Visa Bulletin / History / May 2016
May 2016 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the April 2016 bulletin, 6 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 6 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+2 months); EB-3 India (+24 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Nov 2008, EB-3 India 01 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 April 2016. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Nov 2008▲ 14 days | 01 Sep 2012 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Sep 2004▲ 24 days | 15 Aug 2013 | — | 15 Feb 2016 | 08 Aug 2008▲ 3 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Sep 2004▲ 24 days | 22 Apr 2007▲ 2 months | — | 15 Feb 2016 | 08 Aug 2008▲ 3 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2016 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 | 01 Jul 2009 | 01 Jun 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 May 2015 | — | Current | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Apr 2008▲ 8 months | — | Current | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2016 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.