U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
November 2017
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for November 2017. Changes are against October 2017.
What changed from October 2017
Final Action Dates: 31 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F1 (all other countries) advanced 31 days, from 22 DEC 2010 to 22 JAN 2011.
- F1 China advanced 31 days, from 22 DEC 2010 to 22 JAN 2011.
- F1 India advanced 31 days, from 22 DEC 2010 to 22 JAN 2011.
- F1 Mexico advanced 31 days, from 01 MAR 1996 to 01 APR 1996.
- F2A (all other countries) advanced 24 days, from 22 OCT 2015 to 15 NOV 2015.
- F2A China advanced 24 days, from 22 OCT 2015 to 15 NOV 2015.
- F2A India advanced 24 days, from 22 OCT 2015 to 15 NOV 2015.
- F2A Mexico advanced 17 days, from 15 OCT 2015 to 01 NOV 2015.
- F2A Philippines advanced 24 days, from 22 OCT 2015 to 15 NOV 2015.
- F2B (all other countries) advanced 7 days, from 08 NOV 2010 to 15 NOV 2010.
- F2B China advanced 7 days, from 08 NOV 2010 to 15 NOV 2010.
- F2B India advanced 7 days, from 08 NOV 2010 to 15 NOV 2010.
- F2B Mexico advanced 7 days, from 15 JUL 1996 to 22 JUL 1996.
- F3 (all other countries) advanced 24 days, from 22 JUL 2005 to 15 AUG 2005.
- F3 China advanced 24 days, from 22 JUL 2005 to 15 AUG 2005.
- F3 India advanced 24 days, from 22 JUL 2005 to 15 AUG 2005.
- F3 Mexico advanced 16 days, from 22 APR 1995 to 08 MAY 1995.
- F3 Philippines advanced 7 days, from 22 FEB 1995 to 01 MAR 1995.
- F4 (all other countries) advanced 14 days, from 08 MAY 2004 to 22 MAY 2004.
- F4 China advanced 14 days, from 08 MAY 2004 to 22 MAY 2004.
- F4 India advanced 21 days, from 01 OCT 2003 to 22 OCT 2003.
- F4 Mexico advanced 7 days, from 01 OCT 1997 to 08 OCT 1997.
- F4 Philippines advanced 7 days, from 01 JUN 1994 to 08 JUN 1994.
- EB-2 China advanced 24 days, from 22 MAY 2013 to 15 JUN 2013.
- EB-2 India advanced 23 days, from 15 SEP 2008 to 08 OCT 2008.
- EB-3 China advanced 31 days, from 01 JAN 2014 to 01 FEB 2014.
- EB-3 Philippines advanced 45 days, from 01 DEC 2015 to 15 JAN 2016.
- EB-3 Other Workers China advanced 3 months, from 01 JAN 2006 to 01 APR 2006.
- EB-3 Other Workers Philippines advanced 45 days, from 01 DEC 2015 to 15 JAN 2016.
- EB-4 Mexico advanced 31 days, from 01 MAR 2016 to 01 APR 2016.
- EB-5 China advanced 9 days, from 22 JUN 2014 to 01 JUL 2014.
Dates for Filing: 0 moved forward, 0 moved back
No Dates for Filing changed from October 2017.
Compared cell by cell with the October 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 November 2017 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 22 JAN 2011+31 d | 22 JAN 2011+31 d | 22 JAN 2011+31 d | 01 APR 1996+31 d | 01 JAN 2007no change |
| F2A | 15 NOV 2015+24 d | 15 NOV 2015+24 d | 15 NOV 2015+24 d | 01 NOV 2015+17 d | 15 NOV 2015+24 d |
| F2B | 15 NOV 2010+7 d | 15 NOV 2010+7 d | 15 NOV 2010+7 d | 22 JUL 1996+7 d | 01 JAN 2007no change |
| F3 | 15 AUG 2005+24 d | 15 AUG 2005+24 d | 15 AUG 2005+24 d | 08 MAY 1995+16 d | 01 MAR 1995+7 d |
| F4 | 22 MAY 2004+14 d | 22 MAY 2004+14 d | 22 OCT 2003+21 d | 08 OCT 1997+7 d | 08 JUN 1994+7 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 JUN 2013+24 d | 08 OCT 2008+23 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 FEB 2014+31 d | 15 OCT 2006no change | CURRENTno change | 15 JAN 2016+45 d |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 APR 2006+3 mo | 15 OCT 2006no change | CURRENTno change | 15 JAN 2016+45 d |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | 01 APR 2016+31 d | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 01 JUL 2014+9 d | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 JAN 2012no change | 01 JAN 2012no change | 01 JAN 2012no change | 01 NOV 1996no change | 01 OCT 2007no change |
| F2A | 01 NOV 2016no change | 01 NOV 2016no change | 01 NOV 2016no change | 01 NOV 2016no change | 01 NOV 2016no change |
| F2B | 01 SEP 2011no change | 01 SEP 2011no change | 01 SEP 2011no change | 01 JAN 1997no change | 01 SEP 2007no change |
| F3 | 01 DEC 2005no change | 01 DEC 2005no change | 01 DEC 2005no change | 01 OCT 1995no change | 15 JUN 1995no change |
| F4 | 15 NOV 2004no change | 15 NOV 2004no change | 22 JUN 2004no change | 08 FEB 1998no change | 01 MAR 1995no 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 | 15 NOV 2013no change | 08 FEB 2009no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-3 | CURRENTno change | 01 SEP 2015no change | 01 JAN 2008no change | CURRENTno change | 01 AUG 2016no change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | CURRENTno change | 01 JUN 2008no change | 01 JAN 2008no change | CURRENTno change | 01 AUG 2016no change |
| EB-4 | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 01 OCT 2014no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for November 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.