The Department of State has just issuedthe April2019 Visa Bulletin.This is the seventh Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019. This blog post analyzesthis month’s Visa Bulletin.
April 2019 Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (PermanentResidency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
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EB
Class
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All Other
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CHINA
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INDIA
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PHILIPPINES
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EB-1
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01FEB18
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22FEB17
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22FEB17
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01JAN18
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EB-2
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C
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01APR16
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09APR09
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C
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EB-3
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C
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01AUG15
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22MAY09
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01MAR18
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Table B: Dates for Filing — The DOSmay work on applications with these dates. But the Visa cannot be approveduntil the date is current per Table A.
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EB
Class
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All Other
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CHINA
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INDIA
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PHILIPPINES
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EB-1
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01JUN18
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01OCT17
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01OCT17
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01JUN18
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EB-2
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C
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01JUL16
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01JUN09
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C
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EB-3
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C
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01JAN16
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01APR10
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01JUL18
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MU Law Analysis (all references are toTable A unless noted)
All Other: The EB-1 categorymoved one month. We expect continuedsteady movement in this category for All Other. We do not see any retrogression in the future for EB2 or EB3, other thanthe usual retrogression at the end of the Fiscal Year.
China: China EB-2 again moved threemonths, moving a almost one year in 2019’s calendar months. EB-3 actually retrogressed, which reflectscontinued demand in EB-3, likely related to the many EB-3 “downgrades”.
India: There was very little movementin any of the Indian categories. EB2moved just three days. EB3 moved onemonth. We are slightly more optimisticabout India EB-3, which should continue to progress faster than EB-2.
Philippines:The EB-3 date showed great progress, improving four more months. This continues a great year for EB3. We expect continued progress in May’s VisaBulletin.