Visa Bulletin / History / November 2017
November 2017 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the October 2017 bulletin, 7 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 7 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers China (+3 months); EB-3 Philippines (+1 month); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+1 month); EB-3 China (+31 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 08 Oct 2008, EB-3 India 15 Oct 2006.
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 2017. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 08 Oct 2008▲ 23 days | 15 Jun 2013▲ 24 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Oct 2006 | 01 Feb 2014▲ 31 days | — | Current | 15 Jan 2016▲ 1 month |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Oct 2006 | 01 Apr 2006▲ 3 months | — | Current | 15 Jan 2016▲ 1 month |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 01 Apr 2016▲ 31 days | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Oct 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 | 08 Feb 2009 | 15 Nov 2013 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Sep 2015 | — | Current | 01 Aug 2016 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2008 | 01 Jun 2008 | — | Current | 01 Aug 2016 |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | — | — | — | — | — |
▲ ▼ movement since the Oct 2017 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.