U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
April 2017
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for April 2017. Changes are against March 2017.
What changed from March 2017
Final Action Dates: 38 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F1 (all other countries) advanced 4 months, from 01 JUN 2010 to 15 OCT 2010.
- F1 China advanced 4 months, from 01 JUN 2010 to 15 OCT 2010.
- F1 India advanced 4 months, from 01 JUN 2010 to 15 OCT 2010.
- F1 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 15 MAY 1995 to 22 MAY 1995.
- F1 Philippines advanced 31 days, from 15 DEC 2005 to 15 JAN 2006.
- F2A (all other countries) advanced 31 days, from 08 MAY 2015 to 08 JUN 2015.
- F2A China advanced 31 days, from 08 MAY 2015 to 08 JUN 2015.
- F2A India advanced 31 days, from 08 MAY 2015 to 08 JUN 2015.
- F2A Mexico advanced 30 days, from 22 APR 2015 to 22 MAY 2015.
- F2A Philippines advanced 31 days, from 08 MAY 2015 to 08 JUN 2015.
- F2B (all other countries) advanced 31 days, from 15 AUG 2010 to 15 SEP 2010.
- F2B China advanced 31 days, from 15 AUG 2010 to 15 SEP 2010.
- F2B India advanced 31 days, from 15 AUG 2010 to 15 SEP 2010.
- F2B Mexico advanced 30 days, from 22 NOV 1995 to 22 DEC 1995.
- F2B Philippines advanced 45 days, from 01 MAY 2006 to 15 JUN 2006.
- F3 (all other countries) advanced 23 days, from 22 APR 2005 to 15 MAY 2005.
- F3 China advanced 23 days, from 22 APR 2005 to 15 MAY 2005.
- F3 India advanced 23 days, from 22 APR 2005 to 15 MAY 2005.
- F3 Mexico advanced 17 days, from 22 DEC 1994 to 08 JAN 1995.
- F3 Philippines advanced 7 days, from 08 SEP 1994 to 15 SEP 1994.
- F4 (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 22 FEB 2004 to 08 MAY 2004.
- F4 China advanced 2 months, from 22 FEB 2004 to 08 MAY 2004.
- F4 India advanced 24 days, from 22 JUL 2003 to 15 AUG 2003.
- F4 Mexico advanced 14 days, from 01 JUN 1997 to 15 JUN 1997.
- F4 Philippines advanced 38 days, from 01 AUG 1993 to 08 SEP 1993.
- EB-2 China advanced 31 days, from 15 DEC 2012 to 15 JAN 2013.
- EB-2 India advanced 21 days, from 01 JUN 2008 to 22 JUN 2008.
- EB-3 (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 01 DEC 2016 to 15 FEB 2017.
- EB-3 China advanced 5 months, from 15 MAR 2014 to 15 AUG 2014.
- EB-3 India advanced 2 days, from 22 MAR 2005 to 24 MAR 2005.
- EB-3 Mexico advanced 2 months, from 01 DEC 2016 to 15 FEB 2017.
- EB-3 Philippines advanced 6 months, from 15 MAR 2012 to 15 SEP 2012.
- EB-3 Other Workers (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 01 DEC 2016 to 15 FEB 2017.
- EB-3 Other Workers China advanced 28 days, from 01 FEB 2006 to 01 MAR 2006.
- EB-3 Other Workers India advanced 2 days, from 22 MAR 2005 to 24 MAR 2005.
- EB-3 Other Workers Mexico advanced 2 months, from 01 DEC 2016 to 15 FEB 2017.
- EB-3 Other Workers Philippines advanced 6 months, from 15 MAR 2012 to 15 SEP 2012.
- EB-5 China advanced 21 days, from 01 MAY 2014 to 22 MAY 2014.
Dates for Filing: 0 moved forward, 0 moved back
No Dates for Filing changed from March 2017.
Compared cell by cell with the March 2017 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (73 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 April 2017 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 15 OCT 2010+4 mo | 15 OCT 2010+4 mo | 15 OCT 2010+4 mo | 22 MAY 1995+7 d | 15 JAN 2006+31 d |
| F2A | 08 JUN 2015+31 d | 08 JUN 2015+31 d | 08 JUN 2015+31 d | 22 MAY 2015+30 d | 08 JUN 2015+31 d |
| F2B | 15 SEP 2010+31 d | 15 SEP 2010+31 d | 15 SEP 2010+31 d | 22 DEC 1995+30 d | 15 JUN 2006+45 d |
| F3 | 15 MAY 2005+23 d | 15 MAY 2005+23 d | 15 MAY 2005+23 d | 08 JAN 1995+17 d | 15 SEP 1994+7 d |
| F4 | 08 MAY 2004+2 mo | 08 MAY 2004+2 mo | 15 AUG 2003+24 d | 15 JUN 1997+14 d | 08 SEP 1993+38 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 | 15 JAN 2013+31 d | 22 JUN 2008+21 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | 15 FEB 2017+2 mo | 15 AUG 2014+5 mo | 24 MAR 2005+2 d | 15 FEB 2017+2 mo | 15 SEP 2012+6 mo |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 FEB 2017+2 mo | 01 MAR 2006+28 d | 24 MAR 2005+2 d | 15 FEB 2017+2 mo | 15 SEP 2012+6 mo |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | 15 JUL 2015no change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 22 MAY 2014+21 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 JAN 2011no change | 01 JAN 2011no change | 01 JAN 2011no change | 01 JUN 1995no change | 01 MAY 2006no change |
| F2A | 22 NOV 2015no change | 22 NOV 2015no change | 22 NOV 2015no change | 22 NOV 2015no change | 22 NOV 2015no change |
| F2B | 08 FEB 2011no change | 08 FEB 2011no change | 08 FEB 2011no change | 01 JUN 1996no change | 01 FEB 2007no change |
| F3 | 22 AUG 2005no change | 22 AUG 2005no change | 22 AUG 2005no change | 01 MAY 1995no change | 01 JAN 1995no change |
| F4 | 01 JUL 2004no change | 01 JUL 2004no change | 01 MAY 2004no change | 01 DEC 1997no change | 01 APR 1994no 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 2013no change | 22 APR 2009no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 MAY 2014no change | 01 JUL 2005no change | CURRENTno change | 01 SEP 2013no change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 AUG 2009no change | 01 JUL 2005no change | CURRENTno change | 01 SEP 2013no change |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 15 JUN 2014no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for April 2017, 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.