Visa Bulletin / History / January 2018
January 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the December 2017 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers China (+6 months); EB-4 Mexico (+40 days); EB-2 China (+38 days); EB-3 China (+38 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Nov 2008, EB-3 India 01 Nov 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 December 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Nov 2008▲ 21 days | 08 Aug 2013▲ 38 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Nov 2006▲ 17 days | 15 Apr 2014▲ 38 days | — | Current | 15 Feb 2016▲ 31 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Nov 2006▲ 17 days | 22 Dec 2006▲ 6 months | — | Current | 15 Feb 2016▲ 31 days |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Jun 2016▲ 40 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Dec 2017 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 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Sep 2015 | — | 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 Dec 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.