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September 2026 Visa Bulletin
Employment-Based · Final Action Dates
Category
All Other
China
India
Mexico
Philippines
EB-1Priority workers
CurrentCurrent
01 JUL 2023— No change
15 OCT 2022— No change
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
EB-2Advanced degrees, exceptional ability
CurrentCurrent
01 SEP 2021— No change
UnavailableUnavailable
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
EB-3Skilled workers, professionals
01 SEP 2024— No change
01 JAN 2022— No change
01 JAN 2014— No change
01 SEP 2024— No change
01 AUG 2023— No change
Other WorkersEB-3 unskilled
01 APR 2022— No change
01 MAY 2019— No change
01 JAN 2014— No change
01 APR 2022— No change
01 DEC 2021— No change
EB-4Certain special immigrants
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
Certain Religious WorkersEB-4 subset
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
15 DEC 2022↑ Advanced 2 months
EB-5 UnreservedC5, T5, I5, R5, NU, RU
CurrentCurrent
01 DEC 2016— No change
UnavailableUnavailable
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
EB-5 Rural20% set-aside
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
EB-5 High Unemployment10% set-aside
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
EB-5 Infrastructure2% set-aside
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
CurrentCurrent
Current = numbers available to all qualified applicantsUnavailable = no numbers authorized this monthChange is measured against the previous bulletin
Dates shown as day month year, as published
What changed this month?
Only the movements worth knowing about. Cells that did not move are not repeated here.
EB-4 and Certain Religious Workers
The one employment-based movement this month: the Final Action Date advanced two months for every chargeability area, to 15 Dec 2022.
EB-1, EB-2, EB-3
Held at August dates. EB-2 India remains listed as Unavailable. The Department notes that EB-1 India and EB-2 for all countries may retrogress or become unavailable before the fiscal year ends on 30 September.
EB-5 Unreserved
No change in the published dates. The bulletin adds a new note that this category may also retrogress or become unavailable before 30 September.
Dates for Filing
The employment-based Dates for Filing chart is unchanged line for line from August. USCIS has directed employment-based applicants to the Final Action Dates chart for September.
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