Visa Bulletin For September 2024

Number 93
Volume X
Washington, D.C

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A. STATUTORY NUMBERS FOR PREFERENCE IMMIGRANT VISAS

This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during September for: “Final Action Dates” and “Dates for Filing Applications,” indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.

Unless otherwise indicated on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, individuals seeking to file applications for adjustment of status with USCIS must use the “Final Action Dates” charts below for determining when they can file such applications. When USCIS determines that there are more immigrant visas available for the fiscal year than there are known applicants for such visas, USCIS will state on its website that applicants may instead use the “Dates for Filing Visa Applications” charts in this Bulletin. 

1.  Procedures for determining dates. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; USCIS reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations in the charts below were made, to the extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by August 2nd. If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The final action date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits. If it becomes necessary during the monthly allocation process to retrogress a final action date, supplemental requests for numbers will be honored only if the priority date falls within the new final action date announced in this bulletin. If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category “unavailable”, and no further requests for numbers would be honored.

2.  The fiscal year 2024 limit for family-sponsored preference immigrants determined in accordance with Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is 226,000.  The fiscal year 2024 limit for employment-based preference immigrants calculated under INA 201 is 160,791.  Section 202 prescribes that the per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 27,075 for FY-2024.  The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7,736.

3.  INA Section 203(e) provides that family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each has been filed. Section 203(d) provides that spouses and children of preference immigrants are entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration, if accompanying or following to join the principal. The visa prorating provisions of Section 202(e) apply to allocations for a foreign state or dependent area when visa issuances will exceed the per-country limit. These provisions apply at present to the following oversubscribed chargeability areas:  CHINA-mainland born, INDIA, MEXICO, and PHILIPPINES. 

4.  Section 203(a) of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of Family-sponsored immigrant visas as follows: 

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens:  23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents:  114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, plus any unused first preference numbers:

A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents:  77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents:  23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens:  23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens:  65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

A.  FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCE CASES

On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are authorized for issuance to all qualified applicants; and "U" means unauthorized, i.e., numbers are not authorized for issuance. (NOTE: Numbers are authorized for issuance only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the final action date listed below.)

Family-
Sponsored 
All Chargeability 
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 
F1 22OCT15 22OCT15 22OCT15 08MAY02 01MAR12
F2A 15NOV21 15NOV21 15NOV21 01FEB21 15NOV21
F2B 01MAY16 01MAY16 01MAY16 15JUL04 22OCT11
F3 01APR10 01APR10 01APR10 01MAR00 08SEP02
F4 01AUG07 01AUG07 22JAN06 08FEB01 01FEB04

 

For September, F2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are authorized for issuance to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 01FEB21. F2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are authorized for issuance to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO, with priority dates beginning 01FEB21 and earlier than 15NOV21. All F2A numbers provided for MEXICO are exempt from the per-country limit.

B.  DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED VISA APPLICATIONS

The chart below reflects dates for filing visa applications within a timeframe justifying immediate action in the application process. Applicants for immigrant visas who have a priority date earlier than the application date in the chart below may assemble and submit required documents to the Department of State’s National Visa Center, following receipt of notification from the National Visa Center containing detailed instructions. The application date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who cannot submit documentation to the National Visa Center for an immigrant visa. If a category is designated “current,” all applicants in the relevant category may file applications, regardless of priority date.

The “C” listing indicates that the category is current, and that applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date. The listing of a date for any category indicates that only applicants with a priority date which is earlier than the listed date may file their application.

Visit www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo for information on whether USCIS has determined that this chart can be used (in lieu of the chart in paragraph 4.A.) this month for filing applications for adjustment of status with USCIS.

