The Department of State has just issued the June 2016 Visa Bulletin.  This is the ninth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2016. 

June 2016 Visa Bulletin

Final Action Dates

Applications with these 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 01JAN10 01OCT04 C C
3rd 15FEB16 01JAN10 22SEP04 15FEB16 01NOV08
MU Law Analysis

All Other:  The EB-2 has been current for many years.  The EB-3 remains at Feb 15, 2016, just as it was last month.  These dates continue to be very favorable.  We expect that All Other dates will continue to be positive for the foreseeable future.

China: Both Chinese categories retrogressed, reflecting greater demand.  The DOS predicted that EB-3 would retrogress in a note to last month’s visa bulletin.

India:  EB-3 moved ahead a few weeks.  But the EB-2 retrogressed by four years.  We expect the India EB-2 to stay in 2004 until the October 2016 Visa Bulletin at which time it should steadily move forward.

Mexico: Mirrors All Other in all aspects.

Philippines: EB-3 moved ahead three more months. MU Law believes that Philippines EB-3 will continue to steadily move forward in the coming months. We expect it to move into 2009 in the by early summer, and may reach 2010 by the end of this fiscal year.

Dates of Filing

Applications with these priority dates should see their Consular Process application progress.  The USCIS may allow filing of the 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 01JUN13 01JUL09 C C
3rd C 01MAY15 01JUL05 C 01JAN10

MU Law Analysis

These dates did not change from the prior Visa Bulletin.