U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
July 2008
Final Action Dates as published in the Visa Bulletin for July 2008. Changes are against June 2008.
What changed from June 2008
Final Action Dates: 10 moved forward, 6 moved back
- F2A China advanced 17 days, from 15 JUL 2003 to 01 AUG 2003.
- F2A India advanced 17 days, from 15 JUL 2003 to 01 AUG 2003.
- F2A Philippines advanced 17 days, from 15 JUL 2003 to 01 AUG 2003.
- F2B China advanced 45 days, from 01 AUG 1999 to 15 SEP 1999.
- F2B India advanced 45 days, from 01 AUG 1999 to 15 SEP 1999.
- F2B Philippines advanced 7 days, from 22 FEB 1997 to 01 MAR 1997.
- F3 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 01 AUG 1992 to 08 AUG 1992.
- F4 China advanced 14 days, from 01 FEB 1997 to 15 FEB 1997.
- F4 India advanced 14 days, from 01 FEB 1997 to 15 FEB 1997.
- F4 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 15 DEC 1994 to 22 DEC 1994.
- F2A Mexico went from 01 MAY 2002 to UNAVAILABLE.
- EB-3 (all other countries) went from 01 MAR 2006 to UNAVAILABLE.
- EB-3 China went from 22 MAR 2003 to UNAVAILABLE.
- EB-3 India went from 01 NOV 2001 to UNAVAILABLE.
- EB-3 Mexico went from 01 JUL 2002 to UNAVAILABLE.
- EB-3 Philippines went from 01 MAR 2006 to UNAVAILABLE.
Compared cell by cell with the June 2008 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (55 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 July 2008 charts
| Category | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 15 MAR 2002no change | 15 MAR 2002no change | 22 JUL 1992no change | 15 MAR 1993no change |
| F2A | 01 AUG 2003+17 d | 01 AUG 2003+17 d | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable | 01 AUG 2003+17 d |
| F2B | 15 SEP 1999+45 d | 15 SEP 1999+45 d | 08 APR 1992no change | 01 MAR 1997+7 d |
| F3 | 08 JUN 2000no change | 08 JUN 2000no change | 08 AUG 1992+7 d | 01 APR 1991no change |
| F4 | 15 FEB 1997+14 d | 15 FEB 1997+14 d | 22 DEC 1994+7 d | 08 MAR 1986no 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 2004no change | 01 APR 2004no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable | UNAVAILABLEbecame unavailable |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2003no change | 01 JAN 2003no 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 July 2008, 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.