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US Visa Bulletin November 2024: The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the US State Department recently released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin. It highlights important changes to the family sponsored visa category for green card applicants, especially Indian citizens. All employment-based visa categories remain stable compared to the previous month. Notable updates have been made to the F4 visa category with respect to Indian applicants.
Important update for Indian applicants in US Visa Bulletin
In the latest bulletin, India's cutoff date for final action for the F4 visa category has been advanced by one week to March 8, 2006. This visa facilitates sponsorship of spouses, minor children, and siblings of US citizens for immigration to the US.
What is Visa Bulletin?
U.S. Visa Bulletin is released every month. This bulletin provides information on visa availability for various Green Card categories. and gives guidance to applicants on when they can proceed in their immigration journey based on the number of pending applications. The Visa Bulletin gives guidance to applicants on when they can proceed in their immigration journey based on the number of pending applications. Every month in the U.S. The State Department assesses visa availability and makes adjustments according to the number of applications in different categories.
Family Sponsored Visa Category Update
The November 2024 Visa Bulletin includes several adjustments to family sponsored visa categories for various countries, including India, Mexico, and the Philippines. The notable changes for Indian applicants in the family category are as follows-
F4 Category: The date of final action has been extended by one week to March 8, 2006 and the date of filing has been extended by 1.5 months to August 1, 2006.
Changes are also being seen in other family categories, such as-
F1 category (related to unmarried sons and daughters of US citizens): Mexico moved forward by 1 year and 10 months to November 22, 2004, while no change was made for the Philippines and other territories.
F2A category (related to spouses and children of permanent residents): Mexico has been moved forward by 1.2 months to April 15, 2021, while other countries have been moved forward by 1.3 months to January 1, 2022.
F3 category (related to married sons and daughters of US citizens): Mexico's cut-off date has been advanced by two months to October 22, 2000, with minimal changes for India and other regions.
No change in employment based categories
The month of November saw no new activity in employment-based visa categories.
EB-1: For China this date is November 8, 2022 and for India this date is February 1, 2022.
EB-2: The dates for China will remain 22 March 2020 and for India 15 July 2012.
EB-3: The date for professional and skilled workers for India will remain 1 November 2012.
EB-5: The unreserved categories for China and India will remain the same.