US November Visa Bulletin: The US State Department assesses visa availability every month and makes adjustments according to the number of applications in different categories. The visa bulletin is released every month. The recently released visa bulletin for the month of November has made important updates in the family sponsored visa category for Indian citizens.
US Visa Bulletin November 2024: The Bureau of Consular Affairs of the US State Department has recently released the November 2024 Visa Bulletin. It highlights important changes in the family sponsored visa category for green card applicants, especially for Indian nationals. All employment-based visa categories remain stable compared to last month. Notable updates have been made to the F4 visa category with respect to Indian applicants.
Important Updates for Indian Applicants in US Visa Bulletin
In the latest bulletin, India’s final action cutoff date for the F4 visa category has been moved forward by a week to March 8, 2006. This visa facilitates sponsorship for immigration to the US to spouses, minor children and siblings of US citizens.
What is Visa Bulletin?
The US Visa Bulletin is issued every month. This bulletin informs the availability of visas for various green card categories. And guides applicants as to when they can proceed in their immigration journey based on the number of pending applications. The Visa Bulletin guides applicants as to when they can proceed in their immigration journey based on the number of pending applications. Every month the US State Department assesses visa availability and makes adjustments according to the number of applications in different categories.
Family Sponsored Visa Category Update
The Visa Bulletin for November 2024 includes several adjustments in the family-sponsored visa categories for various countries including India, Mexico and the Philippines. Notable changes for Indian applicants in the family category are as follows-
F4 Category: Final Action Date is extended by one week to March 8, 2006 and Date of Filing is extended by 1.5 months to August 1, 2006.
Other family categories are also seeing changes, such as-
F1 category (relating to unmarried sons and daughters of US citizens): Mexico has been moved forward by 1 year and 10 months to November 22, 2004, while there is no change for the Philippines and other territories.
F2a category (relating to spouses and children of permanent residents): Mexico has been moved forward by 1.2 months to April 15, 2021, while other countries have been moved forward by 1.3 months to January 1, 2022.
F3 category (relating to married sons and daughters of US citizens): Mexico’s cut-off date has been moved forward by two months to October 22, 2000, while there is minimal change for India and other territories.
No change in employment based categories
No new activity has been seen in the employment based visa categories for the month of November-
EB-1: China remains at November 8, 2022 and India remains at February 1, 2022.
EB-2: Dates for China remain at March 22, 2020 and for India at July 15, 2012.
EB-3: Professionals and Skilled Workers dates remain at November 1, 2012 for India.
EB-5: Unreserved categories for China and India remain as they are now.