Family-
Sponsored 
All Chargeability 
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 
F1 01SEP17 01SEP17 01SEP17 01APR05 22APR15
F2A 15JUN24 15JUN24 15JUN24 15JUN24 15JUN24
F2B 01JAN17 01JAN17 01JAN17 01MAY05 01OCT13
F3 01JAN11 01JAN11 01JAN11 15JUN01 08NOV03
F4 01MAR08 01MAR08 15JUN06 30APR01 01APR06

 

5.  Section 203(b) of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of Employment-based immigrant visas as follows: 

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First:  Priority Workers:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second:  Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third:  Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers:  28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "*Other Workers".

Fourth:  Certain Special Immigrants:  7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth:  Employment Creation:  7.1% of the worldwide level, of which 32% are reserved as follows: 20% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a rural area; 10% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in a high unemployment area; and 2% reserved for qualified immigrants who invest in infrastructure projects. The remaining 68% are unreserved and are allotted for all other qualified immigrants.

A.  FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCE CASES

On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are authorized for issuance to all qualified applicants; and "U" means unauthorized, i.e., numbers are not authorized for issuance. (NOTE: Numbers are authorized for issuance only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the final action date listed below.)

 

 

Employment-
based
All Chargeability 
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C 01NOV22 01FEB22  C C
2nd 15MAR23 01MAR20 15JUL12 15MAR23 15MAR23
3rd 01DEC20 01SEP20 22OCT12 01DEC20 01DEC20
Other Workers 01DEC20 01JAN17 22OCT12 01DEC20 01MAY20
4th 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21
Certain Religious Workers 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21 01JAN21
5th Unreserved
(including C5, T5, I5, R5)
C 15DEC15 01DEC20 C C
5th Set Aside:
Rural (20%)
C C C C C
5th Set Aside:
High Unemployment (10%)
C C C C C
5th Set Aside:
Infrastructure (2%)
C C C C C

 

*Employment Third Preference Other Workers Category: Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997, as amended by Section 1(e) of Pub. L. 105-139, provides that once the Employment Third Preference Other Worker (EW) cut-off date has reached the priority date of the latest EW petition approved prior to November 19, 1997, the 10,000 EW numbers available for a fiscal year are to be reduced by up to 5,000 annually beginning in the following fiscal year. This reduction is to be made for as long as necessary to offset adjustments under the NACARA program. Since the EW final action date reached November 19, 1997 during Fiscal Year 2001, the reduction in the EW annual limit to 5,000 began in Fiscal Year 2002. For Fiscal Year 2024 this reduction will be limited to 157.

B.  DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISA APPLICATIONS

The chart below reflects dates for filing visa applications within a timeframe justifying immediate action in the application process. Applicants for immigrant visas who have a priority date earlier than the application date in the chart may assemble and submit required documents to the Department of State’s National Visa Center, following receipt of notification from the National Visa Center containing detailed instructions. The application date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who cannot submit documentation to the National Visa Center for an immigrant visa. If a category is designated “current,” all applicants in the relevant category may file, regardless of priority date.

The “C” listing indicates that the category is current, and that applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date. The listing of a date for any category indicates that only applicants with a priority date which is earlier than the listed date may file their application.

Visit www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo for information on whether USCIS has determined that this chart can be used (in lieu of the chart in paragraph 5.A.) this month for filing applications for adjustment of status with USCIS. 

Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland 
born
INDIA MEXICO  PHILIPPINES 
1st C 01JAN23 08FEB22 C C
2nd 22MAR23 01JUN20 22JUL12 22MAR23 22MAR23
3rd 01FEB23 01JUL21 01NOV12 01FEB23 01JAN23
Other Workers 08JAN21 01JUN17 01NOV12 08JAN21 15MAY20
4th 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21
Certain Religious Workers 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21 01FEB21
5th Unreserved
(including C5, T5, I5, R5)
C 01JAN17 01APR22 C C
5th Set Aside:
(Rural - 20%)
C C C C C
5th Set Aside:
(High Unemployment - 10%)
C C C C C
5th Set Aside:
(Infrastructure - 2%)
C C C C C

B.  DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

Section 203(c) of the INA provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit additional immigration opportunities for persons from countries with low admissions during the previous five years.  The NACARA stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program.  Visa numbers made available to NACARA applicants in FY 2023 will result in reduction of the DV-2024 annual limit to 54,843.  Section 5104 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 amended the NACARA’s provisions on the Diversity Visa program such that the number of visas made available under the NDAA will be deducted from the 55,000 DVs annually allocated.  These amendments will not impact the number of diversity visas available until FY 2025.  DVs are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.

