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The Department of State just issued the June 2023 Visa Bulletin. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
EB | All Other | CHINA | INDIA | PHILIPPINES |
EB-1 | C | 01FEB22 | 01FEB22 | C |
EB-2 | 15FEB22 | 08JUN19 | 01JAN11 | 15FEB22 |
EB-3 | 01JUN22 | 01APR19 | 15JUN12 | 01JUN22 |
Other workers | 01JAN20 | 01SEP15 | 15JUN12 | 01JAN20 |
USCIS
The USCIS is expected to use Table A: Final Action Dates chart for I-485 employment-based filings. A Beneficiary must be current on the above Table A chart to file their I-485, Adjustment of Status applications. See: USCIS Visa Bulletin Dates
MU Law Analysis
There was virtually no change between the June 2023 Visa Bulletin and the May 2023 Visa Bulletin, which is unsurprising given that the May 2023 VB was notably retrogressed, indicating that the State Department has probably allocated most of this fiscal year’s visas.
The only change on the above chart was that China EB-3 Other Workers progressed four months to September 15, 2015.
The June 2023 Visa Bulletin included a statement indicating that all India EB-3 visas have been utilized.
E. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE EMPLOYMENT-BASED THIRD PREFERENCE (EB-3) FOR INDIA
Steady number use and high demand in the EB-3 category for India will most likely necessitate retrogression of the EB-3 final action date for India as early as next month to hold number use within the maximum allowed under the FY-2023 annual limit. This situation will be continually monitored, and any necessary adjustments will be made accordingly.
MU Law is pleased to recognize that May 6th to May 12th is National Nurses Week in the United States. National Nurses Week is a weeklong celebration of the significant contributions nurses have and continue to make in America.
Nurses make up the largest part of the health care workforce, with more than four million registered nurses, almost one million licensed practical nurses, and over 300,000 nurse practitioners nationwide. While it is a large profession, there is still room for more nurses to overcome longstanding staffing shortages and meet growing demand in the future.
Every day, nurses go above and beyond to provide heroic and life-saving care. At MU we are proud to honor nurses for their amazing dedication and commitment to their patients, their patient’s families, and our nation’s most vulnerable communities.
To all the nurses who read this page, THANK YOU for all that you do!
To read more about the history of National Nurses Week, check out the American Nurses Association’s website.
USCIS announced that it has received a record 758,994 eligible registrations for the FY 2024 (March 2023) H-1B cap season. This is substantially more than the 483,927 registrations in the FY 2023 (March 2022) H-1B cap season, a 60% increase.
Here are the H-1B registrations totals for the last several fiscal years.
USCIS has notified H-1B cap lottery winners. H-1B winners have until June 30, 2023 to submit their full H-1B cap petition to the USCIS for adjudication.
The USCIS report acknowledges that there may be “misuse” of the H-1B cap registration system. At the AILA Spring Conference, USCIS said that it expects to make investigations that could lead to both civil and criminal penalties for people who fraudulently filed multiple H-1B petitions.
As has been the case since the launch of the on-line registration system in March 2020, the USCIS will continue to update the H-1B cap winners list. Additional winners may be selected in subsequent rounds until March 2024. USCIS is not expected to notify any H-1B lottery entrants of non-selection until all 85,000 H-1B cap approval notices have been issued.
