Visa Bulletin / History / May 2018
May 2018 Visa Bulletin: what changed
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Compared with the April 2018 bulletin, 5 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 5 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+3 months); EB-3 Other Workers India (+3 months); EB-4 Mexico (+2 months); EB-2 China (+31 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 22 Dec 2008, EB-3 India 01 May 2008.
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 2018. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Jan 2012 | 01 Jan 2012 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 22 Dec 2008 | 01 Sep 2014▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 May 2008▲ 3 months | 01 Jun 2015 | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 May 2008▲ 3 months | 01 May 2007▲ 30 days | — | Current | 01 Jan 2017 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 22 Oct 2016▲ 2 months | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 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 | 01 Apr 2009▲ 2 months | 01 Feb 2015 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Sep 2008▲ 5 months | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Sep 2008▲ 5 months | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Jul 2017 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2018 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.