Visa Bulletin / History / July 2017
July 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the June 2017 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 2 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+12 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+12 months); EB-3 India (+9 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+9 months).
Moved back: EB-3 China (−2.8 years); EB-4 India (retrogressed from Current).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Jul 2008, EB-3 India 15 Feb 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 June 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jan 2012 | 01 Jan 2012 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Jul 2008▲ 21 days | 22 Mar 2013▲ 21 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Feb 2006▲ 9 months | 01 Jan 2012▼ 2.8 years | — | 08 Jun 2017▲ 2 months | 15 May 2014▲ 12 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Feb 2006▲ 9 months | 15 Jul 2006 | — | 08 Jun 2017▲ 2 months | 15 May 2014▲ 12 months |
| EB-4 | 15 Aug 2015retrogressed from Current | Current | — | 15 Aug 2015▲ 31 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 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 | 01 Feb 2009 | 01 Oct 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Oct 2006▲ 5 months | 01 Sep 2015 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2015▲ 12 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Oct 2006▲ 5 months | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2015▲ 12 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.