Employment-based · China

EB1 China priority date

Follow the EB1 cutoff for China across the bulletins in this dataset.

Final action · Aug 1, 2023Filing · Jul 1, 2024Latest bulletin · November 2026

China India Mexico Philippines All listed

Final action dates

Cutoff history

134 bulletins

China

Higher on the chart means a later cutoff. C and U entries have no dated point.

November 2026 bulletin

Is my EB1 China priority date current?

Enter the priority date from your I-797 receipt notice. We compare it with both of this month's EB1 China cutoffs.

Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.

History, not a forecast

EB1 China wait time: what the dates show

3.3 yearsbetween the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Aug 1, 2023)

+8 mocutoff movement over the last 12 bulletins (from Dec 22, 2022)

Only people with priority dates before the cutoff can get a visa number this month. The gap shows how far behind the line is today. It does not tell you how long your own case will take, because cutoffs can stall or move back.

Recent cutoff dates

Bulletin	Final action	Dates for filing
November 2026	Aug 1, 2023	Jul 1, 2024
October 2026	Jul 1, 2023	Jul 1, 2024
September 2026	Jul 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
August 2026	Jul 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
July 2026	Jun 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
June 2026	Apr 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
May 2026	Apr 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
April 2026	Apr 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
March 2026	Mar 1, 2023	Dec 1, 2023
February 2026	Feb 1, 2023	Aug 1, 2023
January 2026	Feb 1, 2023	Aug 1, 2023
December 2025	Jan 22, 2023	May 15, 2023

More EB1 history

EB2 · China EB3 · China EB3 OTHER · China EB4 · China EB4 RELIGIOUS · China EB5 UNRESERVED · China All chargeability except listed Priority date basics Backlog arithmetic

Source record: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin. Historical summaries are arithmetic, not a forecast.