Updated
The August 2012 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for August 2012, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the July 2012 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is November 2026.
What moved since July 2012
Every one of the 30 cells on each chart, by what it did.
Final action dates
Final action dates: 8 advanced, 22 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the July 2012 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Jan 1, 2009 unchanged | Unavailable unavailable | Unavailable unavailable | Jan 1, 2009 unchanged | Jan 1, 2009 unchanged |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Sep 8, 2006 +48 days | Nov 8, 2005 +47 days | Oct 1, 2002 +9 days | Sep 8, 2006 +48 days | Jun 15, 2006 +7 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Sep 8, 2006 +48 days | Jun 15, 2003 unchanged | Oct 1, 2002 +9 days | Sep 8, 2006 +48 days | Jun 8, 2006 unchanged |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
The dates for filing chart began with the October 2015 bulletin. This one printed final action dates only.
A date means applications with a priority date earlier than it can act that month. Current means every priority date can. Unavailable means none can, usually because the fiscal year's numbers for that category and country are used up. The EB-5 set-aside rows didn't exist yet in this month's bulletin. They begin in May 2022.
Source: the State Department's bulletin page.
Visa bulletin through Nov 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (the bulletin's tables, read in a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Nov 2026 · monthly
What this data includes
Visa bulletin: Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.
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The rules behind these numbers
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