US Department of State has issued the latest visa bulletin summarizing the availability of immigrant numbers during July, and after two straight months of retrogression it finally became unavailable.
Visa numbers will next become available on October 2015, when the new fiscal year begins. Check out the Employment Based Category 3 table below, and the following explanation of Department of State on the Philippines' status:
| Employment- Based | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA - mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 01OCT13 | 01OCT08 | C | C |
| 3rd | 01APR15 | 01SEP11 | 01FEB04 | 01APR15 | U |
| Other Workers | 01APR15 | 01JAN06 | 01FEB04 | 01APR15 | U |
| 4th | C | C | C | C | C |
| Certain Religious Workers | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs | C | 01SEP13 | C | C | C |
PHILIPPINES EMPLOYMENT THIRD PREFERENCE AND THIRD OTHER WORKER PREFERENCE CATEGORIES ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR JULY
Despite two retrogressions of the Philippines Employment Third and Third Other Worker cut-off dates in an attempt to hold number use within the annual limit, it has now become necessary to make the category "Unavailable" for the month of July.
It is possible that some unused numbers from the Second preference category may become available for September use. If not, Philippines Third preference numbers will once again be available beginning October 1, 2015 under the FY-2016 annual numerical limitations. [via Source]
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