U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
May 2022
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for May 2022. Changes are against April 2022.
What changed from April 2022
Final Action Dates: 1 moved forward, 0 moved back
Dates for Filing: 3 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F2B Mexico advanced 9 days, from 22 APR 2001 to 01 MAY 2001.
- F4 Mexico advanced 2 months, from 22 DEC 2000 to 01 MAR 2001.
- EB-2 India advanced 3 months, from 01 SEP 2014 to 01 DEC 2014.
Compared cell by cell with the April 2022 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (85 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 2022 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 DEC 2014no change | 01 DEC 2014no change | 01 DEC 2014no change | 01 JAN 2000no change | 01 MAR 2012no change |
| F2A | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| F2B | 22 SEP 2015no change | 22 SEP 2015no change | 22 SEP 2015no change | 01 JAN 2001no change | 22 OCT 2011no change |
| F3 | 22 NOV 2008no change | 22 NOV 2008no change | 22 NOV 2008no change | 15 SEP 1997no change | 08 JUN 2002no change |
| F4 | 22 MAR 2007no change | 22 MAR 2007no change | 15 SEP 2005no change | 01 JAN 2000no change | 22 AUG 2002no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | CURRENTno change | 01 MAR 2019no change | 01 SEP 2013+55 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 22 MAR 2018no change | 15 JAN 2012no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 JUN 2012no change | 15 JAN 2012no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | 01 APR 2020no change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 15 MAY 2016no change | 15 MAY 2016no change | 15 MAY 2016no change | 01 MAY 2001no change | 22 APR 2015no change |
| F2A | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| F2B | 22 SEP 2016no change | 22 SEP 2016no change | 22 SEP 2016no change | 01 MAY 2001+9 d | 01 OCT 2013no change |
| F3 | 22 AUG 2009no change | 22 AUG 2009no change | 22 AUG 2009no change | 01 MAR 2001no change | 08 NOV 2003no change |
| F4 | 01 OCT 2007no change | 01 OCT 2007no change | 22 FEB 2006no change | 01 MAR 2001+2 mo | 22 APR 2004no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | CURRENTno change | 01 APR 2019no change | 01 DEC 2014+3 mo | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 APR 2018no change | 22 JAN 2012no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 AUG 2015no change | 22 JAN 2012no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for May 2022, 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.