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EB-2 ROW

EB-2 ROW 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 all other countries 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 ROW Final Action is Jan 1, 2025 and Date for Filing is Mar 15, 2026.

Final Action, Oct 2026 bulletin
Jan 1, 2025line as of October 2026
Green card can be approved before this date
Date for Filing, Oct 2026
Mar 15, 2026line 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
+13 months
of priority dates in 12 bulletins
Final Action moved, 36 months to Oct 2026
+2.5 years
of priority dates in 36 bulletins

Over the last 36 bulletins, Final Action moved forward 14 times, stayed the same 19 times and moved back 1 time; the median change is no change. 2 changes into or out of Current or Unavailable are left out.

What changed in the Oct 2026 bulletin (vs. Sep 2026): Final Action went from Current to Jan 1, 2025. Date for Filing went from Current to Mar 15, 2026.

Newest bulletin in this table: Oct 2026.

EB-2 ROW 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

Enter a priority date above.

Every EB-2 ROW cutoff in the archive

The Oct 2023 bulletin is the first of the government's fiscal year 2024. Final Action moved forward 7 days, from Jul 1, 2022 to Jul 8, 2022. 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 2026Jan 1, 2025Current to Jan 1, 2025Mar 15, 2026
Sep 2026Currentno changeCurrent
Aug 2026Currentno changeCurrent
Jul 2026Currentno changeCurrent
Jun 2026Currentno changeCurrent
May 2026Currentno changeCurrent
Apr 2026CurrentOct 15, 2024 to CurrentCurrent
Mar 2026Oct 15, 2024+6 monthsCurrent
Feb 2026Apr 1, 2024no changeOct 15, 2024
Jan 2026Apr 1, 2024+2 monthsOct 15, 2024
Dec 2025Feb 1, 2024+2 monthsJul 15, 2024
Nov 2025Dec 1, 2023no changeJul 15, 2024
Oct 2025Dec 1, 2023+3 monthsJul 15, 2024
Sep 2025Sep 1, 2023no changeNov 15, 2023
Aug 2025Sep 1, 2023back 44 daysNov 15, 2023
Jul 2025Oct 15, 2023no changeNov 15, 2023
Jun 2025Oct 15, 2023+4 monthsNov 15, 2023
May 2025Jun 22, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Apr 2025Jun 22, 2023+38 daysAug 1, 2023
Mar 2025May 15, 2023+44 daysAug 1, 2023
Feb 2025Apr 1, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Jan 2025Apr 1, 2023+17 daysAug 1, 2023
Dec 2024Mar 15, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Nov 2024Mar 15, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Oct 2024Mar 15, 2023no changeAug 1, 2023
Sep 2024Mar 15, 2023no changeMar 22, 2023
Aug 2024Mar 15, 2023no changeMar 22, 2023
Jul 2024Mar 15, 2023+2 monthsMar 22, 2023
Jun 2024Jan 15, 2023no changeFeb 15, 2023
May 2024Jan 15, 2023no changeFeb 15, 2023
Apr 2024Jan 15, 2023+2 monthsFeb 15, 2023
Mar 2024Nov 22, 2022+7 daysFeb 15, 2023
Feb 2024Nov 15, 2022+14 daysFeb 15, 2023
Jan 2024Nov 1, 2022+4 monthsFeb 15, 2023
Dec 2023Jul 15, 2022no changeJan 1, 2023
Nov 2023Jul 15, 2022+7 daysJan 1, 2023
Oct 2023Jul 8, 2022+7 daysJan 1, 2023
Sep 2023Jul 1, 2022+3 monthsDec 1, 2022
Aug 2023Apr 1, 2022+1 monthDec 1, 2022
Jul 2023Feb 15, 2022no changeDec 1, 2022
Jun 2023Feb 15, 2022-Dec 1, 2022

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.