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December 2012 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for December 2012. 

All categories for Mexico moved forward at least 1 week, and the 2A (spouses and children of LPR) moved forward 5 weeks to August 1, 2010. 

November 2012 Visa Bulletin released

The Department of State released the November 2012 Visa Bulletin today. 

Check out My Priority Date Calculator for an estimate of when your priority date might be current.

September 2012 Visa Bulletin released

The September 2012 Visa Bulletin was released today.

There is not much good news for Mexico where the only category to move forward was Family 2A (spouses and children of LPRs) by 6 weeks to April 15, 2012. All other family categories from Mexico remain at the same date as the August 2012 bulletin.

The Philippines F1 category (Unmarried sons and daughters of USC) regained about 8 months of the 2 years they lost last month and is now at November 8, 1994. F2A for the Philippines moved forward 1 week to May 8, 2010. All other family categories from the Philippines remain the same as August 2012.

All other countries family categories moved foward from 2 to 11 weeks.

August 2012 Visa Bulletin released

The August 2012 Visa Bulletin has been released. 

For Mexico, there was a significant move forward for F2B (unmarried children over 21 of LPRs) -- moving forward nearly 9 months to August 22, 1992. Of course, Mexico continues to be the only country that is stuck in the 1990's in this category. The F2A (spouses and unmarried children under 21) moved forward 4 weeks to March 1, 2010. The other family categories from Mexico either did not move (F1 and F3, children over 21 of USCs) or only moved 1 week (F4 siblings of USCs).

For the Philippines, there was a retrogression in F1 (unmarried children over 21 of USCs) of over 2 years to March 1, 1994 (last month the date was July 15, 1997).

All other countries continued to move forward at the same rate. 

 

July 2012 Visa Bulletin: Mexico 2A category back to 2010

July 2012 Visa Bulletin

I apologize for being late with the Visa Bulletin for July. I was out of town when it came out and then the Deferred Action policy announcement has consumed all of my time.

The biggest jump in family categories was 15 weeks for the Mexican 2A category (spouses and unmarried children under 21 of LPRs). This category retrogressed significantly in January 2011 by 5 years to April 2005. For July 2012, the F2A category from Mexico is back to February 2, 2010. 

The 2A category for all other countries moved forward 6 weeks to February 15, 2010.

No movement was made in the Mexico F2B category (unmarried children over 21 of LPRs) that remains at January 1, 1992, and the Philippines F3 category (married children of USCs) that remains at July 22, 1992.

All other categories moved forward by 1-3 weeks. Mexico and the Philippines continue to have family categories in the 1990's and Philippines F4 (siblings of USC's) is stuck in February 1989. 

June 2012 Visa Bulletin for Mexico family categories bleak

The June 2012 Visa Bulletin was released today. 

The news for Mexican families waiting for their priority dates is bleak.

• The worst news is that the Family 2B (unmarried children over 21 of LPRs) Category for Mexico retrogressed by 11 months to January 1, 1992. 
• All other family categories for Mexico stayed the same with the exception of 2A (spouse and children under 21 of LPRs) that moved forward 7 weeks to December 8, 2009.

The Philippines family categories either stayed the same or moved forward 1-3 weeks.

All other countries continued to move forward as a block from 3-5 weeks in all family categories.

Check out My Priority Date Calculator for an estimate of when your priority date might be current.

May 2012 Visa Bulletin - Mexico family categories mostly stalled

The Department of State released the May 2012 Visa Bulletin on Good Friday, but the news for family members from Mexico was not so good.

• The F2B category (unmarried sons and daughters of LPRs) remains stalled at December 1, 1992. This is the same place it has been for 5 months now. This category has only moved forward 4 months in the last year (it was August 1, 1992 in May 2011).
• The F2A category (spouses and children of LPRs) did move forward 6 weeks to October 15, 2009. This category is still retrogressed from the date reached in December 2010 (March 1, 2010), but continues to inch forward.
• The F1 category (unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens) moved forward 1 week to May 15, 1993. 
• The F3 (married sons and daughters of USCs) and F4 (siblings of USCs) categories remained the same. 

All countries other than Mexico and the Philippines continue to move at the same pace with progress of 3-5 weeks in all family categories. 

Two Philippines categories remained stalled (F2B and F3); the others moved forward 1-3 weeks. 

April 2012 Visa Bulletin - good gains for family categories/countries except Mexico Philippines

April Visa Bulletin

There were gains in most family visa categories for most countries for April 2012. 

The Family 2A (spouses and unmarried children under 21 of LPRs) category has moved forward to October 8, of 2009 for all countries except Mexico which is September 1, 2009.

All other family categories for countries other than Mexico and the Philippines moved forward at least 4 weeks.

Mexico categories other than 2A moved only 1 week (F1, F3, F4) or not at all (F2B).

The only Philippines category to move forward other than 2A was F4 (siblings of USC) that moved up 2 weeks to January 8, 1989. This remains the only family category that is stuck in the 1980's.

March 2012 Visa Bulletin released

March 2012 Visa Bulletin was released today.

All Family categories from Mexico but 1 advanced at least 1 week.

The 2B category (unmarried sons and daughters over 21 of LPRs) remained at December 1, 1992 and did not move.

The 2A category (spouses and unmarried children under 21 of LPRs) moved forward 7 weeks to July 1, 2009.

The 1st and 3rd categories (children over 21 of USCs) move forward 1 week to May 1, 1993 for unmarried children and January 8, 1993 for married children. 

The 4th category (siblings of USCs) moved forward 1 week to May 22, 1996.

 

DOS releases February 2012 Visa Bulletin

February 2012 Visa Bulletin

All family categories of visas moved forward in February 2012 with the exception of the F2B (unmarried children over 21 of LPRs) category from Mexico which remained at December 1, 1992. All the other F2B categories moved forward from 5 weeks to 8 weeks and are will be October 15, 2003 (everyone but Philippines and Mexico) and November 1, 2001 (Philippines).

The Family 2A (spouses and unmarried children under 21 of LPRs) category moved forward by 6 weeks for all countries. All countries except Mexico are at June 8, 2009. Mexico 2A category is May 8, 2009. 

The Family 1 and 3 categories for all countries except Mexico and Philippines will be December 22, 2004 for F1 (unmarried children of U.S. citizens over 21) and F3 (married children over 21) will be December 1, 2001. Mexico and the Philippines continue to languish in the 1990's:

• Mexico F1 - April 22, 1993, F3 January 1, 1993
• Philippines F1 - May 22, 1997, F3 July 22, 1992.

Siblings of U.S. Citizens (F4) from all countries except Mexico and the Philippines are at September 8, 2000. 

• Mexico F4 - May 15, 1996
• Philippines F4 - November 1, 1988