TheDepartment of State has just issued the November 2017 Visa Bulletin.  This is the second Visa Bulletin of FiscalYear 2018.  This blog post analyzes thismonth’s Visa Bulletin.
November2017 Visa Bulletin
Final Action Dates — Applicationswith these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residencycard) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
MEXICO   
PHIL’PNES    
EB-1
C
C
C 
C
C
EB-2
C
15JUN13
08OCT08 
C
C
EB-3
C 
01FEB14
15OCT06 
C 

15JAN16       
MU LawAnalysis
AllOther:  The EB-2 has been current formany years.  The EB-3 is also current andis expected to remain current for the foreseeable future.
China(mainland-born):  China EB-1reverted to Current.  Our sense is thatit will stay Current for much of the fiscal year.  Both China EB-2 and EB-3 progressed onemonth.  The China EB-3 remains morefavorable than Chinese EB-2.  The odd situationof China EB-3 progressing faster than China EB-2 will remain to be the case forthe foreseeable future.
India:  India EB-2 progressed about one month, whichis what we except the monthly progressions will be in FY 2018.  Unfortunately, India EB-3 did not move.  A few weeks ago, the DOS said that EB-3’sprogression will be “limited.” MU suspects that EB-3 will not progress at any notable rate until atleast the India EB-3 date moves past the Visa Gate date of August 2007.
Mexico: MirrorsAll Other in analysis.
Philippines:  The Philippine EB-3 number essentially cleanedout all of the 2010 through 2015 EB-3 visas in FY2017.  The demand for Philippines EB-3 numbers increaseddramatically in 2016-17.  This increaseddemand will be the cause for slower progressions in the FY2018, probablyprogressing 1-2 months per Visa Bulletin.