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Visa Bulletin / History / June 2016

June 2016 Visa Bulletin: what changed

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

Compared with the May 2016 bulletin, 7 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 4 moved forward and 3 moved back.

Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 India (+21 days); EB-3 Other Workers India (+21 days).

Moved back: EB-2 India (−4.2 years); EB-2 China (−2.7 years); EB-3 China (−3.6 years).

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

Final Action Dates

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-2 01 Oct 2004▼ 4.2 years01 Jan 2010▼ 2.7 years—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 22 Sep 2004▲ 21 days01 Jan 2010▼ 3.6 years—15 Feb 201601 Nov 2008▲ 3 months
EB-3 Other Workers 22 Sep 2004▲ 21 days22 Apr 2007—15 Feb 201601 Nov 2008▲ 3 months
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the May 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▲ 16 months—Current01 Jan 2010
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

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