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Visa Bulletin / History / July 2016

July 2016 Visa Bulletin: what changed

Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin

Compared with the June 2016 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 7 moved forward and 2 moved back.

Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+3 months); EB-2 India (+31 days); EB-3 India (+30 days).

Moved back: EB-3 Other Workers China (−3.3 years); EB-4 Mexico (retrogressed from Current).

For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Nov 2004, EB-3 India 22 Oct 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 June 2016. Official bulletin page.

Final Action Dates

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Nov 2004▲ 31 days01 Jan 2010—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 22 Oct 2004▲ 30 days01 Jan 2010—01 Mar 2016▲ 15 days15 Feb 2009▲ 3 months
EB-3 Other Workers 22 Oct 2004▲ 30 days01 Jan 2004▼ 3.3 years—01 Mar 2016▲ 15 days15 Feb 2009▲ 3 months
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—01 Jan 2010retrogressed from CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2016 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.

Dates for Filing

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Jul 200901 Jun 2013—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 01 Jul 200501 May 2015—Current01 Jan 2010
EB-3 Other Workers 01 Jul 200501 Aug 2009—Current01 Jan 2010
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2016 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.