Know when employment-based priority dates move forward, and when they move back
A free email after each Visa Bulletin: which EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 dates moved forward, which moved back, and how often that month has had a retrogression since 2001.
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October in the record
In 7 of 23 Octobers on record, at least one of the 20 employment-based series moved back. For one category and country the count is much lower.
Oct 1: new fiscal-year quota
What's in the email
- Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for EB-1, EB-2 and EB-3 in your country, and how far each moved since the last bulletin.
- Which chart USCIS accepts for Form I-485 that month.
- When a date moves back, or the month often brings retrogression: how many earlier bulletins for the same month did the same, counted since 2001. A count, not a forecast.
Every number comes from the official Visa Bulletin archive at travel.state.gov.