U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
August 2019
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for August 2019. Changes are against July 2019.
What changed from July 2019
Final Action Dates: 22 moved forward, 16 moved back
- F1 (all other countries) advanced 4 months, from 08 MAR 2012 to 01 JUL 2012.
- F1 China advanced 4 months, from 08 MAR 2012 to 01 JUL 2012.
- F1 India advanced 4 months, from 08 MAR 2012 to 01 JUL 2012.
- F1 Philippines advanced 6 months, from 22 AUG 2007 to 22 FEB 2008.
- F2B (all other countries) advanced 4 months, from 01 SEP 2013 to 01 JAN 2014.
- F2B China advanced 4 months, from 01 SEP 2013 to 01 JAN 2014.
- F2B India advanced 4 months, from 01 SEP 2013 to 01 JAN 2014.
- F2B Mexico advanced 47 days, from 15 APR 1998 to 01 JUN 1998.
- F2B Philippines advanced 3 months, from 01 JAN 2008 to 01 APR 2008.
- F3 (all other countries) advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2007 to 22 JUN 2007.
- F3 China advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2007 to 22 JUN 2007.
- F3 India advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2007 to 22 JUN 2007.
- F3 Mexico advanced 5 months, from 01 JUL 1995 to 01 DEC 1995.
- F3 Philippines advanced 2 months, from 01 AUG 1997 to 01 OCT 1997.
- F4 (all other countries) advanced 4 months, from 15 JUN 2006 to 01 OCT 2006.
- F4 China advanced 4 months, from 15 JUN 2006 to 01 OCT 2006.
- F4 India advanced 24 days, from 22 AUG 2004 to 15 SEP 2004.
- F4 Philippines advanced 4 months, from 01 JAN 1998 to 01 MAY 1998.
- EB-2 China advanced 2 months, from 01 NOV 2016 to 01 JAN 2017.
- EB-2 India advanced 8 days, from 24 APR 2009 to 02 MAY 2009.
- EB-3 China advanced 6 months, from 01 JAN 2016 to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-5 China advanced 14 days, from 01 OCT 2014 to 15 OCT 2014.
- EB-1 (all other countries) retrogressed 22 months, from 22 APR 2018 to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-1 China retrogressed 10 months, from 08 MAY 2017 to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-1 Mexico retrogressed 22 months, from 22 APR 2018 to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-1 Philippines retrogressed 22 months, from 22 APR 2018 to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-2 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 01 JAN 2017.
- EB-2 Mexico went from CURRENT to 01 JAN 2017.
- EB-2 Philippines went from CURRENT to 01 JAN 2017.
- EB-3 (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-3 India retrogressed 42 months, from 01 JUL 2009 to 01 JAN 2006.
- EB-3 Mexico went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-3 Philippines went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-3 Other Workers (all other countries) went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-3 Other Workers India retrogressed 42 months, from 01 JUL 2009 to 01 JAN 2006.
- EB-3 Other Workers Mexico went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-3 Other Workers Philippines went from CURRENT to 01 JUL 2016.
- EB-5 India retrogressed 31 months, from 01 MAY 2017 to 15 OCT 2014.
Dates for Filing: 24 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F1 (all other countries) advanced 4 months, from 08 NOV 2012 to 01 MAR 2013.
- F1 China advanced 4 months, from 08 NOV 2012 to 01 MAR 2013.
- F1 India advanced 4 months, from 08 NOV 2012 to 01 MAR 2013.
- F1 Mexico advanced 10 days, from 22 OCT 1999 to 01 NOV 1999.
- F1 Philippines advanced 4 months, from 01 MAY 2008 to 22 AUG 2008.
- F2A (all other countries) advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2019 to 01 JUN 2019.
- F2A China advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2019 to 01 JUN 2019.
- F2A India advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2019 to 01 JUN 2019.
- F2A Mexico advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2019 to 01 JUN 2019.
- F2A Philippines advanced 3 months, from 08 MAR 2019 to 01 JUN 2019.
- F2B (all other countries) advanced 17 days, from 15 AUG 2014 to 01 SEP 2014.
