Category History

EB-3 Mexico approval dates

EB-3 — Third Preference: Skilled Workers and Professionals

(advanced 1 month) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Jun 15, 2024
Net movement: 8 years 10 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 4 days forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
EB-3 · Mexico: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Jun 15, 2024 20172019202120232025 20242015 Jun 2020: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Aug 2020: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Oct 2023: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Oct 2024: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jun 15, 2024
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year C = Current
Cutoff Jun 2024, Nov 2026 bulletin: 2 years 5 months behind2 years 5 months behindCutoff Jun 2024Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for EB-3 Mexico, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 8 years 10 months, from August 15, 2015 to June 15, 2024 — about 3 weeks forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 37 advanced, 5 moved back, and 83 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 59 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at June 15, 2024; the most recent change came in November 2026, when it advanced 1 month. Across 70 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 4 days per bulletin, leaving out 4 exceptional jumps. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for EB-3 Mexico, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 8 years 11 months, from September 1, 2015 to August 1, 2024 — about 3 weeks forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 8 advanced, 1 moved back, and 118 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 83 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at August 1, 2024; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it stopped being open to everyone (now August 1, 2024).

Bulletin by bulletin

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Show all 12 years
FY22October 2021: open to everyoneNovember 2021: open to everyoneDecember 2021: open to everyoneJanuary 2022: open to everyoneFebruary 2022: open to everyoneMarch 2022: open to everyoneApril 2022: open to everyoneMay 2022: open to everyoneJune 2022: open to everyoneJuly 2022: open to everyoneAugust 2022: open to everyoneSeptember 2022: open to everyoneFY21October 2020: open to everyoneNovember 2020: open to everyoneDecember 2020: open to everyoneJanuary 2021: open to everyoneFebruary 2021: open to everyoneMarch 2021: open to everyoneApril 2021: open to everyoneMay 2021: open to everyoneJune 2021: open to everyoneJuly 2021: open to everyoneAugust 2021: open to everyoneSeptember 2021: open to everyoneFY20October 2019: open to everyoneNovember 2019: open to everyoneDecember 2019: open to everyoneJanuary 2020: open to everyoneFebruary 2020: open to everyoneMarch 2020: advancedApril 2020: heldMay 2020: heldJune 2020: advancedJuly 2020: advancedAugust 2020: advancedSeptember 2020: heldFY19October 2018: open to everyoneNovember 2018: open to everyoneDecember 2018: open to everyoneJanuary 2019: open to everyoneFebruary 2019: open to everyoneMarch 2019: open to everyoneApril 2019: open to everyoneMay 2019: open to everyoneJune 2019: open to everyoneJuly 2019: open to everyoneAugust 2019: advancedSeptember 2019: heldFY18October 2017: open to everyoneNovember 2017: open to everyoneDecember 2017: open to everyoneJanuary 2018: open to everyoneFebruary 2018: open to everyoneMarch 2018: open to everyoneApril 2018: open to everyoneMay 2018: open to everyoneJune 2018: open to everyoneJuly 2018: open to everyoneAugust 2018: open to everyoneSeptember 2018: advancedFY17October 2016: advancedNovember 2016: advancedDecember 2016: heldJanuary 2017: advancedFebruary 2017: advancedMarch 2017: advancedApril 2017: advancedMay 2017: advancedJune 2017: advancedJuly 2017: advancedAugust 2017: open to everyoneSeptember 2017: open to everyoneFY16October 2015: no comparisonNovember 2015: heldDecember 2015: advancedJanuary 2016: advancedFebruary 2016: heldMarch 2016: advancedApril 2016: advancedMay 2016: heldJune 2016: heldJuly 2016: advancedAugust 2016: advancedSeptember 2016: advanced
advanced · 19held · 19moved back · 5open to everyone · 7Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Jun 15, 2024 (advanced 1 month)
October 2026May 15, 2024 (moved back 4 months)
September 2026Sep 1, 2024 (no change)
August 2026Sep 1, 2024 (advanced 1 month)
July 2026Aug 1, 2024 (advanced 2 months)
