-3CURRENTno change01 AUG 2018no change15 JUN 2012no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3 Other Workers01 JUN 2020no change22 DEC 2013+6 mo15 JUN 2012no change01 JUN 2020no change01 JUN 2020no change
EB-422 JUN 2022no change22 JUN 2022no change22 JUN 2022no change15 SEP 2020no change22 JUN 2022no change
EB-5CURRENTno change22 MAR 2015no change08 NOV 2019no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F108 AUG 2016no change08 AUG 2016no change08 AUG 2016no change01 DEC 2002no change22 APR 2015no change
F2ACURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
F2B01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2002no change01 OCT 2013no change
F308 NOV 2009no change08 NOV 2009no change08 NOV 2009no change15 JUN 2001no change08 NOV 2003no change
F415 DEC 2007no change15 DEC 2007no change22 FEB 2006no change01 APR 2001no change22 APR 2004no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JUN 2022cutoff imposed01 JUN 2022cutoff imposedCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 DEC 2022no change08 JUL 2019no change01 MAY 2012no change01 DEC 2022no change01 DEC 2022no change
EB-3CURRENTno change01 SEP 2018no change01 AUG 2012no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3 Other Workers08 SEP 2022no change01 NOV 2015no change01 AUG 2012no change08 SEP 2022no change08 SEP 2022no change
EB-422 JUL 2022no change22 JUL 2022no change22 JUL 2022no change15 OCT 2020no change22 JUL 2022no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 JAN 2016no change08 DEC 2019no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for January 2023, 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.

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