U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
August 2013
Final Action Dates as published in the Visa Bulletin for August 2013. Changes are against July 2013.
What changed from July 2013
Final Action Dates: 26 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F1 (all other countries) advanced 3 months, from 01 JUN 2006 to 01 SEP 2006.
- F1 China advanced 3 months, from 01 JUN 2006 to 01 SEP 2006.
- F1 India advanced 3 months, from 01 JUN 2006 to 01 SEP 2006.
- F1 Mexico advanced 10 days, from 22 AUG 1993 to 01 SEP 1993.
- F1 Philippines advanced 6 months, from 01 JUL 2000 to 01 JAN 2001.
- F2A (all other countries) went from 08 OCT 2011 to CURRENT.
- F2A China went from 08 OCT 2011 to CURRENT.
- F2A India went from 08 OCT 2011 to CURRENT.
- F2A Mexico went from 01 SEP 2011 to CURRENT.
- F2A Philippines went from 08 OCT 2011 to CURRENT.
- F2B (all other countries) advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 DEC 2005.
- F2B China advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 DEC 2005.
- F2B India advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 DEC 2005.
- F2B Mexico advanced 3 months, from 01 NOV 1993 to 01 FEB 1994.
- F3 (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 01 OCT 2002 to 08 DEC 2002.
- F3 China advanced 2 months, from 01 OCT 2002 to 08 DEC 2002.
- F3 India advanced 2 months, from 01 OCT 2002 to 08 DEC 2002.
- F3 Mexico advanced 9 days, from 22 APR 1993 to 01 MAY 1993.
- F3 Philippines advanced 9 days, from 22 NOV 1992 to 01 DEC 1992.
- F4 (all other countries) advanced 31 days, from 22 MAY 2001 to 22 JUN 2001.
- F4 China advanced 31 days, from 22 MAY 2001 to 22 JUN 2001.
- F4 India advanced 31 days, from 22 MAY 2001 to 22 JUN 2001.
- F4 Philippines advanced 24 days, from 15 DEC 1989 to 08 JAN 1990.
- EB-2 India advanced 40 months, from 01 SEP 2004 to 01 JAN 2008.
- EB-3 Philippines advanced 21 days, from 01 OCT 2006 to 22 OCT 2006.
- EB-3 Other Workers Philippines advanced 21 days, from 01 OCT 2006 to 22 OCT 2006.
Compared cell by cell with the July 2013 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (60 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.
The August 2013 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 SEP 2006+3 mo | 01 SEP 2006+3 mo | 01 SEP 2006+3 mo | 01 SEP 1993+10 d | 01 JAN 2001+6 mo |
| F2A | CURRENTbecame current | CURRENTbecame current | CURRENTbecame current | CURRENTbecame current | CURRENTbecame current |
| F2B | 01 DEC 2005+30 d | 01 DEC 2005+30 d | 01 DEC 2005+30 d | 01 FEB 1994+3 mo | 22 DEC 2002no change |
| F3 | 08 DEC 2002+2 mo | 08 DEC 2002+2 mo | 08 DEC 2002+2 mo | 01 MAY 1993+9 d | 01 DEC 1992+9 d |
| F4 | 22 JUN 2001+31 d | 22 JUN 2001+31 d | 22 JUN 2001+31 d | 22 SEP 1996no change | 08 JAN 1990+24 d |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | CURRENTno change | 08 AUG 2008no change | 01 JAN 2008+40 mo | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | 01 JAN 2009no change | 01 JAN 2009no change | 22 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2009no change | 22 OCT 2006+21 d |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 JAN 2009no change | 22 MAR 2004no change | 22 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2009no change | 22 OCT 2006+21 d |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for August 2013, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.