For September, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2024 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
 
AFRICA Current Except:  Algeria    108,500
              Egypt        57,000
              Morocco   70,000
ASIA 27,500

Except:  Iran     22,000
              Nepal  13,000

EUROPE 50,000 Except:  Russia           49,500
               Uzbekistan    17,000
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)  Current  
OCEANIA 2,700  
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
5,000  

Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for the DV-2024 program ends as of September 30, 2024. DV visas may not be issued to DV-2024 applicants after that date. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2024 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2024. DV visa availability through the very end of FY-2024 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September 30.

C.  THE DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN OCTOBER

For October, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2025 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:

Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except
Those Listed Separately
 
AFRICA 15,000 Except: Algeria    6,500
              Egypt       8,250
              Morocco  8,250
ASIA 3,000 Except:  Iran       2,950
              Nepal    2,950
EUROPE 6,000 Except:  Russia           5,950
              Uzbekistan    4,900
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)  2  
OCEANIA 500  
SOUTH AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
825  

D.  AVAILABILITY OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED VISAS DURING SEPTEMBER

There has been a steady increase in both USCIS and Department of State demand patterns for employment-based visas during the fiscal year. As a result, most employment-based preference category limits for FY 2024 are expected to be reached during September, if not sooner. If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category “unavailable”, and no further requests for numbers would be honored. 

E.  RETROTRESSION IN THE EMPLOYMENT-BASED THIRD PREFERENCE (EB-3) AND “OTHER WORKERS” (EW) CATEGORIES

As readers were informed was possible in Item D of the July 2024 and August 2024 Visa Bulletin, it has become necessary to retrogress the EB-3 final action dates for Rest of World, Mexico, and the Philippines, as well as the EW final action dates for Rest of World and Mexico.  The issuance totals in these categories are rapidly approaching the annual limit for FY-2024, necessitating this slowdown of issuance rates.  It is anticipated that the final action dates will advance in October 2024; however, date movement will depend on worldwide demand for EB-3 and EW visas and the estimated FY-2025 category limit.

F.  DIVERSITY VISA LOTTERY 2025 (DV-2025) RESULTS

The Kentucky Consular Center in Williamsburg, Kentucky has registered and notified the selectees who are eligible to participate in the DV-2025 Diversity Visa (DV) program.  Random selection of DV participants was conducted under the terms of section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which makes up to *55,000 permanent resident visas available annually to persons from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States.  Approximately 131,060 prospective applicants (i.e., selectees and their spouses and children) have been registered, can confirm their selection, and may be eligible to make an application for an immigrant visa. Since selection is random and blind to the number of family members who might immigrate with the selectee, and it is likely that some of the selectees will not complete their cases or will be found ineligible for a visa, this larger figure should ensure that all DV-2025 numbers can be used during fiscal year 2025 (FY25: October 1, 2024, until September 30, 2025).

Entrants registered for the DV-2025 program were selected at random from 19,927,656 qualified entries received during the 35-day application period that ran from noon, Eastern Daylight Time on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, until noon, Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.  The visas will be apportioned among the six geographic regions to ensure a maximum of seven percent are issued to persons chargeable to any single country.  During the visa interview, principal applicants must provide proof of a high school education or its equivalent, or two years of work experience in an occupation that requires at least two years of training or experience within the past five years.  Those selected will need to act on their immigrant visa applications quickly.  Applicants should follow the instructions in their notification letter and must fully complete all required steps.

