The visa bulletin for June 2024 has been made public by the US Department of State. The U.S. Department of State’s June 2024 Visa Bulletin shows no change from the May 2024 Visa Bulletin. Forms I-485, Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, will still be accepted by United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for all employment-based preference categories as shown in the Final Action Dates chart.
The visa bulletin details the immigrant numbers that will be available in June for the “Dates for Filing Applications” and “Final Action Dates,” which specify the times on which applicants for immigrant visas must submit the necessary supporting documentation to the National Visa Center.
The family-sponsored preference immigration cap for fiscal year 2024 is 226,000. There are at least 140,000 annual employment-based preference immigrants worldwide. Preference immigrants are subject to a per-country restriction equal to 7% of the total annual limits of 25,620 for family-sponsored and employment-based preference. The dependent area limit is set at 2%, which equals 7,320.
To find out when they can submit an adjustment of status (AOS) application to USCIS, individuals must consult the “Final Action Dates” charts. USCIS will post on its website the “Dates for Filing Visa Applications” in its place if it determines that there are more immigrant visas available for the fiscal year than there are known applicants for such visas.
Put another way, foreign nationals need to have a priority date that is earlier than the date listed under their country and preference category in order to apply for an AOS application.
The Visa Bulletin’s deadlines and USCIS’s validation of the applicable chart determine who is eligible to file a Form I-485 application on a monthly basis. Furthermore, the possibility of approval for a pending Form I-485 or immigrant visa application is determined by the Final Action Dates chart included in the relevant Visa Bulletin.
In the April 2024 Visa Bulletin, DOS stated that retrogression might occur and that there would be no forward movement in the deadlines for employment-based immigrant visa categories between May 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024. As a result, the majority of the employment-based categories in the June 2024 Visa Bulletin do not change.
When you are in the country, you can apply for lawful permanent resident status (often referred to as a Green Card) through the adjustment of status procedure. It is possible to obtain a Green Card without having to travel back to your place of origin in order to finish the visa application procedure.
While USCIS reports applicants seeking adjustment of status, consular personnel are required to report documentarily qualifying applications for numerically limited visas to the Department of State. To the greatest extent possible, the allocations were made according to the stated priority dates of the demands that were received by April 1st.
FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES
DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED VISA APPLICATIONS
FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES
DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA APPLICATIONS
