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Visa Bulletin /

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

May 2018

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for May 2018. Changes are against April 2018.

What changed from April 2018

Final Action Dates: 27 moved forward, 0 moved back

Dates for Filing: 23 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the April 2018 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (81 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 May 2018 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F108 APR 2011no change08 APR 2011no change08 APR 2011no change15 NOV 1996+2 mo22 JAN 2006+21 d
F2A01 JUN 2016+31 d01 JUN 2016+31 d01 JUN 2016+31 d22 APR 2016+21 d01 JUN 2016+31 d
F2B15 MAY 2011+37 d15 MAY 2011+37 d15 MAY 2011+37 d01 DEC 1996+30 d15 DEC 2006+44 d
F301 FEB 2006+24 d01 FEB 2006+24 d01 FEB 2006+24 d01 SEP 1995+55 d01 APR 1995+10 d
F401 OCT 2004+16 d01 OCT 2004+16 d01 MAR 2004+15 d08 JAN 1998+31 d01 FEB 1995+48 d
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JAN 2012no change01 JAN 2012no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 SEP 2014+31 d22 DEC 2008no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3CURRENTno change01 JUN 2015no change01 MAY 2008+3 moCURRENTno change01 JAN 2017no change
EB-3 Other WorkersCURRENTno change01 MAY 2007+30 d01 MAY 2008+3 moCURRENTno change01 JAN 2017no change
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change22 OCT 2016+2 moCURRENTno change
EB-5CURRENTno change22 JUL 2014no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F108 JAN 2012+7 d08 JAN 2012+7 d08 JAN 2012+7 d15 JUL 1998+6 mo08 OCT 2007+7 d
F2A22 SEP 2017no change22 SEP 2017no change22 SEP 2017no change22 SEP 2017no change22 SEP 2017no change
F2B08 SEP 2011+7 d08 SEP 2011+7 d08 SEP 2011+7 d22 MAY 1997+5 mo08 SEP 2007+7 d
F308 SEP 2006+7 d08 SEP 2006+7 d08 SEP 2006+7 d22 SEP 1998+9 mo22 JUL 1995+37 d
F401 APR 2005+24 d01 APR 2005+24 d01 DEC 2004+5 mo08 MAY 1998+3 mo15 OCT 1995+7 mo
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 FEB 2015no change01 APR 2009+52 dCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3CURRENTno change01 JAN 2016no change01 SEP 2008+5 moCURRENTno change01 JUL 2017no change
EB-3 Other WorkersCURRENTno change01 JUN 2008no change01 SEP 2008+5 moCURRENTno change01 JUL 2017no change
EB-4CURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 SEP 2014no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for May 2018, 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.

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