Visa Bulletin / History / May 2017
May 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the April 2017 bulletin, 9 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 9 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Philippines (+4 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+4 months); EB-3 China (+2 months); EB-3 Mexico (+28 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Jun 2008, EB-3 India 25 Mar 2005.
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 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Jun 2008 | 08 Feb 2013▲ 24 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 25 Mar 2005▲ 1 day | 01 Oct 2014▲ 2 months | — | 15 Mar 2017▲ 28 days | 01 Jan 2013▲ 4 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 25 Mar 2005▲ 1 day | 08 Mar 2006▲ 7 days | — | 15 Mar 2017▲ 28 days | 01 Jan 2013▲ 4 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Jul 2015 | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2017 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 Feb 2009▼ 3 months | 01 Oct 2013▲ 7 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 22 Apr 2006▲ 10 months | 01 Sep 2015▲ 16 months | — | Current | 01 Jul 2014▲ 10 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 Apr 2006▲ 10 months | 01 Jun 2008▼ 14 months | — | Current | 01 Jul 2014▲ 10 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.