Visa Bulletin / History / December 2015
December 2015 Visa Bulletin: what changed
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Compared with the November 2015 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 11 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 India (+10 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+4 months); EB-3 China (+3 months); EB-3 Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jun 2007, EB-3 India 22 Apr 2004.
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 November 2015. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jun 2007▲ 10 months | 01 Feb 2012 | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 22 Apr 2004▲ 21 days | 15 Apr 2012▲ 3 months | 01 Sep 2015▲ 17 days | 01 Sep 2015▲ 17 days | 01 Aug 2007▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 Apr 2004▲ 21 days | 01 Aug 2006▲ 4 months | 01 Sep 2015▲ 17 days | 01 Sep 2015▲ 17 days | 01 Aug 2007▲ 2 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2015 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 | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Jan 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Oct 2013 | — | 01 Sep 2015 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Jan 2007 | — | 01 Sep 2015 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2015 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.