Visa Bulletin / History / January 2017
January 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the December 2016 bulletin, 8 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 8 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 India (+2 months); EB-3 China (+2 months); EB-3 Philippines (+2 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Apr 2008, EB-3 India 15 Mar 2005.
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 December 2016. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 Apr 2008▲ 2 months | 15 Oct 2012▲ 23 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Mar 2005 | 08 Sep 2013▲ 2 months | — | 01 Aug 2016▲ 31 days | 22 Jul 2011▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Mar 2005 | 01 Dec 2005▲ 30 days | — | 01 Aug 2016▲ 31 days | 22 Jul 2011▲ 2 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Jul 2015 | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Dec 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 | 22 Apr 2009 | 01 Mar 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 May 2014 | — | Current | 01 Sep 2013 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Aug 2009 | — | Current | 01 Sep 2013 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Dec 2016 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.