The Department of State has just issued the June2019 Visa Bulletin. This is theninth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019. This blog post analyzes this month’sVisa Bulletin. 

June 2019 Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications with these datesmay be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or ImmigrantVisa appointment.
  
EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHILIPPINES    
EB-1
22APR18
22FEB17
01JAN15
22APR18
EB-2
C
01AUG16
19APR09 
C
EB-3
C
15SEP15
01JUL09 
01NOV18
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.
EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHILIPPINES    
EB-1
01SEP18
01OCT17
01OCT17
01SEP18
EB-2
C
01NOV16
01JUN09 
C
EB-3
C 
01JAN16
01APR10

01JAN19
  
MU Law Analysis (all references are to Table A unless noted)
All Other: TheEB-1 category moved about 7 weeks.  Weexpect continued steady movement in this category for All Other.  We do not see any retrogression in the futurefor EB2 or EB3, other than the usual retrogression at the end of the FiscalYear.
China: China EB-2moved 2+ months, moving more than one year so far in 2019’s calendar months.  EB-3 moved ahead half as fast – about threeweeks — which reflects continued demand in EB-3, likely related to the manyEB-3 “downgrades”.  EB-2 remains superiorto EB-3.
India: There was verylittle movement in any of the Indian categories.  EB-1 will almostsurely not move in FY 2019.  We do notexpect any significant Indian movement this fiscal year.  Longer term, we are slightly more optimisticabout India EB-3, which should progress faster than EB-2.
Philippines: TheEB-3 date leaped again.  It should beinto 2019 shortly, and we do not expect any retrogression in the nearfuture.