Visa Bulletin / History / February 2016
February 2016 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the January 2016 bulletin, 8 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 8 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 India (+6 months); EB-3 China (+3 months); EB-3 Philippines (+2 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Aug 2008, EB-3 India 15 Jun 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 January 2016. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Aug 2008▲ 6 months | 01 Mar 2012▲ 29 days | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Jun 2004▲ 31 days | 01 Oct 2012▲ 3 months | 01 Oct 2015 | 01 Oct 2015 | 08 Jan 2008▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Jun 2004▲ 31 days | 22 Dec 2006▲ 21 days | 01 Oct 2015 | 01 Oct 2015 | 08 Jan 2008▲ 2 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 2016 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 Jan 2016 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Jan 2007 | — | 01 Jan 2016 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 2016 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.