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Following the monthly publication from the US State Department about green card applications, the latest March 2024 Visa Bulletin offers an in-depth analysis of the various immigrant visas and their application dates. The chart takes you through the country-specific details about preference categories regarding visa accessibility. The Dates for Filing Visa Applications and Final Action Dates charts mark the much-needed progression of the process.
Indian Green Card applicants have been served good news despite the stagnant progression of the February bulletin; the March 2024 chart matches advancement in the EB-1 category. On the other hand, EB-2 and EB-3 are stuck in the slow-moving stage.
Foreign nationals filing for EB adjustment applications in the upcoming month must have a priority date earlier than the one mentioned under their country-specific preference category. Check out the March Visa Bulletin:
Family-Sponsored preferences:
First (F1): Includes unmarried sons + daughters of US citizens [23,400 + numbers left out by fourth preference].
Second: Spouse and children + unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents
Third (F3): Married Sons + Daughters of US Citizens – 23,400 + numbers left out by first and second preferences
Fourth (F4): Brothers and Sisters of Adult US Citizens – 65,000 + surplus numbers of first three preferences.
Also read: ‘Only 3% applicants to get green card in 2024’, study exposes faults in US laws
The Employment-based immigrant visas have been allotted preference classes according to the Section 203(b) of the INA as follows:
First: Marked as Priority Workers – 28.6% of the global employment-based preference level + left out numbers of fourth and fifth preferences.
Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees / Persons of Exceptional Ability – 28.6% of the global employment-based preference level + numbers left out by the first preference.
Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals and Other Workers – 28.6% of the global level + numbers left out by the first and second preferences, with 10,000 allotted to ‘Other Workers’.
Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants – 7.1% of the global level
Fifth: Employment Creation – 7.1% of the global level. 32% of this is reserved as: 20% for qualified immigrants investing in a rural area + 10% for qualified immigrants investing in a high unemployment area + 2% allocated to qualified immigrants in infrastructure projects. The rest 68%, are unreserved – allocated to other eligible immigrants.
Final Action Dates
Dates for filing
March 2024 US Visa Bulletin: Progress for EB-1 Indian Green Card applicants – Hindustan Times
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