Visa Bulletin / History / November 2015
November 2015 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the October 2015 bulletin, 8 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 8 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 India (+15 months); EB-3 Philippines (+5 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+5 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+3 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Aug 2006, EB-3 India 01 Apr 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 October 2015. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Aug 2006▲ 15 months | 01 Feb 2012▲ 31 days | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Apr 2004▲ 24 days | 01 Jan 2012▲ 3 months | 15 Aug 2015 | 15 Aug 2015 | 15 Jun 2007▲ 5 months |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Apr 2004▲ 24 days | 01 Apr 2006▲ 3 months | 15 Aug 2015 | 15 Aug 2015 | 15 Jun 2007▲ 5 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Oct 2015 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 Jan 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Oct 2013 | — | 01 Sep 2015 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2005 | 01 Jan 2007 | — | 01 Sep 2015 | 01 Jan 2010 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Oct 2015 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.