What the dates do tell you
A Visa Bulletin cutoff can be compared with a priority date for a category and country. The comparison is a snapshot for that month and chart. The cutoff may move at different speeds, pause, retrogress, or be marked current.
Why a month-gap calculation is not a wait-time promise
A calendar difference between a priority date and the latest cutoff is just arithmetic. It does not account for future visa availability, case processing, changes to category or chargeability, or other requirements. The available history here spans 134 bulletin records through 2026-11; that is not enough to infer an individual timeline.
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Explore cutoff-distance arithmetic, the monthly archive, and the Visa Bulletin explained.
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