Mexico’s F2A 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 jumped seven months, from August 22, 2025 to March 22, 2026, in the October 2026 Visa Bulletin. On the same chart, Mexico’s EB-2 date fell from current to January 1, 2025.
Mexico is one of four countries the bulletin lists as OversubscribedA category or country for which demand exceeds the available visa numbers, so a cutoff date is listed in the Visa Bulletin.See it in the glossary, so it has its own column. Four of its five family categories advanced on the final action chart, F2B by 15 months. F3 held. In employment, EB-2, EB-3 and Other Workers moved back, in step with most other countries.
Mexico family dates: four categories move
| Category | September | October | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | Jan 1, 2008 | Sep 8, 2008 | Up about 8 months |
| F2A | Aug 22, 2025 | Mar 22, 2026 | Up 7 months |
| F2B | Feb 15, 2009 | May 15, 2010 | Up 15 months |
| F3 | Jul 1, 2001 | Jul 1, 2001 | No change |
| F4 | Apr 8, 2001 | Apr 22, 2001 | Up 2 weeks |
F2A: Mexico’s date matches the exempt cutoff
The bulletin says all F2A numbers provided for Mexico are exempt from the Per-country limitThe cap, set at 7 percent of the combined family and employment totals, on how many preference visas may go to natives of any single country in a fiscal year.See it in the glossary. It authorizes exempt numbers for applicants from every country with Priority dateThe date a petition was filed, or a labor certification was submitted, used to determine an applicant's place in line for a visa category with limited annual numbers.See it in the glossary earlier than March 22, 2026. Mexico’s F2A date is that same date. For everyone else, F2A runs to September 22, 2026, six months further.
The gap with other countries
Mexico’s other family dates remain well behind the all-other-areas column. F1 trails by more than 11 years, F2B by more than nine, F3 by more than 13 and F4 by more than ten, comparing the final action dates in the bulletin.
Employment: EB-2 and EB-3 move back
| Category | Final action, Sep | Final action, Oct | Filing, Sep | Filing, Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | Current | Current | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | Current | Jan 1, 2025 | Current | Mar 15, 2026 |
| EB-3 | Sep 1, 2024 | May 15, 2024 | Current | Aug 1, 2024 |
| Other Workers | Apr 1, 2022 | Jan 1, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 | Jun 1, 2022 |
| EB-4 | Dec 15, 2022 | Dec 15, 2022 | Jan 1, 2023 | Jan 1, 2025 |
EB-5 is current in every line. The bulletin says the employment RetrogressionWhen a Visa Bulletin cutoff date moves backward, usually because demand exceeded the numbers available for that category.See it in the glossary for “Rest of World” countries are needed to keep visa use within FY 2027 quarterly and annual limits.
Dates for Filing
On the filing chart, F2B advanced ten months to March 22, 2011, and F3 moved from July 15, 2001 to December 1, 2002. F1 and F4 held, and F2A stays current. USCIS lists the October filing charts on its own page, and our report on the chart switch explains how the two differ.
For how the family categories work, see F2A versus F2B and the guide to visa paths from Mexico. The wider picture is in our family-based report.