The Department of State has justissued the July2020 Visa Bulletin. This is the tenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2020.This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.
July 2020 Visa Bulletin
Table A: Final Action Dates –Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (PermanentResidency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
Employment-
based
All Other
CHINA
INDIA
PHILIPPINES
1st
C
22AUG17
08MAY17
C
2nd
C
08NOV15
08JUL09
C
3rd
15APR18
22JUN16
01JUN09
15APR18
MU Law Analysis
This Visa Bulletin continued the bigprogressions that we saw in the June Visa Bulletin.  MU Law hasbeen calling on the DOS to rapidly advance the dates so that all immigrantvisas are used in 2020.  Many visasappear that they will go unused without this progression. 
The Worldwide EB-3 dates movedalmost six months are now at April 2018, as is the Philippines EB-3.  We continue to expect big progressions inthese categories for the August and September VBs because very few visas wereused due to the global shutdown caused by COVID-19.
The Indian EB-3 dates movedahead two months.  It continues to moveat a quicker rate than we have seen in years.  India EB-2 even advanced a month.  China EB-2 and EB-3 advanced by oneweek.  We might see continuedprogressions of a few weeks or months in these categories for the rest of thefiscal year.
The EB-1 movements were alsoreassuring.  As was the case last month, IndiaEB-1 progressed another 10 months, reflecting reduced demand.  China EB-1 advanced by a week, as theDOS remains concerned about pending demand. Limited progressions in EB-1 and EB-2 categories in the future couldmean that more visa numbers flow down to EB-3, which would mean moreadvancement.