JULY 2019 VISA BULLETIN: ANALYSIS AND PREDICTIONS

The Department of State has just issued the July 2019 Visa Bulletin. This is the tenth Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2019. This blog post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin. 

July 2019 Visa Bulletin

Table A: Final Action Dates -- Applications with these dates may be approved for their Green Card (Permanent Residency card) or Immigrant Visa appointment.

Employment- based	All Other	CHINA	INDIA	PHILIPPINES
1st	22APR18	08MAY17	01JAN15	22APR18
2nd	C	01NOV16	24APR09	C
3rd	C	01JAN16	01JUL09	C

Table B: Dates for Filing -- The DOS may work on applications with these dates. But the Visa cannot be approved until the date is current per Table A.

Employment- based	All Other	CHINA	INDIA	PHILIPPINES
1st	01SEP18	01OCT17	01OCT17	01SEP18
2nd	C	01FEB17	01JUN09	C
3rd	C	01JUN16	01APR10	C

MU Law Analysis (all references are to Table A unless noted)

All Other: The EB-1 category stayed still.  We do not see any retrogression in the future for EB2 or EB3, other than the usual retrogression at the end of the Fiscal Year.

China:  China EB-1 moved three months.  China EB-2 moved 3 months, a fifteen-month progression so far in 2019’s calendar months.  EB-3 also moved ahead about three months -- which reflects continued demand in EB-3, likely related to the many EB-3 “downgrades”.  EB-2 remains superior to EB-3.

India: There was very little movement in any of the Indian categories.  EB-1 will almost surely not move in FY 2019.  We do not expect any significant Indian movement this fiscal year.  Longer term, we are slightly more optimistic about India EB-3, which should progress faster than EB-2.

Philippines: The EB-3 is current!  We do not expect any retrogression in the near future.  Great days for Philippine employment-based nationals.