U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
January 2010
Final Action Dates as published in the Visa Bulletin for January 2010. Changes are against December 2009.
What changed from December 2009
Final Action Dates: 24 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F1 China advanced 2 months, from 22 JAN 2004 to 01 APR 2004.
- F1 India advanced 2 months, from 22 JAN 2004 to 01 APR 2004.
- F1 Mexico advanced 14 days, from 01 AUG 1992 to 15 AUG 1992.
- F1 Philippines advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 1993 to 01 DEC 1993.
- F2A China advanced 2 months, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 JAN 2006.
- F2A India advanced 2 months, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 JAN 2006.
- F2A Mexico advanced 3 months, from 01 OCT 2003 to 01 JAN 2004.
- F2A Philippines advanced 2 months, from 01 NOV 2005 to 01 JAN 2006.
- F2B China advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 2001 to 01 DEC 2001.
- F2B India advanced 30 days, from 01 NOV 2001 to 01 DEC 2001.
- F2B Mexico advanced 7 days, from 01 JUN 1992 to 08 JUN 1992.
- F3 Mexico advanced 24 days, from 22 AUG 1992 to 15 SEP 1992.
- F3 Philippines advanced 16 days, from 15 NOV 1991 to 01 DEC 1991.
- F4 China advanced 23 days, from 08 SEP 1999 to 01 OCT 1999.
- F4 India advanced 23 days, from 08 SEP 1999 to 01 OCT 1999.
- F4 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 15 NOV 1995 to 22 NOV 1995.
- F4 Philippines advanced 40 days, from 22 MAR 1987 to 01 MAY 1987.
- EB-2 China advanced 30 days, from 01 APR 2005 to 01 MAY 2005.
- EB-3 (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 01 JUN 2002 to 01 AUG 2002.
- EB-3 China advanced 2 months, from 01 JUN 2002 to 01 AUG 2002.
- EB-3 India advanced 52 days, from 01 MAY 2001 to 22 JUN 2001.
- EB-3 Mexico advanced 30 days, from 01 JUN 2002 to 01 JUL 2002.
- EB-3 Philippines advanced 2 months, from 01 JUN 2002 to 01 AUG 2002.
- EB-3 Other Workers India advanced 31 days, from 01 MAY 2001 to 01 JUN 2001.
Compared cell by cell with the December 2009 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 January 2010 charts
| Category | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 APR 2004+2 mo | 01 APR 2004+2 mo | 15 AUG 1992+14 d | 01 DEC 1993+30 d |
| F2A | 01 JAN 2006+2 mo | 01 JAN 2006+2 mo | 01 JAN 2004+3 mo | 01 JAN 2006+2 mo |
| F2B | 01 DEC 2001+30 d | 01 DEC 2001+30 d | 08 JUN 1992+7 d | 01 JUL 1998no change |
| F3 | 22 MAY 2001no change | 22 MAY 2001no change | 15 SEP 1992+24 d | 01 DEC 1991+16 d |
| F4 | 01 OCT 1999+23 d | 01 OCT 1999+23 d | 22 NOV 1995+7 d | 01 MAY 1987+40 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 | 01 MAY 2005+30 d | 22 JAN 2005no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | 01 AUG 2002+2 mo | 01 AUG 2002+2 mo | 22 JUN 2001+52 d | 01 JUL 2002+30 d | 01 AUG 2002+2 mo |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 JUN 2001no change | 01 JUN 2001no change | 01 JUN 2001+31 d | 01 JUN 2001no change | 01 JUN 2001no 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 January 2010, 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.