Visa Bulletin / History / August 2023
August 2023 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the July 2023 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 6 moved forward and 5 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers Mexico (+4 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+4 months); EB-3 China (+2 months); EB-2 Mexico (+1 month).
Moved back: EB-1 India (−10.1 years); EB-1 Mexico (retrogressed from Current); EB-1 Philippines (retrogressed from Current); EB-3 Mexico (−21 months); EB-3 Philippines (−21 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jan 2011, EB-3 India 01 Jan 2009.
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 July 2023. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jan 2012▼ 10.1 years | 01 Feb 2022 | — | 01 Aug 2023retrogressed from Current | 01 Aug 2023retrogressed from Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jan 2011 | 08 Jul 2019▲ 30 days | — | 01 Apr 2022▲ 1 month | 01 Apr 2022▲ 1 month |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2009 | 01 Jun 2019▲ 2 months | — | 01 May 2020▼ 21 months | 01 May 2020▼ 21 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2009 | 01 Sep 2015 | — | 01 May 2020▲ 4 months | 01 May 2020▲ 4 months |
| EB-4 | 01 Sep 2018 | 01 Sep 2018 | — | 01 Sep 2018 | 01 Sep 2018 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Apr 2017 | 08 Sep 2015 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jul 2023 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jun 2022 | 01 Jun 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 May 2012 | 08 Oct 2019▲ 3 months | — | 01 Dec 2022 | 01 Dec 2022 |
| EB-3 | 01 Aug 2012 | 01 Sep 2019▲ 3 months | — | 01 May 2023 | 01 May 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Aug 2012 | 01 Jan 2016 | — | 01 Jun 2020▲ 4 months | 01 Jun 2020▲ 4 months |
| EB-4 | 01 Oct 2018 | 01 Oct 2018 | — | 01 Oct 2018 | 01 Oct 2018 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 08 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jul 2023 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.