March 2020 Visa Bulletin

Name: March 2020 Visa Bulletin
Creator: VisaBacklog
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Every category and country of chargeability this bulletin published, reproduced exactly as printed. Nothing here is estimated or filled in; Current and Unavailable are the bulletin's own designations.

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Family-sponsored preferences

Category	Country	Final action date	Date for filing
F1	All Other	Oct 8, 2013	Jun 8, 2014
F1	China	Oct 8, 2013	Jun 8, 2014
F1	India	Oct 8, 2013	Jun 8, 2014
F1	Mexico	Sep 15, 1997	Nov 22, 1999
F1	Philippines	Sep 1, 2009	May 1, 2010
F2A	All Other	Current	Jan 1, 2020
F2A	China	Current	Jan 1, 2020
F2A	India	Current	Jan 1, 2020
F2A	Mexico	Current	Jan 1, 2020
F2A	Philippines	Current	Jan 1, 2020
F2B	All Other	Sep 15, 2014	May 15, 2015
F2B	China	Sep 15, 2014	May 15, 2015
F2B	India	Sep 15, 2014	May 15, 2015
F2B	Mexico	Oct 15, 1998	Jun 22, 1999
F2B	Philippines	Oct 1, 2009	Jun 1, 2010
F3	All Other	Dec 15, 2007	Aug 15, 2008
F3	China	Dec 15, 2007	Aug 15, 2008
F3	India	Dec 15, 2007	Aug 15, 2008
F3	Mexico	Apr 8, 1996	Jul 15, 2000
F3	Philippines	Oct 1, 1999	Jun 1, 2000
F4	All Other	Jul 1, 2006	Jul 22, 2007
F4	China	Jul 1, 2006	Jul 22, 2007
F4	India	Dec 8, 2004	Aug 8, 2005
F4	Mexico	Feb 15, 1998	Jan 8, 1999
F4	Philippines	Dec 1, 1999	Jul 1, 2000

Employment-based preferences

Category	Country	Final action date	Date for filing
EB-1	All Other	Mar 1, 2019	Current
EB-1	China	Jun 1, 2017	Oct 1, 2017
EB-1	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Mar 1, 2019	Current
EB-1	India	Mar 1, 2015	Mar 15, 2017
EB-1	Mexico	Mar 1, 2019	Current
EB-1	Philippines	Mar 1, 2019	Current
EB-1	Vietnam	Mar 1, 2019	-
EB-2	All Other	Current	Current
EB-2	China	Aug 15, 2015	Aug 1, 2016
EB-2	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Current	Current
EB-2	India	May 22, 2009	Jul 1, 2009
EB-2	Mexico	Current	Current
EB-2	Philippines	Current	Current
EB-2	Vietnam	Current	-
EB-3	All Other	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3	China	Mar 22, 2016	Mar 1, 2017
EB-3	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3	India	Jan 15, 2009	Feb 1, 2010
EB-3	Mexico	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3	Philippines	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3	Vietnam	Jan 1, 2017	-
EB-3 Other Workers	All Other	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3 Other Workers	China	Jun 1, 2008	Aug 1, 2008
EB-3 Other Workers	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3 Other Workers	India	Jan 15, 2009	Feb 1, 2010
EB-3 Other Workers	Mexico	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3 Other Workers	Philippines	Jan 1, 2017	Jan 1, 2019
EB-3 Other Workers	Vietnam	Jan 1, 2017	-
EB-4	All Other	Current	Current
EB-4	China	Current	Current
EB-4	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jul 15, 2016	Aug 15, 2016
EB-4	India	Current	Current
EB-4	Mexico	Nov 15, 2017	Current
EB-4	Philippines	Current	Current
EB-4	Vietnam	Current	-
EB-4 Religious Workers	All Other	Current	Current
EB-4 Religious Workers	China	Current	Current
EB-4 Religious Workers	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jul 15, 2016	Aug 15, 2016
EB-4 Religious Workers	India	Current	Current
EB-4 Religious Workers	Mexico	Nov 15, 2017	Current
EB-4 Religious Workers	Philippines	Current	Current
EB-4 Religious Workers	Vietnam	Current	-
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	All Other	Current	Current
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	China	May 15, 2015	Dec 15, 2015
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Current	Current
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	India	Oct 22, 2018	Current
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	Mexico	Current	Current
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	Philippines	Current	Current
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	Vietnam	Jan 15, 2017	-
EB-5 Regional Center	All Other	Current	Current
EB-5 Regional Center	China	May 15, 2015	Dec 15, 2015
EB-5 Regional Center	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Current	Current
EB-5 Regional Center	India	Oct 22, 2018	Current
EB-5 Regional Center	Mexico	Current	Current
EB-5 Regional Center	Philippines	Current	Current
EB-5 Regional Center	Vietnam	Jan 15, 2017	-

