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October 2026 Visa Bulletin

September 29, 2026
A passport, visa, and travel documents arranged on a surface, highlighting international travel preparations.

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

01JUL23

01FEB23 

C

C

2nd

01JAN25

01OCT21

01NOV13

01JAN25

 01JAN25

3rd

 15MAY24

08JAN22

 01JAN14

15MAY24

15AUG23

Other Workers

01JAN22

01OCT19

01JAN14

01JAN22

01JAN22

4th

15DEC22

 15DEC22 15DEC22 15DEC22 15DEC22

Certain Religious Workers

15DEC22

 15DEC22 15DEC22 15DEC22 15DEC22

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

C

01DEC16

01DEC23

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 October 2026 visa bulletin analysis.

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