India’s EB-2 Final Action DatesThe Visa Bulletin chart showing the priority dates for which a visa number can actually be issued or a green card approved in that month.See it in the glossary held at November 1, 2013 in the November 2026 bulletin, the same date it returned to in October after being listed as unavailable in September. Most other countries gained three months in EB-2, so the gap between India and the rest of the world is now more than 11 years.
India’s EB-3 and EB-3 Other Workers dates each moved three weeks, to January 22, 2014. EB-1 stayed at February 1, 2023, and unreserved EB-5 stayed at December 1, 2023.
India employment final action dates
| Category and area | October | November | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 India | Feb 1, 2023 | Feb 1, 2023 | No change |
| EB-2 India | Nov 1, 2013 | Nov 1, 2013 | No change |
| EB-3 India | Jan 1, 2014 | Jan 22, 2014 | Up 21 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers India | Jan 1, 2014 | Jan 22, 2014 | Up 21 days |
| EB-4 India | Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | No change |
| EB-5 unreserved India | Dec 1, 2023 | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
India Dates for Filing
None of India’s employment filing dates changed. EB-1 sits at July 1, 2024, EB-2, EB-3 and Other Workers at January 15, 2015, and unreserved EB-5 at May 1, 2024. The filing chart runs about a year and two months ahead of the final action chart in EB-2, a gap explained in our report on the USCIS chart.
India family dates
F1, F2B and F3 for India each advanced a full year, to January 22, 2021, August 22, 2020 and October 22, 2015. F2A moved one month to October 22, 2026. F4 for India held at December 15, 2006, so it is the one family category where India sits well behind the rest of the world, which is at October 22, 2012.
The wider picture
Last month’s India report covers the reopening of EB-2 and EB-5. For the long history behind the EB-2 and EB-3 lines, see the India cutoff history, and for the path choices that exist alongside the queue, read the visa paths from India.