Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The December 2018 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for December 2018, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the November 2018 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 30 cells per chart
Final action dates: 15 advanced, 15 unchanged. Dates for filing: 6 advanced, 24 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the November 2018 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Jul 1, 2017 +91 days | Sep 1, 2016 +92 days | Sep 1, 2016 +92 days | Jul 1, 2017 +91 days | Jul 1, 2017 +91 days |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current current | Jul 1, 2015 +47 days | Apr 1, 2009 +6 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Jun 8, 2015 +7 days | Mar 1, 2009 +59 days | Current current | Jun 15, 2017 +7 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Current current | Jun 1, 2007 +31 days | Mar 1, 2009 +59 days | Current current | Jun 15, 2017 +7 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Jan 1, 2017 +40 days | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Aug 22, 2014 +7 days | Current current | Current current | Current current |
Dates for filing
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the November 2018 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Jun 1, 2018 unchanged | Oct 1, 2017 unchanged | Oct 1, 2017 unchanged | Jun 1, 2018 unchanged | Jun 1, 2018 unchanged |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current current | Sep 8, 2015 +85 days | May 22, 2009 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Dec 1, 2015 +115 days | Jan 1, 2010 +92 days | Current current | Aug 1, 2017 +31 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Current current | Jun 1, 2008 unchanged | Jan 1, 2010 +92 days | Current current | Aug 1, 2017 +31 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Oct 1, 2014 unchanged | 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 did not exist yet in this month's bulletin; they begin in May 2022.
Source: the State Department's bulletin page.
Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (page saved from a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Sep 2026 · monthly Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.