Visa Bulletin / History / March 2020
March 2020 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the February 2020 bulletin, 15 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 11 moved forward and 4 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-1 Mexico (+3 months); EB-1 Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 China (+3 months); EB-4 Mexico (+2 months).
Moved back: EB-3 Mexico (retrogressed from Current); EB-3 Philippines (−17 months); EB-3 Other Workers Mexico (retrogressed from Current); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (−17 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 May 2009, EB-3 India 15 Jan 2009.
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 2020. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Mar 2015▲ 2 months | 01 Jun 2017▲ 10 days | — | 01 Mar 2019▲ 3 months | 01 Mar 2019▲ 3 months |
| EB-2 | 22 May 2009▲ 3 days | 15 Aug 2015▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Jan 2009▲ 7 days | 22 Mar 2016▲ 3 months | — | 01 Jan 2017retrogressed from Current | 01 Jan 2017▼ 17 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Jan 2009▲ 7 days | 01 Jun 2008▲ 31 days | — | 01 Jan 2017retrogressed from Current | 01 Jan 2017▼ 17 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Nov 2017▲ 2 months | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Feb 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Mar 2017 | 01 Oct 2017 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Aug 2016 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Feb 2010 | 01 Mar 2017 | — | 01 Jan 2019 | 01 Jan 2019 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Feb 2010 | 01 Aug 2008 | — | 01 Jan 2019 | 01 Jan 2019 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Feb 2020 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.