Selectees who are physically present with legal status in the United States may apply to adjust their status by first contacting the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for information on the requirements and procedures.  Once the total *55,000 visa numbers have been used, the program for fiscal year 2025 will end.  Selectees who do not receive visas or status by September 30, 2025, will derive no further benefit from their DV-2025 registration.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2025 principal applicants are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2025.

Dates for the DV-2026 program registration period will be widely publicized in the coming months.  Those interested in entering the DV-2026 program should check the Department of State’s Diversity Visa web page in the coming months.

*The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulated that up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas be made available for use under the NACARA program.  This will result in reduction of the DV-2025 annual limit to approximately 54,850.  Additionally, Section 5104 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 amended the NACARA’s provisions on the Diversity Visa program such that the number of visas made available under the NDAA will also be deducted from the 55,000 DVs annually allocated.  This will result in an additional reduction of the DV-2025 annual limit to approximately 51,350.

The following is the statistical breakdown by foreign state of chargeability of those registered for the DV-2025 program:

AFRICA

ALGERIA  5,526

ESWATINI  6

NAMIBIA 5

ANGOLA  738

ETHIOPIA  3,674

NIGER  70

BENIN  1,032

GABON  81

RWANDA  1,385

BOTSWANA  7

GAMBIA, THE  159

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE  3

BURKINA FASO 262

GHANA  2,686

SENEGAL  656

BURUNDI  773

GUINEA  1,291

SIERRA LEONE  957

CABO VERDE  52

GUINEA-BISSAU  12

SOMALIA  966

CAMEROON  3,962

KENYA  4,459

SOUTH AFRICA  163

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC  29

LESOTHO  10

SOUTH SUDAN  32

CHAD  419

LIBERIA  2,004

SUDAN  5,505

COMOROS  4

LIBYA  192

TANZANIA  371

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE  2,729

MADAGASCAR  35

TOGO  2,287

CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE  513

MALAWI  61

TUNISIA  96

COTE D’IVOIRE  883

MALI  167

UGANDA  1,061

DJIBOUTI  132

MAURITANIA  228

ZAMBIA  118

EGYPT  5,515

MAURITIUS  2

ZIMBABWE  210

EQUATORIAL GUINEA  24

MOROCCO  4,237

 

ERITREA  142

MOZAMBIQUE  11

 

 

 

 

ASIA

 

 

AFGHANISTAN  4,009

JORDAN  775

SAUDI ARABIA  420

BAHRAIN  4

KOREA, NORTH  1

SINGAPORE  11

BHUTAN  269

KUWAIT  105

SRI LANKA 1,618

BURMA  1,723

LAOS  63

SYRIA  431

CAMBODIA  457

LEBANON  115

TAIWAN  227

INDONESIA  193

MALAYSIA  34

THAILAND  405

IRAN  5,267

MONGOLIA  174

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES  153

IRAQ  667

NEPAL  3,861

YEMEN  1,894

ISRAEL  104

OMAN  13

 

JAPAN  149

QATAR  56

 

 

 

 

EUROPE

 

 

ALBANIA  1,598

GEORGIA 1,342

NORTH MACEDONIA  188

ANDORRA  3

GERMANY 479

NORTHERN IRELAND  6

ARMENIA  2,971

GREECE  37

NORWAY  7

AUSTRIA  51

HUNGARY  97

POLAND  309

AZERBAIJAN  1,730

ICELAND  5

PORTUGAL  38

BELARUS  1,577

IRELAND  29

  Macau  6

BELGIUM  49

ITALY  263

ROMANIA  199

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  35

KAZAKHSTAN  2,004

RUSSIA  5,519

BULGARIA  107

KOSOVO  260

SERBIA  154

CROATIA  7

KYRGYZSTAN  3,095

SLOVAKIA 26

CYPRUS  14

LATVIA  43

SLOVENIA  3

CZECH REPUBLIC  28

LIECHTENSTEIN  1

SPAIN  142

DENMARK  28

LITHUANIA  89

SWEDEN  49

  Faroe Islands  1

LUXEMBOURG  4

SWITZERLAND  42

  Greenland  1

MALTA  3

TAJIKISTAN  2,982

ESTONIA  23

MOLDOVA  1,413

TURKEY  4,194

FINLAND  18

MONTENEGRO  38

TURKMENISTAN  2,010

FRANCE  275

NETHERLANDS  34

UKRAINE  4,002

  French Polynesia  2

  Aruba  1

UZBEKISTAN 5,564

  Saint Barthelemy  2

 

