Department of State released the visa bulletin for February 2016. Below is a copy of the visa bulletin for the employment-based category and a summary of the changes.

I. Application Final Action Dates For Employment-Based Preference Cases

• Note: USCIS designated these dates as applicable for adjustment of status (I-485) within U.S.
  

  Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA – mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
  1st	C	C	C	C	C
  2nd	C	01MAR12	01AUG08	C	C
  3rd	01OCT15	01OCT12	15JUN04	01OCT15	08JAN08
  Other Workers	01OCT15	22DEC06	15JUN04	01OCT15	08JAN08
  4th	C	C	C	C	C
  Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
  5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	15JAN14	C	C	C
  5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	15JAN14	C	C	C

• EB1 category remains current.
• China mainland EB2 moved forward one month to March 1, 2012. India EB2 moved forward 6 months to August 1, 2008. All other EB2 category remains current.
• China mainland EB3 moved forward 3 months to October 1, 2012. India EB3 moved forward one month to June 15, 2004. Philippines EB3 moved forward little over 2 months to January 8, 2008. All other EB3 category remains unchanged at October 1, 2015.
• China mainland EB5 moved forward one week to January 15, 2014, and all other EB5 category remains current.

II. Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Visa Applications

• Timeframe for immigrant visa applicants on when to assemble and submit required documents to the National Visa Center
  

  Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
  1st	C	C	C	C	C
  2nd	C	01JAN13	01JUL09	C	C
  3rd	01JAN16	01OCT13	01JUL05	01JAN16	01JAN10
  Other Workers	01JAN16	01JAN07	01JUL05	01JAN16	01JAN10
  4th	C	C	C	C	C
  Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
  5th Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5)	C	01MAY15	C	C	C
  5th Regional Center (I5 and R5)	C	01MAY15	C	C	C

• All categories remain unchanged from January.

Full visa bulletin is available on the Department of State’s website, and USCIS’s determination of which chart is not available yet.