The Department of State has
just issued the December
2019 Visa Bulletin. This is the third Visa Bulletin of Fiscal Year 2020. This blog
post analyzes this month's Visa Bulletin.
December 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
|
15JUN18
|
15MAY17
|
01JAN15
|
01JUN18
|
|
2nd
|
C
|
22JUN15
|
15MAY09
|
C
|
|
3rd
|
C
|
01NOV15
|
01JAN09
|
01MAR18
|
MU Law Analysis
All Other: Although All Other EB-1
has a slight retrogression, the EB-2 and EB-3 categories remained current and
are expected to remain current for the foreseeable future.
China: EB-2 did progress by three
months. The EB-2 and EB-3 remain
inverted, in spite of the fact that China EB-3 did not progress at all. Over the course of FY2020 we expect EB-2 to
catch up to EB-3 and the two categories to stay roughly equal.
India: As with China, the EB-2
and EB-3 dates remain inverted. There
was no material progress in either category.
We expect very little progress in either category in future months.
Philippines: We
remain surprised by the slow progress of EB-3. The DOS indicated that demand for Adjust of
Status cases is tamping down the promotion of dates. Of course, Philippines EB-3 uses much less
Adjust of Status visas than other categories, which makes this explanation
suspect. We still find the EB-3 priority
date to be too conservative, but at this point we are no longer predicting as
rosy progressions in early 2020.
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