Visa Bulletin / History / February 2020
February 2020 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the January 2020 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 11 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+3 months); EB-1 Mexico (+2 months); EB-1 Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 19 May 2009, EB-3 India 08 Jan 2009.
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 2020. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jan 2015 | 22 May 2017 | — | 01 Dec 2018▲ 2 months | 01 Dec 2018▲ 2 months |
| EB-2 | 19 May 2009▲ 1 day | 15 Jul 2015▲ 14 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 08 Jan 2009▲ 7 days | 01 Jan 2016▲ 31 days | — | Current | 01 Jun 2018▲ 3 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 08 Jan 2009▲ 7 days | 01 May 2008▲ 30 days | — | Current | 01 Jun 2018▲ 3 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Sep 2017▲ 24 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Mar 2017 | 01 Oct 2017 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Aug 2016 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Feb 2010 | 01 Mar 2017 | — | 01 Jan 2019 | 01 Jan 2019 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Feb 2010 | 01 Aug 2008 | — | 01 Jan 2019 | 01 Jan 2019 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.