June 2017 Visa Bulletin

11May
2017

June 2017 Visa Bulletin

Department of State released the June 2017 Visa Bulletin. You can access the copy of the Visa Bulletin on the Department of State website here.

Note: USCIS has designated the Final Actions Dates chart for employment based adjustment of status applications within U.S. for June 2017.

Below are some key changes for the employment-based preference categories this month:

Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases:

• EB1 China and India retrogressed from current to 01/01/2012. All other EB1 remain current.
• EB2 China moved forward by less than one month from 02/08/2013 to 03/01/2013. EB2 India moved forward around ten days from 6/22/2008 to 07/01/2008. All other EB2 remain current.
• EB3 China remains the same at 10/01/2014. EB3 India moved forward nearly two months from 3/25/2005 to 05/15/2005. EB3 Philippines moved forward 5 months from 1/01/2013 to 05/01/2013. All other EB3 moved forward one month from 3/15/2017 to 04/15/2017.
• EB5 China moved forward a week from 06/01/2014 to 06/08/2014. All other EB5 remain current.

Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Visa Applications:

• All EB1 remain current
• EB2 China remains the same at 10/01/2013. EB2 India remains the same at 2/01/2009. All other EB2 remain current.
• EB3 China remains the same at 9/01/2015. EB3 India remains the same at 4/22/2006. EB3 Philippines remains current at 7/01/2014. All other EB3 remain current.
• EB5 China remains the same at 9/01/2014. All other EB5 remain current.

Note: China EB3 continues to have a more favorable date than China EB2.

Updated 05/25/2017