In the March visa bulletin, the DOS provides final action date projections for visa availability for Family and Employment based categories. For this month, the USCIS says to use Chart A for Employment-Based cases.

Looking at Chart A (Final Action Dates), ALL CHARGEABILITY, MEXICO, PHILIPPINES and VIETNAM are all current across the board

  • EB-1 India jumps ahead 7 months to 01AUG20
  • EB-2 India jumps ahead a few months to 15JAN10
  • EB-3 India moves 3 months to 01JUL10
  • EB-5 India Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)  remains CURRENT
  • EB-5 India Regional Center (I5 and R5)  remains CURRENT
  • EB-1 China jumps ahead to 01AUG20
  • EB-2 China remains at 15JUN16
  • EB-3 China moves ahead to 08FEB18
  • EB-5 China Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)  and EB-5 China Regional Center (I5 and R5)  remains at 15AUG15
  • EB-5 Vietnam Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)  and Regional Center (I5 and R5)  moves ahead a few weeks to 22OCT17

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