Visa Bulletins are issued by the Department of State on a monthly basis, and summarize the availability of immigrant visa numbers for the given month.
Big news affecting Filipino nationals who have filed under the EB-3 category. As of July 2015, PHILIPPINES EMPLOYMENT THIRD PREFERENCE AND THIRD OTHER WORKER PREFERENCE CATEGORIES ARE UNAVAILABLE.
According to the Bulletin, "despite two retrogressions of the Philippines Employment Third and Third Other Worker cut-off dates in an attempt to hold number use within the annual limit, it has now become necessary to make the category “Unavailable” for the month of July."