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Visa Bulletin / History / March 2016

March 2016 Visa Bulletin: what changed

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

Compared with the February 2016 bulletin, 12 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 12 moved forward and 0 moved back.

Biggest moves forward: EB-3 China (+8 months); EB-2 China (+5 months); EB-3 Rest of world (+3 months); EB-3 Mexico (+3 months).

For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Oct 2008, EB-3 India 15 Jul 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 February 2016. Official bulletin page.

Final Action Dates

CategoryIndiaChinaRest of worldMexicoPhilippines
EB-1 CurrentCurrentCurrentCurrentCurrent
EB-2 15 Oct 2008▲ 2 months01 Aug 2012▲ 5 monthsCurrentCurrentCurrent
EB-3 15 Jul 2004▲ 30 days01 Jun 2013▲ 8 months01 Jan 2016▲ 3 months01 Jan 2016▲ 3 months15 Mar 2008▲ 2 months
EB-3 Other Workers 15 Jul 2004▲ 30 days01 Feb 2007▲ 41 days01 Jan 2016▲ 3 months01 Jan 2016▲ 3 months15 Mar 2008▲ 2 months
EB-4 CurrentCurrentCurrentCurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

▲ ▼ movement since the Feb 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▲ 5 months—CurrentCurrent
EB-3 01 Jul 200501 May 2015▲ 19 months—Currentbecame Current01 Jan 2010
EB-3 Other Workers 01 Jul 200501 Aug 2007▲ 7 months—Currentbecame Current01 Jan 2010
EB-4 CurrentCurrent—CurrentCurrent
EB-5 unreserved —————

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