EB-4 Religious Workers El Sal./Guat./Hond. Green Card Wait Time
Certain Religious Workers, chargeability El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. Every Visa Bulletin from May 2016 to March 2023.
The EB-4 Religious Workers El Sal./Guat./Hond. row last appeared in the March 2023 Visa Bulletin; later bulletins no longer list it. Everything below is that published record.
How the EB-4 Religious Workers El Sal./Guat./Hond. cutoff date has moved
The last twelve bulletins
| Bulletin | Final action date | Moved | Date for filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Mar 15, 2018 | no movement | Apr 15, 2018 |
| February 2023 | Mar 15, 2018 | - | Apr 15, 2018 |
| January 2023 | Unavailable | - | Apr 15, 2018 |
| December 2022 | Mar 15, 2018 | no movement | Apr 15, 2018 |
| November 2022 | Mar 15, 2018 | - | Apr 15, 2018 |
| October 2022 | Unavailable | - | Apr 15, 2018 |
| September 2022 | Nov 8, 2017 | no movement | Dec 8, 2017 |
| August 2022 | Nov 8, 2017 | no movement | Dec 8, 2017 |
| July 2022 | Nov 8, 2017 | ▲ +191 days | Dec 8, 2017 |
| June 2022 | May 1, 2017 | no movement | Jun 15, 2017 |
| May 2022 | May 1, 2017 | - | Jun 15, 2017 |
| April 2022 | Unavailable | - | Jun 15, 2017 |
When this category went backwards
The cutoff date for EB-4 Religious Workers El Sal./Guat./Hond. has retrogressed 14 times in the published record. A retrogression means the State Department pulled the date back, so people who were about to become eligible went back into the queue.
| Bulletin | From | To | Days lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Mar 15, 2018 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| October 2022 | Nov 8, 2017 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| March 2022 | Mar 15, 2019 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| October 2021 | Mar 15, 2019 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| January 2021 | Feb 1, 2018 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| October 2020 | Apr 1, 2017 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| December 2019 | Jul 1, 2016 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| September 2019 | Jul 1, 2016 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| January 2019 | Feb 22, 2016 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| October 2018 | Feb 15, 2016 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| April 2018 | Dec 1, 2015 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| January 2018 | Nov 8, 2015 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
Where these numbers come from
Final action dates and dates for filing are taken from the monthly Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Each bulletin is parsed into a machine-readable record and checked against the published page before it is committed, so the series here is the bulletin's own wording, not a restatement of it. The movement and backlog columns are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page.
Source
Every date on this page comes from the March 2023 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Nothing here is estimated, interpolated or filled in, and the designations Current and Unavailable are reproduced exactly as printed.
This bulletin as published, archived copy of the page.
These figures were recovered from an archived capture of the bulletin rather than read from the live State Department page.
Backlog years, pace and projections are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page. Corrections: data@visabacklog.com.
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