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EB3 priority date and EB3 visa bulletin EB-3 · Skilled workers, professionals, and other workers. Read the latest cutoff, then follow the dated record month by month.
Final action · Jun 15, 2024 Filing · Aug 1, 2024 Latest month · November 2026
Final action dates
Cutoff history 134 bulletins EB3 priority date for all except listed countries: final action date history Line chart showing cutoff dates in the available bulletin months. Higher positions represent later cutoff dates. September 2024 March 2020 August 2015 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 Your date All except listed countries, October 2015: 2015-08-15 All except listed countries, November 2015: 2015-08-15 All except listed countries, December 2015: 2015-09-01 All except listed countries, January 2016: 2015-10-01 All except listed countries, February 2016: 2015-10-01 All except listed countries, March 2016: 2016-01-01 All except listed countries, April 2016: 2016-02-15 All except listed countries, May 2016: 2016-02-15 All except listed countries, June 2016: 2016-02-15 All except listed countries, July 2016: 2016-03-01 All except listed countries, August 2016: 2016-03-15 All except listed countries, September 2016: 2016-05-01 All except listed countries, October 2016: 2016-06-01 All except listed countries, November 2016: 2016-07-01 All except listed countries, December 2016: 2016-07-01 All except listed countries, January 2017: 2016-08-01 All except listed countries, February 2017: 2016-10-01 All except listed countries, March 2017: 2016-12-01 All except listed countries, April 2017: 2017-02-15 All except listed countries, May 2017: 2017-03-15 All except listed countries, June 2017: 2017-04-15 All except listed countries, July 2017: 2017-06-08 All except listed countries, September 2018: 2016-11-01 All except listed countries, August 2019: 2016-07-01 All except listed countries, September 2019: 2016-07-01 All except listed countries, March 2020: 2017-01-01 All except listed countries, April 2020: 2017-01-01 All except listed countries, May 2020: 2017-01-01 All except listed countries, June 2020: 2017-11-08 All except listed countries, July 2020: 2018-04-15 All except listed countries, August 2020: 2019-04-01 All except listed countries, September 2020: 2019-04-01 All except listed countries, May 2023: 2022-06-01 All except listed countries, June 2023: 2022-06-01 All except listed countries, July 2023: 2022-02-01 All except listed countries, August 2023: 2020-05-01 All except listed countries, September 2023: 2020-05-01 All except listed countries, October 2023: 2021-12-01 All except listed countries, November 2023: 2021-12-01 All except listed countries, December 2023: 2021-12-01 All except listed countries, January 2024: 2022-08-01 All except listed countries, February 2024: 2022-09-01 All except listed countries, March 2024: 2022-09-08 All except listed countries, April 2024: 2022-11-22 All except listed countries, May 2024: 2022-11-22 All except listed countries, June 2024: 2022-11-22 All except listed countries, July 2024: 2021-12-01 All except listed countries, August 2024: 2021-12-01 All except listed countries, September 2024: 2020-12-01 All except listed countries, October 2024: 2022-11-15 All except listed countries, November 2024: 2022-11-15 All except listed countries, December 2024: 2022-11-15 All except listed countries, January 2025: 2022-12-01 All except listed countries, February 2025: 2022-12-01 All except listed countries, March 2025: 2022-12-01 All except listed countries, April 2025: 2023-01-01 All except listed countries, May 2025: 2023-01-01 All except listed countries, June 2025: 2023-02-08 All except listed countries, July 2025: 2023-04-01 All except listed countries, August 2025: 2023-04-01 All except listed countries, September 2025: 2023-04-01 All except listed countries, October 2025: 2023-04-01 All except listed countries, November 2025: 2023-04-01 All except listed countries, December 2025: 2023-04-15 All except listed countries, January 2026: 2023-04-22 All except listed countries, February 2026: 2023-06-01 All except listed countries, March 2026: 2023-10-01 All except listed countries, April 2026: 2024-06-01 All except listed countries, May 2026: 2024-06-01 All except listed countries, June 2026: 2024-06-01 All except listed countries, July 2026: 2024-08-01 All except listed countries, August 2026: 2024-09-01 All except listed countries, September 2026: 2024-09-01 All except listed countries, October 2026: 2024-05-15 All except listed countries, November 2026: 2024-06-15
Arithmetic from listed records Movement snapshot 6 dated advances in last 12 bulletins
10 dated advances in last 24 bulletins
30 longest consecutive no-movement intervals
October 2026 last dated retrogression
These are counts in the available dataset, not a timeline estimate.
November 2026 bulletin
Is my EB3 priority date current? Enter the priority date from your I-797 receipt notice. We compare it with both of this month's EB3 cutoffs.
Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.
History, not a forecast EB3 (all other countries) wait time: what the dates show 2.4 years between the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Jun 15, 2024)
+14 mo cutoff movement over the last 12 bulletins (from Apr 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.
Related category histories Historical figures are arithmetic from the available bulletin records. Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin .
