Visa Bulletin / History / April 2017
April 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the March 2017 bulletin, 10 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 10 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+6 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+6 months); EB-3 China (+5 months); EB-3 Mexico (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Jun 2008, EB-3 India 24 Mar 2005.
Written automatically from the bulletin dates below; nothing here is a prediction. Not legal advice. Months marked Secondary come from a dataset scraped from the official bulletins and are being checked; the official bulletin always wins.
Released in March 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Jun 2008▲ 21 days | 15 Jan 2013▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 24 Mar 2005▲ 2 days | 15 Aug 2014▲ 5 months | — | 15 Feb 2017▲ 2 months | 15 Sep 2012▲ 6 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 24 Mar 2005▲ 2 days | 01 Mar 2006▲ 28 days | — | 15 Feb 2017▲ 2 months | 15 Sep 2012▲ 6 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Jul 2015 | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Apr 2009 | 01 Mar 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 May 2014 | — | Current | 01 Sep 2013 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Aug 2009 | — | Current | 01 Sep 2013 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.