The Department of State has just issued the July2019 Visa Bulletin. This is the tenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year2019. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.
July 2019 Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications with these dates may beapproved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visaappointment.
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Employment-
based |
All Other
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CHINA
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INDIA
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PHILIPPINES
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1st
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22APR18
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08MAY17
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01JAN15
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22APR18
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2nd
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C
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01NOV16
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24APR09
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C
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3rd
|
C
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01JAN16
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01JUL09
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C
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Table B: Dates for Filing — The DOS may work onapplications with these dates. But the Visa cannot be approved until the dateis current per Table A.
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Employment-
based |
All Other
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CHINA
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INDIA
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PHILIPPINES
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|
1st
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01SEP18
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01OCT17
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01OCT17
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01SEP18
|
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2nd
|
C
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01FEB17
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01JUN09
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C
|
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3rd
|
C
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01JUN16
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01APR10
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C
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MU Law Analysis (all references are to Table A unless noted)
All Other: TheEB-1 category stayed still. We do notsee any retrogression in the future for EB2 or EB3, other than the usualretrogression at the end of the Fiscal Year.
China: China EB-1 moved three months. China EB-2 moved 3 months, a fifteen-monthprogression so far in 2019’s calendar months. EB-3 also moved ahead about three months — which reflects continueddemand in EB-3, likely related to the many EB-3 “downgrades”. EB-2 remains superior to EB-3.
India: There was verylittle movement in any of the Indian categories. EB-1 will almost surely not move in FY 2019. We do not expect any significant Indianmovement this fiscal year. Longer term,we are slightly more optimistic about India EB-3, which should progress fasterthan EB-2.
Philippines: The EB-3 iscurrent! We do not expect anyretrogression in the near future. Greatdays for Philippine employment-based nationals.