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EB4 Religious priority date and EB4 Religious visa bulletin

EB-4 Certain Religious Workers. Read the latest cutoff, then follow the dated record month by month.

Final action · Dec 15, 2022Filing · Jan 1, 2025Latest month · November 2026
Final action dates

Cutoff history

134 bulletins

EB4_RELIGIOUS 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. December 2022November 2020September 2018 FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26FY27 Your date All except listed countries, December 2022: 2022-06-22All except listed countries, February 2023: 2022-06-22All except listed countries, March 2023: 2022-02-01All except listed countries, April 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, May 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, June 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, July 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, August 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, September 2023: 2018-09-01All except listed countries, November 2023: 2019-01-01All except listed countries, January 2024: 2019-05-15All except listed countries, February 2024: 2019-05-15All except listed countries, March 2024: 2019-12-01All except listed countries, May 2024: 2020-11-01All except listed countries, June 2024: 2020-11-01All except listed countries, July 2024: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, August 2024: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, September 2024: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, November 2024: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, December 2024: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, February 2025: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, March 2025: 2019-08-01All except listed countries, December 2025: 2020-09-01All except listed countries, January 2026: 2021-01-01All except listed countries, March 2026: 2021-07-15All except listed countries, April 2026: 2022-07-15All except listed countries, May 2026: 2022-07-15All except listed countries, June 2026: 2022-07-15All except listed countries, July 2026: 2022-09-15All except listed countries, August 2026: 2022-10-15All except listed countries, September 2026: 2022-12-15All except listed countries, October 2026: 2022-12-15All except listed countries, November 2026: 2022-12-15
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 EB4 Religious priority date current?

Enter the priority date from your I-797 receipt notice. We compare it with both of this month's EB4 Religious cutoffs.

Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.

History, not a forecast

EB4 Religious (all other countries) wait time: what the dates show

3.9 yearsbetween the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Dec 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 2026Dec 15, 2022Jan 1, 2025
October 2026Dec 15, 2022Jan 1, 2025
September 2026Dec 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
August 2026Oct 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
July 2026Sep 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
June 2026Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
May 2026Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
April 2026Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 2023
March 2026Jul 15, 2021Jan 1, 2023
February 2026UnavailableUnavailable
January 2026Jan 1, 2021Mar 15, 2021
December 2025Sep 1, 2020Feb 15, 2021

Related category histories

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