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Employment-based · India

EB1 India priority date

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

Final action · Feb 1, 2023Filing · Jul 1, 2024Latest bulletin · November 2026
ChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippinesAll listed
Final action dates

Cutoff history

134 bulletins

EB1 priority date history for India: final action date historyLine chart showing cutoff dates in the available bulletin months. Higher positions represent later cutoff dates. April 2023September 2016January 2010 FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27 Your date India, August 2016: 2010-01-01India, September 2016: 2010-01-01India, June 2017: 2012-01-01India, July 2017: 2012-01-01India, August 2017: 2012-01-01India, September 2017: 2012-01-01India, April 2018: 2012-01-01India, May 2018: 2012-01-01India, June 2018: 2012-01-01India, July 2018: 2012-01-01India, August 2018: 2012-01-01India, September 2018: 2012-01-01India, October 2018: 2016-06-01India, November 2018: 2016-06-01India, December 2018: 2016-09-01India, January 2019: 2016-12-15India, February 2019: 2017-02-08India, March 2019: 2017-02-22India, April 2019: 2017-02-22India, May 2019: 2017-02-22India, June 2019: 2015-01-01India, July 2019: 2015-01-01India, August 2019: 2015-01-01India, October 2019: 2015-01-01India, November 2019: 2015-01-01India, December 2019: 2015-01-01India, January 2020: 2015-01-01India, February 2020: 2015-01-01India, March 2020: 2015-03-01India, April 2020: 2015-05-01India, May 2020: 2015-08-01India, June 2020: 2016-06-08India, July 2020: 2017-05-08India, August 2020: 2018-02-08India, September 2020: 2018-03-01India, October 2020: 2018-06-01India, November 2020: 2018-12-01India, December 2020: 2019-04-01India, January 2021: 2019-09-01India, February 2021: 2020-01-01India, March 2021: 2020-08-01India, January 2023: 2022-02-01India, February 2023: 2022-02-01India, March 2023: 2022-02-01India, April 2023: 2022-02-01India, May 2023: 2022-02-01India, June 2023: 2022-02-01India, July 2023: 2022-02-01India, August 2023: 2012-01-01India, September 2023: 2012-01-01India, October 2023: 2017-01-01India, November 2023: 2017-01-01India, December 2023: 2017-01-01India, January 2024: 2020-09-01India, February 2024: 2020-09-01India, March 2024: 2020-10-01India, April 2024: 2021-03-01India, May 2024: 2021-03-01India, June 2024: 2021-03-01India, July 2024: 2022-02-01India, August 2024: 2022-02-01India, September 2024: 2022-02-01India, October 2024: 2022-02-01India, November 2024: 2022-02-01India, December 2024: 2022-02-01India, January 2025: 2022-02-01India, February 2025: 2022-02-01India, March 2025: 2022-02-01India, April 2025: 2022-02-15India, May 2025: 2022-02-15India, June 2025: 2022-02-15India, July 2025: 2022-02-15India, August 2025: 2022-02-15India, September 2025: 2022-02-15India, October 2025: 2022-02-15India, November 2025: 2022-02-15India, December 2025: 2022-03-15India, January 2026: 2023-02-01India, February 2026: 2023-02-01India, March 2026: 2023-03-01India, April 2026: 2023-04-01India, May 2026: 2023-04-01India, June 2026: 2022-12-15India, July 2026: 2022-10-15India, August 2026: 2022-10-15India, September 2026: 2022-10-15India, October 2026: 2023-02-01India, November 2026: 2023-02-01
India

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

November 2026 bulletin

Is my EB1 India priority date current?

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

Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.

History, not a forecast

EB1 India wait time: what the dates show

3.8 yearsbetween the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Feb 1, 2023)
+12 mocutoff movement over the last 12 bulletins (from Feb 15, 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

BulletinFinal actionDates for filing
November 2026Feb 1, 2023Jul 1, 2024
October 2026Feb 1, 2023Jul 1, 2024
September 2026Oct 15, 2022Dec 1, 2023
August 2026Oct 15, 2022Dec 1, 2023
July 2026Oct 15, 2022Dec 1, 2023
June 2026Dec 15, 2022Dec 1, 2023
May 2026Apr 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
April 2026Apr 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
March 2026Mar 1, 2023Dec 1, 2023
February 2026Feb 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
January 2026Feb 1, 2023Aug 1, 2023
December 2025Mar 15, 2022Apr 15, 2023

More EB1 history

EB2 · IndiaEB3 · IndiaEB3 OTHER · IndiaEB4 · IndiaEB4 RELIGIOUS · IndiaEB5 UNRESERVED · IndiaAll chargeability except listedPriority date basicsBacklog arithmetic

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