Earlier this week, U.S. Department of State – Bureau of Consular Affairs released the Visa Bulletin for the month of September 2018 (View PDF) revealing a cutoff date of August 8, 2014, for Mainland-China and Vietnam born visa applicants which has advanced from the August visa bulletin.
Mainland Chinese and Vietnamese born petitioners who filed I-526 petitions before August 8, 2014 are eligible to schedule interviews with Department of State Consular offices and obtain immigrant visas to enter the U.S. or apply for adjustment of status if already in the U.S. Final action dates for other countries remain current, allowing qualified applicants from other parts of the world to move forward with obtaining their EB-5 visa.