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EB-2 China priority date: where the line is and how fast it moves

Built from the October 2026 Visa Bulletin, the newest one we have checked. State's site refuses our fetcher, so the October 2026 figures are read from the copy of State's PDF that AILA posted (AILA Doc. No. 26092902, posted 2026-09-29), not from State's own file. Current bulletin: travel.state.gov.

Every EB-2 China cutoff in the Visa Bulletin archive, month by month. Enter your priority date to see how far it is from the Final Action cutoff and what past movement would imply. All categories.

As of the October 2026 bulletin, the newest in this table, EB-2 China Final Action is Oct 1, 2021 and Date for Filing is Jan 1, 2023.

Final Action, Oct 2026 bulletin
Oct 1, 2021line as of October 2026
Green card can be approved before this date
Date for Filing, Oct 2026
Jan 1, 2023line as of October 2026
I-485 can be filed before this date, if USCIS allows the chart
Final Action moved, 12 months to Oct 2026
+6 months
of priority dates in 12 bulletins
Final Action moved, 36 months to Oct 2026
+2.0 years
of priority dates in 36 bulletins

Over the last 36 bulletins, Final Action moved forward 14 times, stayed the same 22 times and moved back 0 times; the median change is no change.

What changed in the Oct 2026 bulletin (vs. Sep 2026): Final Action moved forward 30 days, from Sep 1, 2021 to Oct 1, 2021. Date for Filing moved forward 12 months, from Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 1, 2023.

Newest bulletin in this table: Oct 2026.

EB-2 China cutoff date by bulletin month

Each point is the cutoff printed in that month's bulletin. "Current" months are drawn at the bulletin month itself; "unavailable" months are gaps.

Your date vs. the line

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Every EB-2 China cutoff in the archive

The Oct 2023 bulletin is the first of the government's fiscal year 2024. Final Action moved forward 3 months, from Jul 8, 2019 to Oct 1, 2019. The Jun 2023 to Sep 2023 bulletins show no pullback before it, so this was a forward move at the start of the year, not a reset.

41 bulletins, newest first
BulletinFinal ActionChange vs. previous bulletinDate for Filing
Oct 2026Oct 1, 2021+30 daysJan 1, 2023
Sep 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Aug 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Jul 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Jun 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
May 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Apr 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Mar 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Feb 2026Sep 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Jan 2026Sep 1, 2021+3 monthsJan 1, 2022
Dec 2025Jun 1, 2021+2 monthsDec 1, 2021
Nov 2025Apr 1, 2021no changeDec 1, 2021
Oct 2025Apr 1, 2021+4 monthsDec 1, 2021
Sep 2025Dec 15, 2020no changeJan 1, 2021
Aug 2025Dec 15, 2020no changeJan 1, 2021
Jul 2025Dec 15, 2020+14 daysJan 1, 2021
Jun 2025Dec 1, 2020+2 monthsJan 1, 2021
May 2025Oct 1, 2020no changeNov 1, 2020
Apr 2025Oct 1, 2020+5 monthsNov 1, 2020
Mar 2025May 8, 2020+16 daysOct 1, 2020
Feb 2025Apr 22, 2020no changeOct 1, 2020
Jan 2025Apr 22, 2020+31 daysOct 1, 2020
Dec 2024Mar 22, 2020no changeOct 1, 2020
Nov 2024Mar 22, 2020no changeOct 1, 2020
Oct 2024Mar 22, 2020+21 daysOct 1, 2020
Sep 2024Mar 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
Aug 2024Mar 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
Jul 2024Mar 1, 2020+29 daysJun 1, 2020
Jun 2024Feb 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
May 2024Feb 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
Apr 2024Feb 1, 2020+31 daysJun 1, 2020
Mar 2024Jan 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
Feb 2024Jan 1, 2020no changeJun 1, 2020
Jan 2024Jan 1, 2020+2 monthsJun 1, 2020
Dec 2023Oct 22, 2019+21 daysJan 1, 2020
Nov 2023Oct 1, 2019no changeJan 1, 2020
Oct 2023Oct 1, 2019+3 monthsJan 1, 2020
Sep 2023Jul 8, 2019no changeOct 8, 2019
Aug 2023Jul 8, 2019+30 daysOct 8, 2019
Jul 2023Jun 8, 2019no changeJul 8, 2019
Jun 2023Jun 8, 2019-Jul 8, 2019

Other categories

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About this data

How we count: a Current month means there is no line, so it is placed at the bulletin month itself, as in the chart. An Unavailable month has no cutoff and is skipped. A movement figure needs a cutoff at both ends of its window, so it shows n/a when this month is Current or Unavailable. In the forward/same/back counts, Current to Current and Unavailable to Unavailable count as the same; changes into or out of Current or Unavailable are left out because they have no length, and the median uses only changes between two dated cutoffs. When the bulletin right after a window starts moved the line forward 6 months or more (often the October reset after a September holdback at the end of the government's fiscal year), the figure is labelled and shown again from that next bulletin.

Parsed from the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin. The wait figures are arithmetic on past movement, not a forecast: cutoffs can stall or move backward. This is not legal advice. Sources and method. Download the full table: eb-cutoffs.csv.