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U.S. State Department Visa Bulletin - September 2023

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Official U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin for September 2023: priority-date cut-offs and final action dates for employment-based immigrant visa...

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About this document

A September 2023 U.S. State Department Visa Bulletin that lists immigrant visa availability for family, employment, and diversity categories. It explains final action dates and filing dates, gives FY-2023 numerical limits, and shows category cutoffs by chargeability area, including DV-2023 and DV-2024 timing and results.

Key points

  • Explains how final action dates and filing dates are used for visa issuance and adjustment of status.
  • States FY-2023 limits: 226,000 family-sponsored, 197,091 employment-based, 29,616 per-country, 8,462 dependent area.
  • Lists oversubscribed chargeability areas as mainland China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines.
  • Gives family final action dates for F1, F2A, F2B, F3, and F4, including Mexico-specific dates.
  • Gives family filing dates and notes that F2A is current in the filing chart.
  • Lists employment final action dates for 1st through 5th preference, including religious workers and EB-5 set-asides.
  • States DV-2023 is available in September by region/country cutoffs and ends on September 30, 2023.
  • Gives DV-2024 results, entry count, interview eligibility evidence, and October rank cutoffs.

What is inside

  1. A. Statutory numbers for preference immigrant visas
  2. A. Final action dates for family-sponsored cases
  3. B. Dates for filing family-sponsored applications
  4. A. Final action dates for employment-based cases
  5. B. Dates for filing employment-based applications
  6. B. Diversity immigrant category for September
  7. C. Diversity immigrant category rank cut-offs for October
  8. D. Diversity Visa Lottery 2024 results

When it helps

Use it as a date-and-availability reference for family-sponsored, employment-based, and DV immigrant visa processing. It also serves as documentary evidence of the monthly cutoff system, annual visa limits, and DV program timing/results.

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