Hot Topics

• Monthly Immigrant Visa (IV) Issuances

• Operation of the Numerical Control Process
• Annual Immigrant Visa Waiting List Report as of November 1, 2023
• Annual Numerical Limits for Fiscal Year 2024

Special Immigrant Visa Statistics

• Iraqi or Afghan Translators (SI)
• Iraqis and Afghans Employed by or on Behalf of the U.S. Government, or by the International Security Assistance Force or its successor, and Iraqi and Afghan SI Cases Converted under Section 1244 (SQ)

Visa Bulletin Final Action Dates

The lists below are updated annually. Please refer to the Visa Bulletin page for final action dates established during the current fiscal year or the archive section on that same page for past Visa Bulletins.

Please refer to the Visa Bulletin for specific Employment Fourth (E4) Preference final action dates for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (beginning with the May 2016 Visa Bulletin). 

Family Preference:

• Worldwide (non-oversubscribed countries only, which are those not individually listed below) Family Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• China (mainland-born only) Family Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• India Family Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• Mexico Family Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• Philippines Family Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023

Employment Preference:

• Worldwide (non-oversubscribed countries only, which are those not individually listed below) Employment Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• China (mainland-born only) Employment Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• India Employment Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• Mexico Employment Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• Philippines Employment Preference Final Action Dates from FY1992-2023
• Afghan and Iraqi (SI) Final Action Dates (Only lists years when a Final Action Date was established. For all years NOT listed, the category was Current.)

Multi-Year Reports:

• Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Visas Issued at Foreign Service Posts: Fiscal Years 2019 - 2023
• Immediate Relative Immigrant Visas Issued (by Area of Birth): Fiscal Years 2014 - 2023
  
• Immigrant Visas Issued by Foreign State of Chargeability (All Categories): Fiscal Years 2014 - 2023
• Immigrant Visas Issued by Issuing Office (All Categories): Fiscal Years 2014 - 2023

For more multi-year reports, please select a Report of the Visa Office.