Visa Bulletin / History / December 2022
December 2022 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the November 2022 bulletin, 10 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 4 moved forward and 6 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers China (+7 months); EB-3 India (+2 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+2 months); EB-3 China (+2 months).
Moved back: EB-2 India (−6 months); EB-2 Mexico (retrogressed from Current); EB-2 Philippines (retrogressed from Current); EB-4 India (retrogressed from Current); EB-4 China (retrogressed from Current); EB-4 Philippines (retrogressed from Current).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 08 Oct 2011, EB-3 India 15 Jun 2012.
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 2022. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 08 Oct 2011▼ 6 months | 08 Jun 2019 | — | 01 Nov 2022retrogressed from Current | 01 Nov 2022retrogressed from Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Jun 2012▲ 2 months | 01 Aug 2018▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Jun 2012▲ 2 months | 22 Jun 2013▲ 7 months | — | 01 Jun 2020 | 01 Jun 2020 |
| EB-4 | 22 Jun 2022retrogressed from Current | 22 Jun 2022retrogressed from Current | — | 15 Sep 2020 | 22 Jun 2022retrogressed from Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | 08 Nov 2019 | 22 Mar 2015 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2022 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 May 2012 | 08 Jul 2019 | — | 01 Dec 2022retrogressed from Current | 01 Dec 2022retrogressed from Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Aug 2012▲ 31 days | 01 Sep 2018▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Aug 2012▲ 31 days | 01 Nov 2015 | — | 08 Sep 2022 | 08 Sep 2022 |
| EB-4 | 22 Jul 2022retrogressed from Current | 22 Jul 2022retrogressed from Current | — | 15 Oct 2020 | 22 Jul 2022retrogressed from Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | 08 Dec 2019 | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2022 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.