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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 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 2022

Every one of the 45 cells on each chart, by what it did.

Final action dates

Final action dates: 9 advanced, 33 unchanged, 3 went backwards.

Dates for filing

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.

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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