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U.S. Visa Bulletin updates: 2026-2027 fiscal year shifts

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U.S. October 2026 Visa Bulletin updates updates: 2026-2027 fiscal year shifts

The U.S. Department of State has released the October 2026 several Visa Bulletin, Bulletins marking the start of transition from the 2026 to the 2027 fiscal year and introducing year, characterized by significant shifts in employment-based employment and family-sponsored categories. In the final bulletin for the 2026 fiscal year (September), employment-based categories faced difficulties for Indian applicants. The EB-1 category, Final Action Date for India was October 15, 2022, while EB-2 and EB-5 unreserved categories remained unavailable. The State Department cautioned that EB-1 for India could become unavailable before the fiscal year ended. Conversely, the EB-4 category advanced two months to December 15, 2022, and EB-5 investor set-asides remained current for all countries. With the start of the 2027 fiscal year in October, the EB-1 cutoff date for India advanced to February 1, 2023, while China’s date remained at July 1, 2023. Notably, and the EB-2 category for India moved from unavailable to a cutoff date of November 1, 2013. While China’s EB-2 date advanced to October 1, 2021, other countries, including Mexico and the Philippines, Philippines experienced retrogression from current to January 1, 2025. Movement was also observed in In the EB-3 category for China, where dates advanced for both professionals/skilled workers and other workers. Conversely, category, China saw advancements, but the EB-3 skilled worker category retrogressed by 3.6 months to May 15, 2024, for Mexico and worldwide. The EB-3 other workers category also In the November 2026 bulletin, family-sponsored categories saw retrogression for most countries, broad movement, with the exception of China, India, F1, F2B, F3, and F4 categories each advancing by 12 months. For employment-based visas, the Philippines. Regarding EB-5 unreserved categories, India Philippines saw movement the EB-2 category advance three months to a cutoff date of December April 1, 2023, while most other countries remained current. 2025, though EB-3 skilled worker dates showed no movement. USCIS confirmed that those adjusting status within the U.S. must use the ‘Dates for Filing’ chart.

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  1. 2026-10-24 03:11 UTC U.S. Visa Bulletin updates: 2026-2027 fiscal year shifts
  2. 2026-09-29 22:34 UTC U.S. October 2026 Visa Bulletin updates
  3. 2026-08-31 15:03 UTC U.S. September 2026 Visa Bulletin updates

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