The Department of State released the much-awaited October 2022 visa bulletin, the first visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2023. The visa bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant visas both for consular processing and adjustment of status applications to be filled in October 2022. The State Department releases both the Final Action Dates and Date of Filing Application for Employment-Based and Family-Based immigrant visas. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) confirmed which chart Applicants must use to file their Adjustment of Status Application (AOS). Below is the breakdown of the movements in the October 2022 visa bulletin. Some retrogression is noted.
