Visa Bulletin March 2019 Predictions

For official February 2019 Visa Bulletin and analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2019/visa-bulletin-february-2019.aspx

Please see March 2019 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based):

Family Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	08OCT11	08OCT11	08OCT11	01SEP97	01MAY07
F2A	22DEC16	22DEC16	22DEC16	08DEC16	22DEC16
F2B	08JUN12	08JUN12	08JUN12	15AUG97	01AUG07
F3	15SEP06	15SEP06	15SEP06	08JAN96	01SEP95
F4	22JUL05	22JUL05	08JUL04	15FEB98	01NOV95

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Family- Sponsored	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	15APR12	15APR12	15APR12	15DEC99	01APR08
F2A	01JAN18	01JAN18	01JAN18	01JAN18	01JAN18
F2B	15SEP14	15SEP14	15SEP14	01NOV97	01FEB08
F3	08MAR07	08MAR07	08MAR07	01NOV00	01OCT97
F4	01AUG06	01AUG06	22FEB05	22NOV98	01MAR98

Employment Based:

Final Action Dates

Dates For Filing Applications

"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.

Employment- based	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	01JAN18	08MAR17	08MAR17	01JAN18	01JAN18
2nd	C	01DEC15	15APR09	C	C
3rd	C	22JUL15	01JUL09	C	15SEP17
Other Workers	C	TBD	01JUL09	C	15SEP17
4th	C	C	C	08OCT17	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	08OCT17	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.

Employment- based	All Chargeability  Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland  born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	01JUL18	01NOV17	01NOV17	01JUL18	01JUL18
2nd	C	01DEC15	01JUN09	C	C
3rd	C	01FEB16	08JUN10	C	08NOV17
Other Workers	C	TBD	08JUN10	C	08NOV17
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	01NOV14	C	C	C
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	01NOV14	C	C	C

Visa Bulletin Predictions

If you have not done it, please remember to add or update your I-130/NVC/I-140/I-485 case in the free GC tracker: https://www.mygcvisa.com/tracker/

It would be very useful to understand how USCIS is currently processing these cases. It would also help in estimating date movements in future visa bulletin.

The dates above have been calculated from data provided by USCIS/DOS. It does not include future demand (which can increase or decrease anytime). Hence data will keep changing every month.We will update these tables as we get more data from USCIS or DOS.

Similar to EB3 category movement, we have previously added a blog post for EB2 category forward movement. Please click here for FB category.

Next Steps: If priority date is current and

1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: https://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html

2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: https://www.mygcvisa.com/nvc/overview-after-nvc-petition-approved.aspx

Recommended Reading:

• Frequently Asked Questions: USCIS Visa Bulletin
• Frequently Asked Questions: I-485 Pending Inventory

More Reading:

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