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For Chinese applicants, the October 2023 Visa Bulletin is likely to bring some good news. There is a strong possibility that the priority dates for this group will move forward by a few months. This positive shift is a result of the ongoing efforts to balance the demand and supply of immigrant visas.

The 'Final Action Date' signifies when an immigrant visa number will be available for a foreign national with a current priority date that month. The visa or green card cannot be issued unless the applicant's priority date is earlier than the Final Action Date listed on the visa bulletin.

The visa bulletin is issued every month by the Department of State. It shows which green card applications can move forward, based on when the I-130 petition that starts the green card process was originally filed.

The October 2023 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State and shows some encouraging movement forward from last month, with the exception of the filing date for EB-3 worldwide, which will retrogress four months.

You have reached the front of the line when your priority date becomes "current." The U.S. Department of State publishes a monthly visa bulletin that lists the priority dates which have become current. In other words, these are the priority dates that now have an immigrant visa available to be claimed.

Why is the family Visa Bulletin stuck? The Final Action Dates (F.A.D) are not moving forward because of the significant backlog of 'documentarily complete' cases created during the Covid-19 pandemic.

DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL This will result in reduction of the DV-2023 annual limit to approximately 54,850. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.