EB1, EB3 Categories, Among Others, Unavailable for Remainder of FY24

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has announced that several employment-based (EB) immigrant visa categories will remain unavailable for the remainder of fiscal year 2024 (FY24). A category that is unavailable is one for which all the immigrant visa numbers have been exhausted for the fiscal year, so no adjustment-of-status application (form I-485) can be approved, nor immigrant visa issued, that is filed under that category until the new fiscal year, which begins 01.Oct.2024. The categories that are now unavailable include:

• EB1
• EB3
• EB3 other workers
• EB5 unreserved (i.e., (i.e., EB5 immigrant visa numbers not set aside for rural, high unemployment, and infrastructure projects)

It is possible that other categories, including EB2, could become unavailable before the end of the fiscal year. Nevertheless, this will be temporary, with new immigrant visa numbers available in a month – at the start of fiscal year 2025.

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