US Visa Bulletin — current priority dates
The Visa Bulletin tells green-card applicants when they can move forward in line. The US Department of State publishes a new one every month. The table below shows the edition we have verified against the State Department’s own page, and it is stamped with the month it covers — if that is not the current month, the table says so. Always confirm the cut-off dates in force on the official Visa Bulletin index before you act on a priority date.
Verified against the U.S. Department of State: 2026-10-23 · official source
Family-Sponsored — Final Action Dates
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 22JAN21 | 22JAN21 | 22JAN21 | 22SEP08 | 01NOV13 |
| F2A | 22OCT26 | 22OCT26 | 22OCT26 | 22APR26 | 22OCT26 |
| F2B | 22AUG20 | 22AUG20 | 22AUG20 | 15MAY10 | 01OCT13 |
| F3 | 22OCT15 | 22OCT15 | 22OCT15 | 15JUL01 | 22JUL06 |
| F4 | 22OCT12 | 22OCT12 | 15DEC06 | 22APR01 | 15MAY08 |
Family-Sponsored — Dates for Filing
| Family- Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01FEB21 | 01FEB21 | 01FEB21 | 01DEC08 | 22APR15 |
| F2A | C | C | C | C | C |
| F2B | 01SEP20 | 01SEP20 | 01SEP20 | 22MAR11 | 01OCT14 |
| F3 | 01NOV15 | 01NOV15 | 01NOV15 | 01DEC02 | 22OCT06 |
| F4 | 01NOV12 | 01NOV12 | 01FEB07 | 30APR01 | 22MAR09 |
Employment-Based — Final Action Dates
| Employment- based | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | C | 01AUG23 | 01FEB23 | C | C |
| 2nd | 01APR25 | 01OCT21 | 01NOV13 | 01APR25 | 01APR25 |
| 3rd | 15JUN24 | 22JAN22 | 22JAN14 | 15JUN24 | 15AUG23 |
| Other Workers | 01JUN22 | 01OCT19 | 22JAN14 | 01JUN22 | 01JAN22 |
| 4th | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 |
| Certain Religious Workers | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 | 15DEC22 |
| 5th Unreserved (including C5, T5, I5, R5, NU, RU) | C | 01DEC16 | 01DEC23 | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: Rural (20%, including NR, RR) | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: High Unemployment (10%, including NH, RH) | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: Infrastructure (2%, including RI) | C | C | C | C | C |
Employment-Based — Dates for Filing
| Employment- based | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | C | 01JUL24 | 01JUL24 | C | C |
| 2nd | 15MAR26 | 01JAN23 | 15JAN15 | 15MAR26 | 15MAR26 |
| 3rd | 01AUG24 | 01APR24 | 15JAN15 | 01AUG24 | 01JAN24 |
| Other Workers | 01JUL22 | 01OCT20 | 15JAN15 | 01JUL22 | 01JUN22 |
| 4th | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 |
| Certain Religious Workers | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 | 01JAN25 |
| 5th Unreserved (including C5, T5, I5, R5) | C | 01MAR21 | 01MAY24 | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: (Rural: NR, RR - 20%) | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: (High Unemployment: NH, RH - 10%) | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Set Aside: (Infrastructure: RI - 2%) | C | C | C | C | C |
How to read it: a date (e.g., 01SEP17) is the cut-off priority date — if your priority date is earlier, your category is current. C = current (all available); U = unavailable.
New: What moved this month — automatic movement tracker — every advance, hold, and retrogression vs last month, in one table.
How the Visa Bulletin works
Each year, the US issues a limited number of family-sponsored and employment-based green cards, divided by category and capped per country. The Visa Bulletin publishes the priority date that has reached the front of each line:
- Family-Sponsored (F1–F4): unmarried adult children, spouses and children of permanent residents, married children, and siblings of US citizens.
- Employment-Based (EB-1 to EB-5): priority workers, advanced-degree professionals, skilled and other workers, special immigrants, and investors.
- By country: a separate column for high-demand countries (China, India, Mexico, Philippines), because no country may take more than 7% of the combined family- and employment-preference visas each year (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)).
If your priority date is earlier than the cut-off date shown for your category and country, a visa number is available to you. Two charts matter each month: Final Action Dates (when a green card can be granted) and Dates for Filing (when you can submit your application).
How to find your priority date
Your priority date is on your petition approval notice (Form I-797) — for family cases it is the date your Form I-130 was properly filed (8 CFR 204.1(c)), and for employment cases the date the labor certification was accepted for processing or, if none was required, the date the Form I-140 was properly filed (8 CFR 204.5(d)). Compare that date to the cut-off in your category and country above.
Browse the monthly archive
- November 2026 — current bulletin: rendered in the table above (no separate archive page yet)
- August, September and October 2026: no archive pages were published for these three bulletins; their cut-off dates are included in the Visa Bulletin movement dataset
- July 2026
- June 2026
- May 2026
- April 2026
- March 2026
- February 2026
- January 2026
See also: Path to a green card · Affidavit of Support (I-864) · USCIS processing times tool
Last verified: 2026-10-23. Priority-date tables are re-read by hand each month from the US Department of State Visa Bulletin — travel.state.gov blocks automated fetches, so no cron can refresh them. The table above is stamped with the edition it carries and the date we verified it.