Visa Bulletin / History / March 2018
March 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the February 2018 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 China (+2 months); EB-3 China (+2 months); EB-3 Philippines (+2 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Dec 2008, EB-3 India 01 Jan 2007.
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 2018. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 Dec 2008▲ 7 days | 08 Dec 2013▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2007▲ 31 days | 15 Nov 2014▲ 2 months | — | Current | 01 May 2016▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2007▲ 31 days | 01 Mar 2007▲ 28 days | — | Current | 01 May 2016▲ 2 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Jul 2016▲ 9 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Feb 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 | 08 Feb 2009 | 01 Feb 2015▲ 3 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | 01 Oct 2016▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Oct 2016▲ 2 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Feb 2018 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.