The Department of State has justissued the November 2018 Visa Bulletin. Thisis the second Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019.  This blog post analyzesthis month’s Visa Bulletin.

November 2018 Visa Bulletin

Table A: FinalAction Dates — Applications with these dates may be approved for their GreenCard (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHIL’PNES    
EB-1
01APR17
01JUN16
01JUN16
01APR17
EB-2
C
15MAY15
26MAR09 
C
EB-3
C
01JUN15
01JAN09 
08JUN17    

Table B: Dates for Filing — The DOS may work on applications with these dates.But the Visa cannot be approved until the date is current per Table A.

EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHIL’PNES    
EB-1
01JUN18
01OCT17
01OCT17
01JUN18
EB-2
C
15JUN15
22MAY09 
C
EB-3
C 
08AUG15
01OCT09 

01JUL17       

MU Law Analysis (allreferences are to Table A unless noted)

All Other, Mexico: Unfortunately no movement. Movement should start again in the next monthor two.

China: The Chinese dates barely moved in November. Weexpect the slow/no progress to be standard in the first part of FY 2019.

India: The Indian dates did not move in November. Weexpect the slow/no progress to be standard in the first part of FY 2019. After that we expect slow, but regularprogressions.

Philippines: The EB-3 date moved up by week, which is agood sign, considering most other categories in this month’s Visa Bulletin didnot progress. Over the course of FY2019, we should eventually see the EB-3priority date extend into CY2018, both in Tables A and B.