Visa Bulletin / History / February 2018
February 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the January 2018 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 China (+5 months); EB-2 China (+2 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+41 days); EB-3 India (+30 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 08 Dec 2008, EB-3 India 01 Dec 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 January 2018. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 08 Dec 2008▲ 16 days | 01 Oct 2013▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Dec 2006▲ 30 days | 15 Sep 2014▲ 5 months | — | Current | 01 Mar 2016▲ 15 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Dec 2006▲ 30 days | 01 Feb 2007▲ 41 days | — | Current | 01 Mar 2016▲ 15 days |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 22 Jun 2016▲ 21 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 2018 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 2014▲ 12 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Jan 2016▲ 4 months | — | 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 Jan 2018 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.