FY2024 Annual Visa Limit Reached for EB-2 Category

On September 9, 2024, the Department of State (DOS) announced that all available visa numbers for the Employment-Based 2nd Preference Category (EB-2) have been issued for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024). As the annual visa limit has been reached, the US Embassies and Consulates abroad and the US Citizenship and Immigration  Services (USCIS) are no longer able to approve lawful permanent resident applications for the rest of FY2024, which ends on September 30, 2024. However, the USCIS will continue to accept adjustment of status application filings for those with current priority dates under the Final Action Dates chart in the Visa Bulletin for September 2024.  

As previously announced, the annual limit of visa numbers for the EB-1 and EB-3 categories were reached in August 2024. 

The annual visa numbers will reset for the new government fiscal year (FY2025) starting on October 1, 2024. Upon the release of new visa numbers, the US Embassies and Consulates, and the USCIS may resume issuing immigrant visas and green cards for applicants whose priority dates are current.