May 2017 Visa Bulletin

12Apr
2017

May 2017 Visa Bulletin

Department of State released the May 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 the U.S. for May 2017.

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

Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference Cases:

• All EB1 remain current
• EB2 China moved forward by less than one month from 01/15/2013 to 02/08/2013. EB2 India remains the same at 6/22/2008. All other EB2 remain current.
• EB3 China moved forward 6 weeks from 8/15/2014 to 10/01/2014. EB3 India moved forward only one day from 3/24/2005 to 3/25/2005. EB3 Philippines moved forward more than 3 months from 9/15/2012 to 1/01/2013. All other EB3 moved forward one month from 2/15/2017 to 3/15/2017.
• EB5 China moved forward more than a week from 5/22/2014 to 6/01/2014. All other EB5 remain current.

Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Visa Applications:

• All EB1 remain current
• EB2 China moved forward 7 months from 3/1/2013 to 10/01/2013. EB2 India retrogressed more than 2 months from 4/22/2009 to 2/01/2009. All other EB2 remain current.
• EB3 China moved forward from 5/1/2014 to 9/01/2015. EB3 India moved forward more than 10 months from 7/1/2005 to 4/22/2006. EB3 Philippines moved forward ten months from 9/1/2013 to 7/01/2014. All other EB3 remain current.
• EB5 China moved forward more than two months from 6/15/2014 to 9/01/2014. All other EB5 remain current.

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

Updated 04/12/2017