TheDepartment of State has just issued the November2019 Visa Bulletin. This is the second Visa Bulletin of FiscalYear 2020. This blog post analyzes this month’s Visa Bulletin.
November2019 Visa Bulletin
Table A:Final Action Dates — Applications with these dates may be approved for theirGreen Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.
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Employment-
based |
All Other
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CHINA
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INDIA
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PHILIPPINES
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1st
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01JUN18
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01FEB17
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01JAN15
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01JUN18
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2nd
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C
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15MAR15
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13MAY09
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C
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3rd
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C
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01NOV15
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01JAN09
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01FEB18
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MU LawAnalysis (all references are to Table A unless noted)
All Other: AlthoughAll Other EB-1 has a slight retrogression, the EB-2 and EB-3 categoriesremained current and are expected to remain current for the foreseeable future.
China: The EB-2and EB-3 remain inverted, in spite of the fact that China EB-3 did not progressat all. Over the course of FY2020 weexpect EB-2 to catch up to EB-3 and the two categories to stay roughly equal.
India: As withChina, the EB-2 and EB-3 dates remain inverted. There was no material progress in either category. We expect very little progress in eithercategory in future months.
Philippines: Aswe expected, EB-3 leapt forward almost 4 months. We still find the implementation of the EB-3priority date to be too conservative. MUexpects that this date will continue to rapidly move in the coming months, andcould return to current in early 2020.