 

 

 

 

NORTH AMERICA

 

 

BAHAMAS, THE  19

 

 

 

 

 

OCEANIA

 

 

AUSTRALIA  894

NAURU  17

SAMOA  16

  Christmas Island  1

NEW ZEALAND  302

SOLOMON ISLANDS  15

  Cocos (Keeling) Islands  53

  Tokelau  15

TONGA  266

COOK ISLANDS 27

NIUE  1

TUVALU  4

FIJI  2,359

PAPUA NEW GUINEA  22

VANUATU  5

KIRIBATI  32

REPUBLIC OF PALAU  24

 

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

 

 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA  5

DOMINICA  4

PARAGUAY  20

ARGENTINA  130

ECUADOR  795

PERU  657

BARBADOS  4

GRENADA  1

SAINT LUCIA  6

BELIZE  1

GUATEMALA  230

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES  7

BOLIVIA  102

GUYANA 18

SURINAME  6

CHILE  61

NICARAGUA  86

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO  40

COSTA RICA  72

PANAMA  29

URUGUAY  29

CUBA  2,348

 

 

 

 

 

Natives of the following countries were not eligible to participate in DV-2025: Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China (including Hong Kong SAR), Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, Venezuela, and Vietnam.

G.  DETERMINATION OF THE NUMERICAL LIMITS ON IMMIGRANTS REQUIRED UNDER THE TERMS OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT (INA)

The State Department is required to make the determination of the worldwide numerical limitations, as outlined in Section 201(c) and (d) of the INA, on an annual basis.  These calculations are based in part on data provided by U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding the number of immediate relative adjustments in the preceding year and the number of aliens paroled into the United States under Section 212(d)(5) in the second preceding year.  Without this information, it is impossible to make an official determination of the annual limits.  To avoid delays in processing while waiting for the USCIS data, the Visa Office (VO) bases allocations on reasonable estimates of the anticipated amount of visa numbers to be available under the annual limits, in accordance with Section 203(g) of the INA.  On July 19th, USCIS provided the required data to the VO.

The Department of State has determined the Family and Employment preference numerical limits for FY-2024 in accordance with the terms of Section 201 of the INA.  These numerical limitations for FY-2024 are as follows:

Worldwide Family-Sponsored preference limit:          226,000
Worldwide Employment-Based preference limit:        160,791

Under INA Section 202(a)(2), the per-country limit is fixed at 7% of the combined total family and employment annual limits.  For FY-2024 the per-country limit is therefore 27,075.  The dependent area annual limit is 2%, or 7,736.  Note that these figures do not account for carryover provisions in accordance with INA 203(b)(5)(B).  With these carryover visa numbers included, the per-country limit is 27,837 and the dependent area limit is 7,953.

H.  U.S. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISAS (SIVs)

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024, signed into law on December 22, 2023, may affect certain current and former employees of the U.S. Government abroad applying for SIVs or adjustment of status, as described in section 101(a)(27)(D) of the INA.  This does not affect certain Iraqis and Afghans applying for SQ and SI SIVs.  Applicants should contact the consular section at which they filed their Form DS‑1884 for further information on the impact of that law on their case.

I.  FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON VISA PROCESSING AT U.S. EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES, PLEASE VISIT THE BUREAU OF CONSULAR AFFAIRS WEBSITE AT TRAVEL.STATE.GOV

 

Department of State Publication 9514

CA/VO: August 2, 2024

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