June 2026Jun 1, 2024 (no change)
May 2026Jun 1, 2024 (no change)
April 2026Jun 1, 2024 (advanced 8 months)
March 2026Oct 1, 2023 (advanced 4 months)
February 2026Jun 1, 2023 (advanced 1 month)
January 2026Apr 22, 2023 (advanced 1 week)
December 2025Apr 15, 2023 (advanced 2 weeks)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Apr 1, 2023 (no change)
October 2025Apr 1, 2023 (no change)
September 2025Apr 1, 2023 (no change)
August 2025Apr 1, 2023 (no change)
July 2025Apr 1, 2023 (advanced 2 months)
June 2025Feb 8, 2023 (advanced 1 month)
May 2025Jan 1, 2023 (no change)
April 2025Jan 1, 2023 (advanced 1 month)
March 2025Dec 1, 2022 (no change)
February 2025Dec 1, 2022 (no change)
January 2025Dec 1, 2022 (advanced 2 weeks)
December 2024Nov 15, 2022 (no change)
November 2024Nov 15, 2022 (no change)
October 2024Nov 15, 2022 (advanced 23 months)
September 2024Dec 1, 2020 (moved back 12 months)
August 2024Dec 1, 2021 (no change)
July 2024Dec 1, 2021 (moved back 12 months)
June 2024Nov 22, 2022 (no change)
May 2024Nov 22, 2022 (no change)
April 2024Nov 22, 2022 (advanced 2 months)
March 2024Sep 8, 2022 (advanced 1 week)
February 2024Sep 1, 2022 (advanced 1 month)
January 2024Aug 1, 2022 (advanced 8 months)
December 2023Dec 1, 2021 (no change)
November 2023Dec 1, 2021 (no change)
October 2023Dec 1, 2021 (advanced 19 months)
September 2023May 1, 2020 (no change)
August 2023May 1, 2020 (moved back 21 months)
July 2023Feb 1, 2022 (moved back 4 months)
June 2023Jun 1, 2022 (no change)
May 2023Jun 1, 2022 (was open to everyone)
April 2023C (no change)
March 2023C (no change)
February 2023C (no change)
January 2023C (no change)
December 2022C (no change)
November 2022C (no change)
October 2022C (no change)
September 2022C (no change)
August 2022C (no change)
July 2022C (no change)
June 2022C (no change)
May 2022C (no change)
April 2022C (no change)
March 2022C (no change)
February 2022C (no change)
January 2022C (no change)
December 2021C (no change)
November 2021C (no change)
October 2021C (no change)
September 2021C (no change)
August 2021C (no change)
July 2021C (no change)
June 2021C (no change)
May 2021C (no change)
April 2021C (no change)
March 2021C (no change)
February 2021C (no change)
January 2021C (no change)
December 2020C (no change)
November 2020C (no change)
October 2020C (was Apr 1, 2019)
September 2020Apr 1, 2019 (no change)
August 2020Apr 1, 2019 (advanced 12 months)
July 2020Apr 15, 2018 (advanced 5 months)
June 2020Nov 8, 2017 (advanced 10 months)
May 2020Jan 1, 2017 (no change)
April 2020Jan 1, 2017 (no change)
March 2020Jan 1, 2017 (was open to everyone)
February 2020C (no change)
January 2020C (no change)
December 2019C (no change)
November 2019C (no change)
October 2019C (was Jul 1, 2016)
September 2019Jul 1, 2016 (no change)
August 2019Jul 1, 2016 (was open to everyone)
July 2019C (no change)
June 2019C (no change)
May 2019C (no change)
April 2019C (no change)
March 2019C (no change)
February 2019C (no change)
January 2019C (no change)
December 2018C (no change)
November 2018C (no change)
October 2018C (was Nov 1, 2016)
September 2018Nov 1, 2016 (was open to everyone)
August 2018C (no change)
July 2018C (no change)
June 2018C (no change)
May 2018C (no change)
April 2018C (no change)
March 2018C (no change)
February 2018C (no change)
January 2018C (no change)
December 2017C (no change)
November 2017C (no change)
October 2017C (no change)
September 2017C (no change)
August 2017C (was Jun 8, 2017)
July 2017Jun 8, 2017 (advanced 2 months)
June 2017Apr 15, 2017 (advanced 1 month)
May 2017Mar 15, 2017 (advanced 1 month)
April 2017Feb 15, 2017 (advanced 2 months)
March 2017Dec 1, 2016 (advanced 2 months)
February 2017Oct 1, 2016 (advanced 2 months)
January 2017Aug 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
December 2016Jul 1, 2016 (no change)
November 2016Jul 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
October 2016Jun 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
September 2016May 1, 2016 (advanced 2 months)
August 2016Mar 15, 2016 (advanced 2 weeks)
July 2016Mar 1, 2016 (advanced 2 weeks)
June 2016Feb 15, 2016 (no change)
May 2016Feb 15, 2016 (no change)
April 2016Feb 15, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
March 2016Jan 1, 2016 (advanced 3 months)
February 2016Oct 1, 2015 (no change)
January 2016Oct 1, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
December 2015Sep 1, 2015 (advanced 2 weeks)
November 2015Aug 15, 2015 (no change)
October 2015Aug 15, 2015

C = Current. U = Unavailable.

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