Visa Bulletin / History / May 2026
May 2026 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the April 2026 bulletin, 2 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 2 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 Other Workers Mexico (+3 months); EB-5 unreserved China (+21 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Jul 2014, EB-3 India 15 Nov 2013.
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 April 2026. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Apr 2023 | 01 Apr 2023 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 Jul 2014 | 01 Sep 2021 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-3 | 15 Nov 2013 | 15 Jun 2021 | — | 01 Jun 2024 | 01 Aug 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Nov 2013 | 01 Feb 2019 | — | 01 Feb 2022▲ 3 months | 01 Nov 2021 |
| EB-4 | 15 Jul 2022 | 15 Jul 2022 | — | 15 Jul 2022 | 15 Jul 2022 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 May 2022 | 22 Sep 2016▲ 21 days | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 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▲ 5 months | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 2026 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.