Family-sponsored cutoffs, month by month
Every family cutoff State printed in 96 bulletins from October 2018 to September 2026, by category and country, with how far each moved and every month it went backwards.
Final action dates, September 2026
The cutoff a priority date has to be earlier than for the case to be approved. Movement is measured across the months held, and a retrogression is any month the date went backwards.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens | Jan 22, 2020+3157 days over 95 months | Jan 22, 2020+3157 days over 95 months | Jan 22, 2020+3157 days over 95 months | Jan 1, 2008+3805 days over 95 months1 retrogression | May 1, 2013+2322 days over 95 months |
| F2A spouses and children of permanent residents | Aug 22, 2026+3652 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Aug 22, 2026+3652 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Aug 22, 2026+3652 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Aug 22, 2025+3308 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Aug 22, 2026+3652 days over 95 months1 retrogression |
| F2B unmarried sons and daughters (21 or over) of permanent residents | Aug 22, 2019+2830 days over 95 months | Aug 22, 2019+2830 days over 95 months | Aug 22, 2019+2830 days over 95 months | Feb 15, 2009+4294 days over 95 months | Jun 1, 2013+2209 days over 95 months |
| F3 married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens | Oct 22, 2014+3051 days over 95 months | Oct 22, 2014+3051 days over 95 months | Oct 22, 2014+3051 days over 95 months | Jul 1, 2001+2018 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Feb 22, 2006+3912 days over 95 months |
| F4 brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens | Oct 22, 2011+2440 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Oct 22, 2011+2440 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Nov 1, 2006+914 days over 95 months | Apr 8, 2001+1172 days over 95 months1 retrogression | Aug 22, 2007+4458 days over 95 months |
Dates for filing, September 2026
The chart USCIS sometimes lets applicants file an I-485 against, ahead of final action. Whether it applies in a given month is USCIS's monthly call, not the bulletin's.
| Category | All other countries | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens | Feb 1, 2020+2886 days over 95 months | Feb 1, 2020+2886 days over 95 months | Feb 1, 2020+2886 days over 95 months | Dec 1, 2008+3707 days over 95 months | Apr 22, 2015+2623 days over 95 months |
| F2A spouses and children of permanent residents | Current+3005 days over 89 months | Current+3005 days over 89 months | Current+3005 days over 89 months | Current+3005 days over 89 months | Current+3005 days over 89 months |
| F2B unmarried sons and daughters (21 or over) of permanent residents | Sep 1, 2019+1989 days over 95 months | Sep 1, 2019+1989 days over 95 months | Sep 1, 2019+1989 days over 95 months | May 15, 2010+4710 days over 95 months | Oct 1, 2013+2117 days over 95 months |
| F3 married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens | Nov 1, 2014+2854 days over 95 months | Nov 1, 2014+2854 days over 95 months | Nov 1, 2014+2854 days over 95 months | Jul 15, 2001+936 days over 95 months | Aug 8, 2006+3355 days over 95 months |
| F4 brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens | Nov 1, 2011+2344 days over 95 months | Nov 1, 2011+2344 days over 95 months | Dec 15, 2006+713 days over 95 months | Apr 30, 2001+1043 days over 95 months | Mar 22, 2008+4366 days over 95 months |
What this page does not do
It prints no queue position and no forecast. The employment-based tools can count the applicants ahead of a date because USCIS publishes its I-485 inventory by priority date and country for those categories; it publishes no such inventory for family categories, so a family “queue position” from any source is a guess dressed as a count. The history above is what can be measured: where the line stood every month, and how it moved.
The two newest bulletins were saved from a browser before the parser read family charts, and the State Department blocks the archive's crawler, so a month can lag here until it is re-read. The employment-based history is on the priority date calculator and the coming month's pattern on the next bulletin.