State Department Releases May 2023 Visa Bulletin

NOTE:  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will use the Final Action Dates chart for the May 2023 Visa Bulletin. Please check the  USCIS website  for more information.    

Overview     

The State Department has released the  May 2023 Visa Bulletin.  USCIS will use the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based categories. The updates below reflect information for employment-based categories.    

What are the Changes?           

In May 2023, there are some changes in EB-2 and EB-3 from the April 2023 Visa Bulletin.  

EB-1          

All countries will remain unchanged from the April 2023 Visa Bulletin.  

EB-2          

All countries except for China and India will retrogress by 4 months and 15 days to Feb. 15, 2022.  

EB-3      

Mainland China will advance five months to Apr. 1, 2019. India did not advance. All other countries will retrogress by 10 months and 17 days to June 1, 2022.  

Looking Ahead             

For more information about navigating the visa bulletin, please refer to this list of  frequently asked questions, prepared in collaboration with Corporate Immigration Partners (CIP) and Global Immigration Associates (GIA).      

Envoy is pleased to provide you this information, which was prepared in collaboration with Amrita Jolly-Sodhi and Susannah Nichols, who are Managing Attorney and Partner, respectively, at Global Immigration Associates (GIA), one of the two independent U.S. law firms Envoy exclusively works with on the Envoy Platform (the “U.S. Law Firms”).