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USCIS Visa Bulletin Data

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USCIS publishes a "visa bulletin" every month. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during each month for: "Final Action Dates" (FAD) and "Dates for Filing Applications" (DOF) indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.

Here's a sample taken from the February, 2023 bulletin:

Sample taken from the April 2023 bulletin

Python Pandas can read html and extract tables into DataFrame objects. This was used to convert each table in the visa bulletin into DataFrames for the family and employment-based dates. This was done for every bulletin published from January 2018.

There are few entries with non-dates. Such as C for current and U for unavailable. C entries were replaced with the 1st of the month. For example, the FAD for INDIA and F2A in the above sample would be updated to 01FEB23. U entries were replaced with 01Jan1980.

Data​

Month
▲
ROW
INDIA
CHINA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
Jan 2018
2018-01-01
2018-01-01
2018-01-01
2018-01-01
2018-01-01
Feb 2018
2018-02-01
2018-02-01
2018-02-01
2018-02-01
2018-02-01
Mar 2018
2018-03-01
2018-03-01
2018-03-01
2018-03-01
2018-03-01
Apr 2018
2018-04-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
May 2018
2018-05-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
Jun 2018
2018-06-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
Jul 2018
2018-07-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
Aug 2018
2016-05-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
Sep 2018
2016-06-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
2012-01-01
Oct 2018
2017-04-01
2016-06-01
2016-06-01
2016-06-01
2016-06-01

Charts​

Last Update: April 2023