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EB2 priority date and EB2 visa bulletin

EB-2 · Advanced degrees or exceptional ability. Read the latest cutoff, then follow the dated record month by month.

Final action · Apr 1, 2025Filing · Mar 15, 2026Latest month · November 2026
ChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippinesAll listed
Final action dates

Cutoff history

134 bulletins

EB2 priority date for all except listed countries: final action date historyLine chart showing cutoff dates in the available bulletin months. Higher positions represent later cutoff dates. April 2025March 2019January 2013 FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27 Your date All except listed countries, August 2016: 2014-02-01All except listed countries, September 2016: 2014-02-01All except listed countries, August 2017: 2015-04-01All except listed countries, September 2017: 2016-01-01All except listed countries, September 2018: 2013-01-01All except listed countries, August 2019: 2017-01-01All except listed countries, September 2019: 2018-01-01All except listed countries, December 2022: 2022-11-01All except listed countries, January 2023: 2022-11-01All except listed countries, February 2023: 2022-11-01All except listed countries, March 2023: 2022-11-01All except listed countries, April 2023: 2022-07-01All except listed countries, May 2023: 2022-02-15All except listed countries, June 2023: 2022-02-15All except listed countries, July 2023: 2022-02-15All except listed countries, August 2023: 2022-04-01All except listed countries, September 2023: 2022-07-01All except listed countries, October 2023: 2022-07-08All except listed countries, November 2023: 2022-07-15All except listed countries, December 2023: 2022-07-15All except listed countries, January 2024: 2022-11-01All except listed countries, February 2024: 2022-11-15All except listed countries, March 2024: 2022-11-22All except listed countries, April 2024: 2023-01-15All except listed countries, May 2024: 2023-01-15All except listed countries, June 2024: 2023-01-15All except listed countries, July 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, August 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, September 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, October 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, November 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, December 2024: 2023-03-15All except listed countries, January 2025: 2023-04-01All except listed countries, February 2025: 2023-04-01All except listed countries, March 2025: 2023-05-15All except listed countries, April 2025: 2023-06-22All except listed countries, May 2025: 2023-06-22All except listed countries, June 2025: 2023-10-15All except listed countries, July 2025: 2023-10-15All except listed countries, August 2025: 2023-09-01All except listed countries, September 2025: 2023-09-01All except listed countries, October 2025: 2023-12-01All except listed countries, November 2025: 2023-12-01All except listed countries, December 2025: 2024-02-01All except listed countries, January 2026: 2024-04-01All except listed countries, February 2026: 2024-04-01All except listed countries, March 2026: 2024-10-15All except listed countries, October 2026: 2025-01-01All except listed countries, November 2026: 2025-04-01
All except listed countries

A later cutoff date appears higher on the chart. Only published dated cutoffs are plotted; C and U are omitted.

November 2026 bulletin

Is my EB2 priority date current?

Enter the priority date from your I-797 receipt notice. We compare it with both of this month's EB2 cutoffs.

Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.

History, not a forecast

EB2 (all other countries) wait time: what the dates show

19 monthsbetween the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Apr 1, 2025)
+16 mocutoff movement over the last 12 bulletins (from Dec 1, 2023)

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 2026Apr 1, 2025Mar 15, 2026
October 2026Jan 1, 2025Mar 15, 2026
September 2026CurrentCurrent
August 2026CurrentCurrent
July 2026CurrentCurrent
June 2026CurrentCurrent
May 2026CurrentCurrent
April 2026CurrentCurrent
March 2026Oct 15, 2024Current
February 2026Apr 1, 2024Oct 15, 2024
January 2026Apr 1, 2024Oct 15, 2024
December 2025Feb 1, 2024Jul 15, 2024

Related category histories

EB1 datesEB3 datesEB3 OTHER datesEB4 datesEB4 RELIGIOUS datesEB5 UNRESERVED datesEB5 RURAL datesCompare cutoffs with the bulletin monthWhat is a priority date?

Historical figures are arithmetic from the available bulletin records. Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin.