The U.S. Department of State has released the September 2026 Visa Bulletin, showing movement across key employment and family-sponsored categories, however slight they might be.
This month will follow the previous one regarding the charts. Family-based will use Dates for Filing, and Employment-based will use Final Action Dates.
📌 Employment-based Applications
Dates for Filing
The Dates for Filing table saw no changes.
Final Action Dates
- EB-1 remains current for All Chargeability Areas, Mexico, and the Philippines. There were no changes for China (01JUN23) or India (15OCT22).
- EB-2 remains current for All Chargeability Areas, Mexico, and the Philippines, remains (01SEP21) for China and Unavailable for India.
- EB-3 saw no movement.
- Other Workers saw no movement.
📌 Family-based Applications
Dates for Filing
- F1 moved to (01FEB20) for All Chargeability Areas, China, and India.
- F2A remains current for all countries.
- F2B advanced for All Chargeability Areas, China, and India to (01SEP19).
- F3 advanced for All Chargeability Areas, China, and India to (01NOV14).
- F4 advanced to (01NOV11) for All Chargeability Areas and China.
Final Action Dates
- F1 advanced to (22JAN20) for All Chargeability Areas, China and India, and to (01JAN08) for Mexico.
- F2A advanced to (22AUG26) for Chargeability Areas, China, the Philippines and India, and to (22AUG25) for Mexico.
- F2B advanced to (22AUG19) for Chargeability Areas, China and India.
- F3 advanced to (22OCT14) for Chargeability Areas, China and India.
- F4 advanced to (22OCT11) for All Chargeability Areas and China, and to (22AUG07) for the Philippines.
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