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EB-4 China Visa Bulletin history
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
In the November 2026 Visa Bulletin, the EB-4 China Final Action Date is 15 Dec 2022 (no change from last month), and the Date for Filing is 01 Jan 2025.
That date is about 3.9 years behind the bulletin month, a rough measure of how long the line is right now.
Over the last 12 bulletins it moved forward 2.4 years in total.
Over the last three years it moved an average of 38 days forward per bulletin; a pace of 15.1 months per year.
It went backwards (retrogressed or became unavailable) 5 times in the last five years, most recently in April 2025.
Written automatically from the bulletin dates below; nothing here is a prediction. Not legal advice. Months marked Secondary come from a dataset scraped from the official bulletins and are being checked; the official bulletin always wins.
How it has moved since 2015
Show as a table (last 36 months)
| Bulletin | China | Rest of world | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | 15 Dec 2022 | Official |
| Oct 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | 15 Dec 2022 | Official |
| Sep 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | 15 Dec 2022 | Official |
| Aug 2026 | 15 Oct 2022 | 15 Oct 2022 | Official |
| Jul 2026 | 15 Sep 2022 | — | Secondary |
| Jun 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | — | Secondary |
| May 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | — | Secondary |
| Apr 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | — | Secondary |
| Mar 2026 | 15 Jul 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Feb 2026 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Jan 2026 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Dec 2025 | 01 Sep 2020 | — | Secondary |
| Nov 2025 | 01 Jul 2020 | — | Secondary |
| Oct 2025 | 01 Jul 2020 | — | Secondary |
| Sep 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| Aug 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| Jul 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| Jun 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| May 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| Apr 2025 | Unavailable | — | Secondary |
| Mar 2025 | 01 Aug 2019 | — | Secondary |
| Feb 2025 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Jan 2025 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Dec 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Nov 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Oct 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Sep 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Aug 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Jul 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | Secondary |
| Jun 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | — | Secondary |
| May 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | — | Secondary |
| Apr 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | — | Secondary |
| Mar 2024 | 01 Dec 2019 | — | Secondary |
| Feb 2024 | 15 May 2019 | — | Secondary |
| Jan 2024 | 15 May 2019 | — | Secondary |
| Dec 2023 | 01 Jan 2019 | — | Secondary |
Every bulletin
| Bulletin | Final Action | Change | Date for Filing | Change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | no change | 01 Jan 2025 | no change | Official |
| Oct 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | no change | 01 Jan 2025 | ▲ 2 years | Official |
| Sep 2026 | 15 Dec 2022 | ▲ 2 months | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Official |
| Aug 2026 | 15 Oct 2022 | ▲ 30 days | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Official |
| Jul 2026 | 15 Sep 2022 | ▲ 2 months | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Secondary |
| Jun 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | no change | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Secondary |
| May 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | no change | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Secondary |
| Apr 2026 | 15 Jul 2022 | ▲ 12 months | 01 Jan 2023 | no change | Secondary |
| Mar 2026 | 15 Jul 2021 | ▲ 6 months | 01 Jan 2023 | ▲ 22 months | Secondary |
| Feb 2026 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 15 Mar 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Jan 2026 | 01 Jan 2021 | ▲ 4 months | 15 Mar 2021 | ▲ 28 days | Secondary |
| Dec 2025 | 01 Sep 2020 | ▲ 2 months | 15 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Nov 2025 | 01 Jul 2020 | no change | 15 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Oct 2025 | 01 Jul 2020 | reopened | 15 Feb 2021 | ▲ 14 days | Secondary |
| Sep 2025 | Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary | |
| Aug 2025 | Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary | |
| Jul 2025 | Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary | |
| Jun 2025 | Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary | |
| May 2025 | Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary | |
| Apr 2025 | Unavailable | made Unavailable | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Mar 2025 | 01 Aug 2019 | ▼ 17 months | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Feb 2025 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Jan 2025 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Dec 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Nov 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Oct 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Sep 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Aug 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | no change | 01 Feb 2021 | no change | Secondary |
| Jul 2024 | 01 Jan 2021 | ▲ 2 months | 01 Feb 2021 | ▲ 2 months | Secondary |
| Jun 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | no change | 01 Dec 2020 | no change | Secondary |
| May 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | no change | 01 Dec 2020 | no change | Secondary |
| Apr 2024 | 01 Nov 2020 | ▲ 11 months | 01 Dec 2020 | ▲ 11 months | Secondary |
| Mar 2024 | 01 Dec 2019 | ▲ 7 months | 01 Jan 2020 | ▲ 4 months | Secondary |
| Feb 2024 | 15 May 2019 | no change | 01 Sep 2019 | no change | Secondary |
| Jan 2024 | 15 May 2019 | ▲ 4 months | 01 Sep 2019 | ▲ 6 months | Secondary |
| Dec 2023 | 01 Jan 2019 | no change | 01 Mar 2019 | no change | Secondary |
| Nov 2023 | 01 Jan 2019 | no change | 01 Mar 2019 | no change | Secondary |
| Oct 2023 | 01 Jan 2019 | ▲ 4 months | 01 Mar 2019 | ▲ 5 months | Secondary |
| Sep 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | no change | 01 Oct 2018 | no change | Secondary |
| Aug 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | no change | 01 Oct 2018 | no change | Secondary |
| Jul 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | no change | 01 Oct 2018 | no change | Secondary |
| Jun 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | no change | 01 Oct 2018 | no change | Secondary |
| May 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | no change | 01 Oct 2018 | no change | Secondary |
| Apr 2023 | 01 Sep 2018 | ▼ 3.4 years | 01 Oct 2018 | ▼ 3.4 years | Secondary |
| Mar 2023 | 01 Feb 2022 | ▼ 5 months | 01 Mar 2022 | ▼ 5 months | Secondary |
| Feb 2023 | 22 Jun 2022 | no change | 22 Jul 2022 | no change | Secondary |
| Jan 2023 | 22 Jun 2022 | no change | 22 Jul 2022 | no change | Secondary |
| Dec 2022 | 22 Jun 2022 | retrogressed from Current | 22 Jul 2022 | retrogressed from Current | Secondary |
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Related
EB-4, other countries: India · Rest of world · Mexico · Philippines
China, other categories: EB-1 · EB-2 · EB-3 · EB-3 Other Workers · EB-5 unreserved
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- November 2026 Visa BulletinMurthy Law Firm · Oct 22, 2026