Updated October 17, 2026

The October 2015 visa bulletin

Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for October 2015, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the September 2015 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is November 2026.

Consulate interviews are paused at most posts. State postponed immigrant visa interviews worldwide from about August 25, 2026 for new public charge training and has named no end date, so a current date abroad isn't an interview yet. An I-485 filed inside the US isn't part of this pause. Where each consulate stands (checked November 3, 2026)

What moved since September 2015

Every one of the 30 cells on each chart, by what it did.

Final action dates

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the September 2015 bulletin.

Category	All other countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1 priority workers	Current current	Current current	Current current	Current current	Current current
EB-2 advanced degree and NIW	Current current	Jan 1, 2012 +2191 days	May 1, 2005 -245 days	Current current	Current current
EB-3 skilled and professional	Aug 15, 2015 unchanged	Oct 15, 2011 +2488 days	Mar 8, 2004 -289 days	Aug 15, 2015 unchanged	Jan 1, 2007 +740 days
EB-3 other workers	Aug 15, 2015 unchanged	Jan 1, 2006 +731 days	Mar 8, 2004 -289 days	Aug 15, 2015 unchanged	Jan 1, 2007 +740 days
EB-4 special immigrants	Current current	Current current	Current current	Current current	Current current
EB-5 unreserved	Current current	Oct 8, 2013 +16 days	Current current	Current current	Current current

Dates for filing

The first bulletin to print this chart, so no move is shown.

Category	All other countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1 priority workers	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current
EB-2 advanced degree and NIW	Current	Jan 1, 2013	Jul 1, 2009	Current	Current
EB-3 skilled and professional	Sep 1, 2015	Oct 1, 2013	Jul 1, 2005	Sep 1, 2015	Jan 1, 2010
EB-3 other workers	Sep 1, 2015	Jan 1, 2007	Jul 1, 2005	Sep 1, 2015	Jan 1, 2010
EB-4 special immigrants	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current
EB-5 unreserved	Current	May 1, 2015	Current	Current	Current

A date means applications with a priority date earlier than it can act that month. Current means every priority date can. Unavailable means none can, usually because the fiscal year's numbers for that category and country are used up. The EB-5 set-aside rows didn't exist yet in this month's bulletin. They begin in May 2022.

Source: the State Department's bulletin page.

Visa bulletin through Nov 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.

The sources in full

Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (the bulletin's tables, read in a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Nov 2026 · monthly

What this data includes

Visa bulletin: Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.

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The rules behind these numbers

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When it'll likely be decided
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