What changed since February 2020

Category	Country	Previous	This bulletin	Movement
F1	All Other	Aug 22, 2013	Oct 8, 2013	+47 days
F1	China	Aug 22, 2013	Oct 8, 2013	+47 days
F1	India	Aug 22, 2013	Oct 8, 2013	+47 days
F1	Mexico	Aug 22, 1997	Sep 15, 1997	+24 days
F1	Philippines	Apr 1, 2009	Sep 1, 2009	+153 days
F2B	All Other	Aug 22, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	+24 days
F2B	China	Aug 22, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	+24 days
F2B	India	Aug 22, 2014	Sep 15, 2014	+24 days
F2B	Mexico	Sep 15, 1998	Oct 15, 1998	+30 days
F2B	Philippines	May 1, 2009	Oct 1, 2009	+153 days
F3	All Other	Nov 22, 2007	Dec 15, 2007	+23 days
F3	China	Nov 22, 2007	Dec 15, 2007	+23 days
F3	India	Nov 22, 2007	Dec 15, 2007	+23 days
F3	Mexico	Mar 22, 1996	Apr 8, 1996	+17 days
F3	Philippines	May 1, 1999	Oct 1, 1999	+153 days
F4	India	Nov 22, 2004	Dec 8, 2004	+16 days
F4	Mexico	Jan 15, 1998	Feb 15, 1998	+31 days
F4	Philippines	Jul 1, 1999	Dec 1, 1999	+153 days
EB-1	All Other	Dec 1, 2018	Mar 1, 2019	+90 days
EB-1	China	May 22, 2017	Jun 1, 2017	+10 days
EB-1	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Dec 1, 2018	Mar 1, 2019	+90 days
EB-1	India	Jan 1, 2015	Mar 1, 2015	+59 days
EB-1	Mexico	Dec 1, 2018	Mar 1, 2019	+90 days
EB-1	Philippines	Dec 1, 2018	Mar 1, 2019	+90 days
EB-1	Vietnam	Dec 1, 2018	Mar 1, 2019	+90 days
EB-2	China	Jul 15, 2015	Aug 15, 2015	+31 days
EB-2	India	May 19, 2009	May 22, 2009	+3 days
EB-3	All Other	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3	China	Jan 1, 2016	Mar 22, 2016	+81 days
EB-3	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3	India	Jan 8, 2009	Jan 15, 2009	+7 days
EB-3	Mexico	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3	Philippines	Jun 1, 2018	Jan 1, 2017	-516 days
EB-3	Vietnam	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3 Other Workers	All Other	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3 Other Workers	China	May 1, 2008	Jun 1, 2008	+31 days
EB-3 Other Workers	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3 Other Workers	India	Jan 8, 2009	Jan 15, 2009	+7 days
EB-3 Other Workers	Mexico	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-3 Other Workers	Philippines	Jun 1, 2018	Jan 1, 2017	-516 days
EB-3 Other Workers	Vietnam	Current	Jan 1, 2017	changed designation
EB-4	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jul 1, 2016	Jul 15, 2016	+14 days
EB-4	Mexico	Sep 1, 2017	Nov 15, 2017	+75 days
EB-4 Religious Workers	El Sal./Guat./Hond.	Jul 1, 2016	Jul 15, 2016	+14 days
EB-4 Religious Workers	Mexico	Sep 1, 2017	Nov 15, 2017	+75 days
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	China	Dec 1, 2014	May 15, 2015	+165 days
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	India	Sep 1, 2018	Oct 22, 2018	+51 days
EB-5 Non-Regional Center	Vietnam	Dec 15, 2016	Jan 15, 2017	+31 days
EB-5 Regional Center	China	Dec 1, 2014	May 15, 2015	+165 days
EB-5 Regional Center	India	Sep 1, 2018	Oct 22, 2018	+51 days
EB-5 Regional Center	Vietnam	Dec 15, 2016	Jan 15, 2017	+31 days

30 rows unchanged, 2 retrogressions. Dates for filing movement is not shown here; both charts are in the tables above.

Where these numbers come from

Final action dates and dates for filing are taken from the March 2020 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. This page reproduces that bulletin's own record for every category and country it printed; for the full history of a single category and country, see its green card wait time page.

Source

Every date on this page comes from the March 2020 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Nothing here is estimated, interpolated or filled in, and the designations Current and Unavailable are reproduced exactly as printed.

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