The Department of State has released the January 2018 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the family and employment-based priority dates.
With respect to Final Action Dates, the EB-1 category remains current across all areas of chargeability. EB-2 China and EB-2 India have progressed slightly to August 8, 2013 and November 22, 2008 respectively. All other EB-2 areas of chargeability remain current. EB-3 remains unchanged across all areas of chargeability, with the exceptions of EB-3 China, which has progressed slightly to April 15, 2014. EB-3 India, which has progressed two weeks to November 1, 2006, and EB-3 Philippines, which has progressed one month to February 15, 2016. Similarly, Other Workers remain unchanged across all areas of chargeability with the exceptions of China, which has progressed to December 22, 2006, India, which has progressed to November 1, 2006, and the Philippines, which has progressed to
February 15, 2016. EB-4 El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras has progressed less than a month to December 1, 2015 and EB-4 Mexico has progressed by less than two months to June 1, 2016. All other areas of chargeability remain unchanged. Certain Religious Workers are unavailable across all areas of chargeability. EB-5 for non-regional centers remain current across all areas of chargeability, with the exception of China, which has progressed slightly to July 22, 2014. EB-5 for regional centers are unavailable across all areas of chargeability at this time in light of the continuing resolution extending the availability of the regional center program only through December 22, 2017, until Congress passes more long-term legislation.
Application Filing Dates for all categories and across all areas of chargeability are unchanged in January 2018.
As of today, December 14, 2017, USCIS has not advised whether, in January 2018, it will accept adjustment of status applications for family and employment-based petitions based on final action dates or application filing dates.