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The May 2018 visa bulletin

Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for May 2018, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the April 2018 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 April 2018

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

Final action dates

Final action dates: 5 advanced, 25 unchanged.

Dates for filing

Dates for filing: 3 advanced, 27 unchanged.

Final action dates

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the April 2018 bulletin.

Category All other countries China India Mexico Philippines
EB-1 priority workers Current current Jan 1, 2012 unchanged Jan 1, 2012 unchanged Current current Current current
EB-2 advanced degree and NIW Current current Sep 1, 2014 +31 days Dec 22, 2008 unchanged Current current Current current
EB-3 skilled and professional Current current Jun 1, 2015 unchanged May 1, 2008 +90 days Current current Jan 1, 2017 unchanged
EB-3 other workers Current current May 1, 2007 +30 days May 1, 2008 +90 days Current current Jan 1, 2017 unchanged
EB-4 special immigrants Current current Current current Current current Oct 22, 2016 +75 days Current current
EB-5 unreserved Current current Jul 22, 2014 unchanged Current current Current current Current current

Dates for filing

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the April 2018 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 Feb 1, 2015 unchanged Apr 1, 2009 +52 days Current current Current current
EB-3 skilled and professional Current current Jan 1, 2016 unchanged Sep 1, 2008 +153 days Current current Jul 1, 2017 unchanged
EB-3 other workers Current current Jun 1, 2008 unchanged Sep 1, 2008 +153 days Current current Jul 1, 2017 unchanged
EB-4 special immigrants Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current
EB-5 unreserved Current current Sep 1, 2014 unchanged Current current Current 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.

Email me when my cutoff moves

When a new bulletin changes the final-action cutoff for your category and country, one email with the change. Nothing in the months it doesn't move.

No account needed. You confirm by email first, and one click turns it off.

Other emails

Off unless you tick them. The same confirmation covers them.

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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