Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The August 2020 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for August 2020, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the July 2020 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 30 cells per chart
Final action dates: 14 advanced, 16 unchanged. Dates for filing: 10 advanced, 20 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the July 2020 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Feb 8, 2018 +170 days | Feb 8, 2018 +276 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current current | Jan 15, 2016 +68 days | Jul 8, 2009 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days | Feb 15, 2017 +238 days | Oct 1, 2009 +122 days | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days | Aug 1, 2008 +10 days | Oct 1, 2009 +122 days | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days | Apr 1, 2019 +351 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Jun 15, 2018 unchanged | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Aug 8, 2015 +17 days | Current current | Current current | Current current |
Dates for filing
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the July 2020 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Jul 1, 2018 +242 days | Jul 1, 2018 +334 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current current | Aug 1, 2016 unchanged | Aug 15, 2009 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days | May 1, 2017 +61 days | Feb 1, 2010 unchanged | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days | Oct 1, 2008 +61 days | Feb 1, 2010 unchanged | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days | Apr 1, 2020 +366 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Dec 15, 2015 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.