October 2024 Visa Bulletin USA
“The October 2024 Visa Bulletin for the USA has not been released yet. The most recent Visa Bulletin available is for September 2024.”
You can find it on the U.S. Department of State’s website: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-for-september-2024.html.
The Visa Bulletin is typically released around the 10th of the month, so the October 2024 Visa Bulletin should be available soon. Once it is released, you will be able to find it on the same website.
Key points from the September 2024 Visa Bulletin
• Most employment-based preference category limits for FY 2024 are expected to be reached during September.
• There has been a retrogression in the EB-3 final action dates for Rest of World, Mexico, and the Philippines, as well as the EW final action dates for Rest of World and Mexico.
• The final action dates are anticipated to advance in October 2024, but the date movement will depend on worldwide demand for EB-3 and EW visas and the estimated FY-2025 category limit.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.
Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.
Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to “*Other Workers”.
Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.
Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, of which 32% are reserved as follows: 20% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a rural area; 10% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a high unemployment area; and 2% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in infrastructure projects. The remaining 68% are unreserved and are allotted for all other qualified immigrants.
Please note that the information in the September 2024 Visa Bulletin may not be applicable to October 2024. It is important to wait for the official release of the October 2024 Visa Bulletin to get the most accurate and up-to-date information.
I will update my response once the October 2024 Visa Bulletin is released.
