Visa Bulletin for June 2015 now out!

US Department of State has issued the upcoming Visa Bulletin for June 2015, and it's bad news for nurses in the Philippines as the cut-off date has retrogressed even further.

The June 2015 Visa Bulletin shows Employment Based Category 3 for Philippines cut-off date at January 1, 2005. It's a 1 year and 6 month retrogression after May 2015 posted priority dates at July 1, 2007.

In the bulletin explanation, it states:

"Employment Third preference: This cut-off date had also been advanced very rapidly in an effort to generate sufficient demand to fully utilize all available numbers. The current rate of increase in demand has required the retrogression of this cut-off date for the month of May, in an attempt to hold number use within the annual limit for this preference category."

Here's the EB3 Visa Bulletin:

Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA - mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	01JUN13	01OCT08	C	C
3rd	15FEB15	01SEP11	22JAN04	15FEB15	01JAN05
Other Workers	15FEB15	01JAN06	22JAN04	15FEB15	01JAN05
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs	C	0