Visa Bulletin / History / July 2026
July 2026 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the June 2026 bulletin, 15 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 12 moved forward and 3 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 China (+5 months); EB-5 unreserved China (+2 months); EB-4 India (+2 months); EB-4 China (+2 months).
Moved back: EB-1 India (−2 months); EB-2 India (made Unavailable); EB-5 unreserved India (made Unavailable).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India Unavailable, EB-3 India 01 Jan 2014.
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.
Released in June 2026. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Oct 2022▼ 2 months | 01 Jun 2023▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | Unavailablemade Unavailable | 01 Sep 2021 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 01 Jan 2014▲ 17 days | 22 Dec 2021▲ 5 months | — | 01 Aug 2024▲ 2 months | 01 Aug 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Jan 2014▲ 17 days | 01 Apr 2019 | — | 01 Mar 2022▲ 28 days | 01 Dec 2021▲ 30 days |
| EB-4 | 15 Sep 2022▲ 2 months | 15 Sep 2022▲ 2 months | — | 15 Sep 2022▲ 2 months | 15 Sep 2022▲ 2 months |
| EB-5 unreserved | Unavailablemade Unavailable | 01 Dec 2016▲ 2 months | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2026 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Dec 2023 | 01 Dec 2023 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 Jan 2015 | 01 Jan 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Jan 2015 | 01 Jan 2022 | — | Current | 01 Jan 2024 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Jan 2015 | 01 Oct 2019 | — | 01 Aug 2022 | 01 Aug 2022 |
| EB-4 | 01 Jan 2023 | 01 Jan 2023 | — | 01 Jan 2023 | 01 Jan 2023 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 May 2024 | 01 Mar 2017 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jun 2026 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.