Visa Bulletin / History / December 2017
December 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the November 2017 bulletin, 5 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 5 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers China (+3 months); EB-3 China (+35 days); EB-2 India (+24 days); EB-4 Mexico (+21 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Nov 2008, EB-3 India 15 Oct 2006.
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 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Nov 2008▲ 24 days | 01 Jul 2013▲ 16 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Oct 2006 | 08 Mar 2014▲ 35 days | — | Current | 15 Jan 2016 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Oct 2006 | 01 Jul 2006▲ 3 months | — | Current | 15 Jan 2016 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 22 Apr 2016▲ 21 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 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 | 08 Feb 2009 | 15 Nov 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Sep 2015 | — | Current | 01 Aug 2016 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Aug 2016 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.