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The May 2017 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for May 2017, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the April 2017 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is November 2026.
What moved since April 2017
Every one of the 30 cells on each chart, by what it did.
Final action dates
Final action dates: 12 advanced, 18 unchanged.
Dates for filing
Dates for filing: 7 advanced, 21 unchanged, 2 went backwards.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the April 2017 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 | Current current | Feb 8, 2013 +24 days | Jun 22, 2008 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Mar 15, 2017 +28 days | Oct 1, 2014 +47 days | Mar 25, 2005 +1 days | Mar 15, 2017 +28 days | Jan 1, 2013 +108 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Mar 15, 2017 +28 days | Mar 8, 2006 +7 days | Mar 25, 2005 +1 days | Mar 15, 2017 +28 days | Jan 1, 2013 +108 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Jul 15, 2015 unchanged | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Jun 1, 2014 +10 days | Current current | Current current | Current current |
Dates for filing
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the April 2017 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 | Current current | Oct 1, 2013 +214 days | Feb 1, 2009 -80 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Sep 1, 2015 +488 days | Apr 22, 2006 +295 days | Current current | Jul 1, 2014 +303 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Current current | Jun 1, 2008 -426 days | Apr 22, 2006 +295 days | Current current | Jul 1, 2014 +303 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Sep 1, 2014 +78 days | Current current | Current current | Current current |
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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