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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

December 2024

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for December 2024. Changes are against November 2024.

What changed from November 2024

Final Action Dates: 3 moved forward, 0 moved back

Dates for Filing: 0 moved forward, 0 moved back

No Dates for Filing changed from November 2024.

Compared cell by cell with the November 2024 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (75 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 2024 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F122 OCT 2015no change22 OCT 2015no change22 OCT 2015no change22 NOV 2004no change01 MAR 2012no change
F2A01 JAN 2022no change01 JAN 2022no change01 JAN 2022no change15 APR 2021no change01 JAN 2022no change
F2B01 MAY 2016no change01 MAY 2016no change01 MAY 2016no change01 JUL 2005no change22 OCT 2011no change
F315 APR 2010no change15 APR 2010no change15 APR 2010no change22 OCT 2000no change08 SEP 2002no change
F401 AUG 2007no change01 AUG 2007no change08 MAR 2006no change01 MAR 2001no change01 FEB 2004no change
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change08 NOV 2022no change01 FEB 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-215 MAR 2023no change22 MAR 2020no change01 AUG 2012+17 d15 MAR 2023no change15 MAR 2023no change
EB-315 NOV 2022no change01 APR 2020no change08 NOV 2012+7 d15 NOV 2022no change15 NOV 2022no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 DEC 2020no change01 JAN 2017no change08 NOV 2012+7 d01 DEC 2020no change01 DEC 2020no change
EB-401 JAN 2021no change01 JAN 2021no change01 JAN 2021no change01 JAN 2021no change01 JAN 2021no change
EB-5CURRENTno change15 JUL 2016no change01 JAN 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 OCT 2005no change22 APR 2015no change
F2A15 JUL 2024no change15 JUL 2024no change15 JUL 2024no change15 JUL 2024no change15 JUL 2024no change
F2B01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JUL 2006no change01 OCT 2013no change
F322 APR 2012no change22 APR 2012no change22 APR 2012no change15 JUN 2001no change08 MAY 2004no change
F401 MAR 2008no change01 MAR 2008no change01 AUG 2006no change30 APR 2001no change22 JUL 2007no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JAN 2023no change15 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 AUG 2023no change01 OCT 2020no change01 JAN 2013no change01 AUG 2023no change01 AUG 2023no change
EB-301 MAR 2023no change15 NOV 2020no change08 JUN 2013no change01 MAR 2023no change01 MAR 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers22 MAY 2021no change01 JAN 2018no change08 JUN 2013no change22 MAY 2021no change22 MAY 2021no change
EB-401 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 OCT 2016no change01 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for December 2024, 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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