Visa bulletin, employment-based charts
The April 2026 visa bulletin
Every employment-based cutoff the State Department published for April 2026, on both charts, for the five countries the bulletin lists separately. Beside each cutoff is what it did since the March 2026 bulletin. The newest bulletin held here is September 2026.
What moved, 45 cells per chart
Final action dates: 16 advanced, 29 unchanged. Dates for filing: 8 advanced, 37 unchanged.
Final action dates
Each cell shows the cutoff and its move since the March 2026 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Apr 1, 2023 +31 days | Apr 1, 2023 +31 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current became current | Sep 1, 2021 unchanged | Jul 15, 2014 +303 days | Current became current | Current became current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Jun 1, 2024 +244 days | Jun 15, 2021 +45 days | Nov 15, 2013 unchanged | Jun 1, 2024 +244 days | Aug 1, 2023 unchanged |
| EB-3 other workers | Nov 1, 2021 unchanged | Feb 1, 2019 +55 days | Nov 15, 2013 unchanged | Nov 1, 2021 unchanged | Nov 1, 2021 unchanged |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jul 15, 2022 +365 days | Jul 15, 2022 +365 days | Jul 15, 2022 +365 days | Jul 15, 2022 +365 days | Jul 15, 2022 +365 days |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Sep 1, 2016 +17 days | 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 March 2026 bulletin.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 priority workers | Current current | Dec 1, 2023 unchanged | Dec 1, 2023 unchanged | Current current | Current current |
| EB-2 advanced degree and NIW | Current current | Jan 1, 2022 unchanged | Jan 15, 2015 +75 days | Current current | Current current |
| EB-3 skilled and professional | Current became current | Jan 1, 2022 unchanged | Jan 15, 2015 +153 days | Current became current | Jan 1, 2024 unchanged |
| EB-3 other workers | Aug 1, 2022 +40 days | Oct 1, 2019 unchanged | Jan 15, 2015 +153 days | Aug 1, 2022 +40 days | Aug 1, 2022 +40 days |
| EB-4 special immigrants | Jan 1, 2023 unchanged | Jan 1, 2023 unchanged | Jan 1, 2023 unchanged | Jan 1, 2023 unchanged | Jan 1, 2023 unchanged |
| EB-5 unreserved | Current current | Oct 1, 2016 unchanged | 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.