Visa Bulletin / History / April 2018
April 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the March 2018 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 2 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+13 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+13 months); EB-3 Philippines (+8 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+8 months).
Moved back: EB-1 India (retrogressed from Current); EB-1 China (retrogressed from Current).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Dec 2008, EB-3 India 01 Feb 2008.
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 2018. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jan 2012retrogressed from Current | 01 Jan 2012retrogressed from Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Dec 2008▲ 7 days | 01 Aug 2014▲ 8 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Feb 2008▲ 13 months | 01 Jun 2015▲ 7 months | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017▲ 8 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Feb 2008▲ 13 months | 01 Apr 2007▲ 31 days | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017▲ 8 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 08 Aug 2016▲ 38 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2018 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 | 08 Feb 2009 | 01 Feb 2015 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Apr 2008▲ 3 months | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017▲ 9 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Apr 2008▲ 3 months | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017▲ 9 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2018 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.