The Department of State has just issued the March2019 Visa Bulletin. This is thesixth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019. This blog post analyzes this month’sVisa Bulletin.
 

March 2019 Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates — Applications with these datesmay be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or ImmigrantVisa appointment.

 

EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHILIPPINES    
EB-1
01JAN18
22FEB17
22FEB17
01JAN18
EB-2
C
01JAN16
09APR09 
C
EB-3
C
08JUL15
22MAY09 
01DEC17    
Table B: Dates for Filing — The DOS may work onapplications with these dates. But the Visa cannot be approved until the dateis current per Table A.
EB 
Class 
All Other  
CHINA       
INDIA     
PHILIPPINES    
EB-1
01JUN18
01OCT17
01OCT17
01JUN18
EB-2
C
01MAY16
22MAY09 
C
EB-3
C 
01JAN16
01APR10 

01MAR18

 
MU Law Analysis (all references are to Table A unless noted)
 
All Other: TheEB-1 category moved one month.  We expectcontinued steady movement in this category for All Other.  We do not see any retrogression in the futurefor EB2 or EB3, other than the usual retrogression at the end of the FiscalYear.
 
China: China EB-2 movedthree months, moving a total of a half year in just two calendar months.  EB-3 only moved one week, as demand continuesin EB-3, likely related to the many EB-3 “downgrades”. 
 
India: There was verylittle movement in any of the Indian categories.  We are slightly more optimistic about IndiaEB-3, which could continue to progress faster than EB-2.
 
Philippines: TheEB-3 date showed great progress, improving four more months.  By next month, we should see the EB-3priority date extend into FY2018.