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On March 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published
the April 2024 Visa Bulletin. The April 2024 Visa
Bulletin reflects no advances in final action dates for India and
China. Specifically, the priority dates are as follows:
- EB-5 Unreserved categories (Pre-RIA): C5, T5, I5 and R5
(cases filed prior to the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022
enacted on March 15, 2022):
- China: remains December 15, 2015;
- India: remains December 1, 2020; and
- All Other Countries, including Mexico and Philippines remain
current.
- EB-5 Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure remain
current for all countries.
As a background, the DOS Visa Bulletin summarizes the
availability of immigrant numbers and releases Dates for Filing
Applications and Final Action Dates charts monthly. U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirms which chart
applicants must use for purposes of filing their Adjustment of
Status Application. For April 2024, USCIS confirmed that all employment-based
preference categories must use the Final Action Dates chart.
The chart below published in the April 2024 Visa Bulletin shows
the final action dates for the EB-5 employment-based cases. The
priority date is the date of filing of Form I-526 and final action
date noted as “C” indicates that the priority date is
current, which means the immigrant visa number is available
immediately. Individuals with a priority date that is before the
published priority date and with the priority date indicated as
“current” may file an Adjustment of Status
application.
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