The Department ofState has just issued the January2016 Visa Bulletin.  This is thefourth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2016. 
January 2016 Visa Bulletin
Final ActionDates

Applications withthese dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card).
Employment- Based
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA – mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
1st
C
C
C
C
C
2nd
C
01FEB12
01FEB08
C
C
3rd
01OCT15
01JUL12
15MAY04
01OCT15
01NOV07
MU Law Analysis

All: These dates continueto be very favorable.  We expect that AllOther dates will continue to be positive for the foreseeable future.
China: EB-2 did notchange. EB-3 has progressed six months Nov 2015 Visa Bulletin, which was01JAN12.
India: EB-2 jumpedagain. Three months ago it was 01MAY05. In Nov 2015’s Visa Bulletin it was01AUG06.  In December 2015 it was01JUN07.  This trend may continue. EB-3moved two weeks.  Our sense is that EB3will only move by weeks in the forthcoming months.
Mexico: Mirrors AllOther in all aspects.
Philippines: EB-3moved ahead four months. MU Law believes that Philippines EB-3 will steadily moveforward in the coming months.

Dates of Filing

Applications with these priority dates may file their I-485 Adjustment of Status, provided that the USCIS issues its monthly authorization. 


Employment-
Based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland
born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
1st
C
C
C
C
C
2nd
C
01JAN13
01JUL09
C
C
3rd
01JAN16
01OCT13
01JUL05
01JAN16
01JAN10
MU Law Analysis
The Dates of Filingchart did not materially change from October or November 2015. This is not asurprise. The USCIS and Department of State have been sued in response to the September2015 revised Visa Bulletin.
Our analysis is thesame as described in our October10, 2015 blog post.