Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The March 2026 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for March 2026, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the February 2026 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 45 cells per chart
Final action dates: 17 advanced, 28 unchanged. Dates for filing: 18 advanced, 27 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the February 2026 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Mar 1, 2023 +28 days | Mar 1, 2023 +28 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Oct 15, 2024 +197 days | Sep 1, 2021 unchanged | Sep 15, 2013 +62 days | Oct 15, 2024 +197 days | Oct 15, 2024 +197 days |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Oct 1, 2023 +122 days | May 1, 2021 unchanged | Nov 15, 2013 unchanged | Oct 1, 2023 +122 days | Aug 1, 2023 +61 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Nov 1, 2021 +61 days | Dec 8, 2018 unchanged | Nov 15, 2013 unchanged | Nov 1, 2021 +61 days | Nov 1, 2021 +61 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jul 15, 2021 +195 days | Jul 15, 2021 +195 days | Jul 15, 2021 +195 days | Jul 15, 2021 +195 days | Jul 15, 2021 +195 days |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Aug 15, 2016 unchanged | May 1, 2022 unchanged | 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 February 2026 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Dec 1, 2023 +122 days | Dec 1, 2023 +122 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current became current | Jan 1, 2022 unchanged | Nov 1, 2014 +335 days | Current became current | Current became current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Jan 15, 2024 +106 days | Jan 1, 2022 unchanged | Aug 15, 2014 unchanged | Jan 15, 2024 +106 days | Jan 1, 2024 +92 days |
| EB-3 other workers | Jun 22, 2022 +203 days | Oct 1, 2019 unchanged | Aug 15, 2014 unchanged | Jun 22, 2022 +203 days | Jun 22, 2022 +203 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jan 1, 2023 +657 days | Jan 1, 2023 +657 days | Jan 1, 2023 +657 days | Jan 1, 2023 +657 days | Jan 1, 2023 +657 days |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Oct 1, 2016 +40 days | May 1, 2024 unchanged | 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.
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.