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Visa Bulletin / History / December 2020

December 2020 Visa Bulletin: what changed

Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin

Compared with the November 2020 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.

Biggest moves forward: EB-1 India (+4 months); EB-1 China (+4 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+1 month); EB-4 Mexico (+38 days).

For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Oct 2009, EB-3 India 15 Mar 2010.

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 2020. Official bulletin page.

Final Action Dates

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 01 Apr 2019▲ 4 months01 Apr 2019▲ 4 months—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Oct 2009▲ 9 days01 May 2016▲ 9 days—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 15 Mar 2010▲ 14 days01 Nov 2017▲ 31 days—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 Other Workers 15 Mar 2010▲ 14 days15 Feb 2009▲ 1 month—CurrentCurrent
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—22 Nov 2018▲ 38 daysCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.

Dates for Filing

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 01 Nov 2020▲ 2 months01 Nov 2020▲ 2 months—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 15 May 201101 Oct 2016—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 01 Jan 2014▼ 12 months01 Jun 2018—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 Other Workers 01 Jan 2014▼ 12 months01 May 2009—CurrentCurrent
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.