Visa Bulletin August 2019 Predictions

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

Please see August 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	01APR12	01APR12	01APR12	15AUG96	01OCT07
F2A	C	C	C	C	C
F2B	01NOV13	01NOV13	01NOV13	22MAY98	01FEB08
F3	01APR07	01APR07	01APR07	08JUL95	15OCT97
F4	01AUG06	01AUG06	01SEP04	22JAN97	01APR98

"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	01DEC12	01DEC12	01DEC12	01DEC99	22JUN08
F2A	22APR19	22APR19	22APR19	22APR19	22APR19
F2B	08NOV14	08NOV14	08NOV14	08FEB99	22AUG08
F3	08OCT07	08OCT07	08OCT07	01SEP00	22APR98
F4	08FEB07	08FEB07	01MAY05	22DEC98	22SEP98

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	01JUL18	01NOV17	08APR15	01JUL18	01JUL18
2nd	C	01JAN17	15MAY09	C	C
3rd	C	22FEB16	15JUL09	C	C
Other Workers	C	TBD	15JUL09	C	C
4th	C	C	C	15JUL16	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	15JUL16	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	01NOV14	01JUN17	C	C
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	01NOV14	01JUN17	C	C

"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	01OCT18	01NOV17	01NOV17	01OCT18	01OCT18
2nd	C	01APR17	22JUN09	C	C
3rd	C	15JUN16	01MAY10	C	C
Other Workers	C	TBD	01MAY10	C	C
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	01DEC14	C	C	C
5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	01DEC14	C	C	C

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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