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Questions? Email vyakunin@gmail.com

What is this tool?

This is an independent, community-driven platform designed to bring transparency to the U.S. immigration process. What started as a tracker for Visa Bulletin priority dates has evolved into a comprehensive dashboard for career and immigration planning.

This tool helps family-sponsored and employment-based applicants navigate two critical questions: "When will I get my green card?" and "Who is hiring immigrants like me?"

Key Features:

Priority Date Tracking: Visualize historical movements, retrogression patterns, and simple projections for when your date might become current.
Employment Market Intelligence: Search H-1B and green card salary data to discover which employers sponsor visas, what they pay for your role, and how salaries are trending.
Roles: Browse roles from visa applications to see salary ranges, employer counts, and trends by occupation — useful for comparing your role and planning career moves.
Employer Profiles: View detailed breakdowns of salary distributions and geographic data to support your job search and compensation negotiations.

Where does the data come from?

We aggregate public government data from two primary sources:

Visa Bulletin Data: Sourced from the U.S. Department of State archives. We automatically parse monthly bulletins going back to 2015 to visualize cut-off trends.
Employment & Salary Data: Sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC). This includes public disclosure data from H-1B (LCA) and Green Card (PERM) applications.

Note: No manual data entry is involved—everything is extracted programmatically from official government files.

How do the projections work?

Priority date estimates are powered by the Bulletin Forecast Model — a machine learning system trained on over a decade of bulletin history. For next-month predictions, it classifies the current regime of each visa series (advancing, stalled, or retrogressing) and applies the most accurate strategy for that state. For 6–12 month forecasts, a gradient-boosted ML model uses I-140 demand data, historical bulletin patterns, and fiscal year cycles to identify structural trends that simple extrapolation misses.

Important Caveats:

Dates: These are model estimates, not guarantees. Policy changes, retrogressions, or sudden demand surges can invalidate projections instantly. Full methodology → · Accuracy details →
Salaries: Salary data represents "offered wages" listed on visa applications, not necessarily the final W-2 income or total compensation (RSUs/Bonuses).

Who built this?

My name is Vladimir Yakunin.

I originally built this dashboard because I was frustrated by the scattered data on government websites while trying to figure out when my brother's immigration case would actually get processed. I wanted a way to visualize the trends rather than just staring at a static PDF every month.

As the tool grew, I realized that for many users—especially those in EB-2 and EB-3 categories—the "wait" is only half the battle. The other half is finding an employer who sponsors and pays fairly. That's why I integrated Department of Labor data: to give you the full context you need to make informed decisions about your life in the U.S.

The project is open source and available on GitHub.

Is this affiliated with the government?

No. This is an independent, volunteer project with no affiliation to USCIS, the Department of State, or the Department of Labor.

For official information, always refer to:

U.S. Immigration Data