Visa Bulletin / History / July 2018
July 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the June 2018 bulletin, 6 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 4 moved forward and 2 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+6 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+6 months); EB-2 China (+4 months); EB-2 India (+3 months).
Moved back: EB-3 China (−2.4 years); EB-4 Mexico (−8 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Mar 2009, EB-3 India 01 Nov 2008.
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 2018. 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 | 15 Mar 2009▲ 3 months | 01 Jan 2015▲ 4 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Nov 2008▲ 6 months | 01 Jan 2013▼ 2.4 years | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Nov 2008▲ 6 months | 01 May 2007 | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 08 Feb 2016▼ 8 months | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2018 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 May 2009▲ 2 months | 01 Apr 2015▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 May 2009▲ 8 months | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 May 2009▲ 8 months | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2018 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.