Family-sponsored · All listed chargeability areas

F2B priority date by country

Follow the F2B cutoff for All listed chargeability areas across the bulletins in this dataset.

Final action · Aug 22, 2020Filing · Sep 1, 2020Latest bulletin · November 2026

China India Mexico Philippines All listed

Final action dates

Cutoff history

134 bulletins

All except listedChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines

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

November 2026 bulletin

Is my F2B priority date current?

Enter the priority date from your I-797 receipt notice. We compare it with both of this month's F2B cutoffs.

Uses this bulletin only. Not legal advice.

History, not a forecast

F2B (all other countries) wait time: what the dates show

6.3 yearsbetween the November 2026 bulletin and its final action cutoff (Aug 22, 2020)

+44 mocutoff movement over the last 12 bulletins (from Dec 1, 2016)

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 22, 2020	Sep 1, 2020
October 2026	Aug 22, 2019	Sep 1, 2019
September 2026	Aug 22, 2019	Sep 1, 2019
August 2026	Jan 1, 2018	Jan 1, 2019
July 2026	Nov 22, 2017	Jun 8, 2018
June 2026	Sep 22, 2017	Mar 22, 2018
May 2026	May 22, 2017	Jan 1, 2018
April 2026	May 22, 2017	Aug 8, 2017
March 2026	Dec 1, 2016	Mar 15, 2017
February 2026	Dec 1, 2016	Mar 15, 2017
January 2026	Dec 1, 2016	Mar 15, 2017
December 2025	Dec 1, 2016	Mar 8, 2017

More F2B history

F1 · all listed F2A · all listed F3 · all listed F4 · all listed 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.