- F2B China advanced 17 days, from 15 AUG 2014 to 01 SEP 2014.
- F2B India advanced 17 days, from 15 AUG 2014 to 01 SEP 2014.
- F2B Mexico advanced 41 days, from 22 DEC 1998 to 01 FEB 1999.
- F2B Philippines advanced 3 months, from 01 AUG 2008 to 01 NOV 2008.
- F3 (all other countries) advanced 3 months, from 08 SEP 2007 to 22 DEC 2007.
- F3 China advanced 3 months, from 08 SEP 2007 to 22 DEC 2007.
- F3 India advanced 3 months, from 08 SEP 2007 to 22 DEC 2007.
- F3 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 08 JUL 2000 to 15 JUL 2000.
- F3 Philippines advanced 59 days, from 01 FEB 1998 to 01 APR 1998.
- F4 India advanced 23 days, from 22 APR 2005 to 15 MAY 2005.
- F4 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 08 DEC 1998 to 15 DEC 1998.
- F4 Philippines advanced 4 months, from 01 JUL 1998 to 01 NOV 1998.
- EB-5 China advanced 14 days, from 01 NOV 2014 to 15 NOV 2014.
Compared cell by cell with the July 2019 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 August 2019 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 JUL 2012+4 mo | 01 JUL 2012+4 mo | 01 JUL 2012+4 mo | 01 AUG 1996no change | 22 FEB 2008+6 mo |
| F2A | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| F2B | 01 JAN 2014+4 mo | 01 JAN 2014+4 mo | 01 JAN 2014+4 mo | 01 JUN 1998+47 d | 01 APR 2008+3 mo |
| F3 | 22 JUN 2007+3 mo | 22 JUN 2007+3 mo | 22 JUN 2007+3 mo | 01 DEC 1995+5 mo | 01 OCT 1997+2 mo |
| F4 | 01 OCT 2006+4 mo | 01 OCT 2006+4 mo | 15 SEP 2004+24 d | 01 JAN 1997no change | 01 MAY 1998+4 mo |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 JUL 2016−22 mo | 01 JUL 2016−10 mo | 01 JAN 2015no change | 01 JUL 2016−22 mo | 01 JUL 2016−22 mo |
| EB-2 | 01 JAN 2017cutoff imposed | 01 JAN 2017+2 mo | 02 MAY 2009+8 d | 01 JAN 2017cutoff imposed | 01 JAN 2017cutoff imposed |
| EB-3 | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed | 01 JUL 2016+6 mo | 01 JAN 2006−42 mo | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed | 22 NOV 2007no change | 01 JAN 2006−42 mo | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed | 01 JUL 2016cutoff imposed |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | 01 JUL 2016no change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 15 OCT 2014+14 d | 15 OCT 2014−31 mo | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 MAR 2013+4 mo | 01 MAR 2013+4 mo | 01 MAR 2013+4 mo | 01 NOV 1999+10 d | 22 AUG 2008+4 mo |
| F2A | 01 JUN 2019+3 mo | 01 JUN 2019+3 mo | 01 JUN 2019+3 mo | 01 JUN 2019+3 mo | 01 JUN 2019+3 mo |
| F2B | 01 SEP 2014+17 d | 01 SEP 2014+17 d | 01 SEP 2014+17 d | 01 FEB 1999+41 d | 01 NOV 2008+3 mo |
| F3 | 22 DEC 2007+3 mo | 22 DEC 2007+3 mo | 22 DEC 2007+3 mo | 15 JUL 2000+7 d | 01 APR 1998+59 d |
| F4 | 15 DEC 2006no change | 15 DEC 2006no change | 15 MAY 2005+23 d | 15 DEC 1998+7 d | 01 NOV 1998+4 mo |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 SEP 2018no change | 01 OCT 2017no change | 01 OCT 2017no change | 01 SEP 2018no change | 01 SEP 2018no change |
| EB-2 | CURRENTno change | 01 FEB 2017no change | 01 JUN 2009no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 JUN 2016no change | 01 APR 2010no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 JUN 2008no change | 01 APR 2010no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 15 NOV 2014+14 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for August 2019, 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.