Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The April 2022 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for April 2022, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the March 2022 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 30 cells per chart
Final action dates: 2 advanced, 28 unchanged. Dates for filing: 2 advanced, 28 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the March 2022 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 | Mar 1, 2019 unchanged | Jul 8, 2013 +68 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Mar 22, 2018 unchanged | Jan 15, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 other workers | Current current | Jun 1, 2012 +31 days | Jan 15, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Apr 1, 2020 unchanged | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
Dates for filing
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the March 2022 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 | Apr 1, 2019 unchanged | Sep 1, 2014 +365 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current current | Apr 1, 2018 unchanged | Jan 22, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 other workers | Current current | Aug 1, 2015 +31 days | Jan 22, 2012 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current | Current current |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Current current | 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 did not exist yet in this month's bulletin; they begin in May 2022.
Source: the State Department's bulletin page.
Visa bulletin: travel.state.gov (page saved from a browser; the site refuses automated clients) · data through Sep 2026 · monthly Cutoff dates as the State Department published them each month. Nothing here is forecast.