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February 2026 Visa Bulletin

January 13, 2026
Close-up of a visa document and passport with a visa bulletin overlay for February 2026.

The latest visa bulletin has been issued by the U.S. Department of State.

Below are the Final Action Dates for Employment-based (EB) preference cases.

Final Action Dates

C = Current

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Employment-
based

All Chargeability 
Areas Except
Those Listed

CHINA-
mainland 
born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

01FEB23

01FEB23 

C

C

2nd

01APR24

01SEC21

15JUL13

01APR24

01APR24

3rd

01JUN23

01MAY21

15NOV13

01JUN23

01JUN23

Other Workers

01SEP21

01JAN21

01JAN21

01JAN21

01JAN21

4th

U

 U U U U

Certain Religious Workers

U

 U U U U

5th Unreserved
(including C5, T5, I5, R5, NU, RU)

C

15AUG16

01MAY22

C

C

5th Set Aside:
Rural (20%, including NR, RR) 

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set Aside:
High Unemployment (10%, including NH, RH)

C

C

C

C

C

5th Set Aside:
Infrastructure (2%, including RI)

C

C

C

C

C

For more information regarding the visa bulletin, please check out the FEB 2026 visa bulletin analysis.

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