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Visa bulletin, employment-based charts

The October 2022 visa bulletin

Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for October 2022, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the September 2022 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.

What moved, 45 cells per chart

Final action dates: 9 advanced, 33 unchanged, 3 went backwards. Dates for filing: 5 advanced, 34 unchanged, 6 went backwards.

Final action dates

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the September 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 Jun 8, 2019 +68 days Apr 1, 2012 -974 days Current current Current current
EB-3 skilled and professional Current current Jun 15, 2018 +54 days Apr 1, 2012 +46 days Current current Current current
EB-3 other workers Jun 1, 2020 +390 days Sep 1, 2012 +92 days Apr 1, 2012 +46 days Jun 1, 2020 +390 days Jun 1, 2020 +390 days
EB-4 special immigrants Current current Current current Current current Sep 15, 2020 +167 days Current current
EB-5 unreserved Current current Mar 22, 2015 -275 days Nov 8, 2019 a cutoff returned Current current Current current
EB-5 rural set-aside Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current
EB-5 high-unemployment set-aside Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current
EB-5 infrastructure set-aside Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current

Dates for filing

Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the September 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 Jul 8, 2019 +68 days May 1, 2012 -975 days Current current Current current
EB-3 skilled and professional Current current Jul 15, 2018 +54 days Jul 1, 2012 +130 days Current current Current current
EB-3 other workers Sep 8, 2022 a cutoff returned Nov 1, 2015 +92 days Jul 1, 2012 +130 days Sep 8, 2022 a cutoff returned Sep 8, 2022 a cutoff returned
EB-4 special immigrants Current current Current current Current current Oct 15, 2020 a cutoff returned Current current
EB-5 unreserved Current current Jan 1, 2016 unchanged Dec 8, 2019 a cutoff returned Current current Current current
EB-5 rural set-aside Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current
EB-5 high-unemployment set-aside Current current Current current Current current Current current Current current
EB-5 infrastructure set-aside 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 three EB-5 set-asides are the reserved rural, high-unemployment and infrastructure allocations created in 2022; USCIS publishes their I-485 inventory separately.

Alert

Email me when my cutoff moves

Pick your category and country. When a new bulletin changes that final-action cutoff, we email the change, before and after. Nothing on the months it doesn't move.

Double opt-in: you confirm by email first, so an address can't be signed up by someone who doesn't control it, and one click opts out. We send one confirmation every 10 minutes per address - if nothing lands, wait that long before trying again.

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.

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