Visa Bulletin / History / October 2022
October 2022 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the September 2022 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 8 moved forward and 3 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers Mexico (+13 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+13 months); EB-4 Mexico (+5 months); EB-3 Other Workers China (+3 months).
Moved back: EB-2 India (−2.7 years); EB-5 unreserved India (retrogressed from Current); EB-5 unreserved China (−9 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Apr 2012, EB-3 India 01 Apr 2012.
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 September 2022. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Apr 2012▼ 2.7 years | 08 Jun 2019▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Apr 2012▲ 2 months | 15 Jun 2018▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Apr 2012▲ 2 months | 01 Sep 2012▲ 3 months | — | 01 Jun 2020▲ 13 months | 01 Jun 2020▲ 13 months |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Sep 2020▲ 5 months | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | 08 Nov 2019retrogressed from Current | 22 Mar 2015▼ 9 months | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Sep 2022 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 May 2012▼ 2.7 years | 08 Jul 2019▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jul 2012▲ 4 months | 15 Jul 2018▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jul 2012▲ 4 months | 01 Nov 2015▲ 3 months | — | 08 Sep 2022retrogressed from Current | 08 Sep 2022retrogressed from Current |
| EB-4 | Current | Current | — | 15 Oct 2020retrogressed from Current | Current |
| EB-5 unreserved | 08 Dec 2019retrogressed from Current | 01 Jan 2016 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Sep 2022 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.