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US Visa Bulletin updates: final action and filing dates for EB and F categories, retrogression by country, EB-5 set-aside forecasts and publication delays.
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EB-2 worldwide moved 3 months to April 1, 2025; EB-3 advanced 1 month. Full Chart A and Chart B dates for EB-1 through EB-3, November 2026.
EB2 moved 3 months, while F2B, F3 and F4 jumped a full year. Full breakdown of Final Action and Dates for Filing for November 2026.
F1, A2B, F3, and A4 family categories advanced 12 months. Here's how to find your priority date and compare it to the November 2026 Visa Bulletin cutoffs.
Travel without advance parole, a title change without Supplement J, a lapsed EAD, or a missed AR-11 can each quietly end a green card case in the queue.
Family categories F1-F4 advanced almost a year in November 2026. EB-2/EB-3 for India and China stay frozen. Plus H-1B deference repeal starting Nov 13.
EB-2 rest of the world moves forward 3 months, family categories jump nearly a year. Full November 2026 Visa Bulletin filing and final action dates.
The Visa Bulletin is published monthly by the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs and shows which green card applicants in the preference categories can move forward. It covers the family-sponsored categories F1 through F4 and the employment-based categories EB-1 through EB-5. Separate columns are listed for China, India, Mexico, the Philippines and all other countries, and applicants are charged by country of birth, not citizenship.
An applicant's place in line is the priority date, usually the date the I-130 or I-140 petition or the PERM labor certification was filed. Chart A lists final action dates, when a green card can actually be approved, while Chart B lists dates for filing, when an I-485 or immigrant visa application may be submitted, and USCIS announces each month which chart it accepts for adjustment of status. A "C" means a category is current with no backlog, and a cutoff date that moves backward is called retrogression.
Because the federal fiscal year starts on October 1, when annual limits under the Immigration and Nationality Act reset, the October bulletin often brings the sharpest movements in either direction.