The September 2026 visa bulletin: employment dates hold still, family lines jump years
Employment-based final action dates did not move in September. The family-sponsored chart moved a great deal. Here is the category-by-category read.
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Read articleThe August 2026 visa bulletin: F2A leaps nineteen months, employment barely moves
The family-sponsored chart carried almost all the movement, led by an F2A jump of more than eighteen months. The employment chart inched.
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