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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

July 2026

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for July 2026. Changes are against June 2026.

What changed from June 2026

Final Action Dates: 30 moved forward, 3 moved back

Dates for Filing: 8 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the June 2026 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (75 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.

The July 2026 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 FEB 2018+5 mo01 FEB 2018+5 mo01 FEB 2018+5 mo08 NOV 2007no change01 MAY 2013no change
F2A01 JAN 2025no change01 JAN 2025no change01 JAN 2025no change01 JAN 2024no change01 JAN 2025no change
F2B22 NOV 2017+2 mo22 NOV 2017+2 mo22 NOV 2017+2 mo15 FEB 2009no change15 MAY 2013+37 d
F315 APR 2012+2 mo15 APR 2012+2 mo15 APR 2012+2 mo01 JUN 2001+31 d22 FEB 2006+3 mo
F401 JAN 2009+54 d01 JAN 2009+54 d01 NOV 2006no change08 APR 2001no change01 AUG 2007+17 d
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JUN 2023+2 mo15 OCT 2022−2 moCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 SEP 2021no changeUNAVAILABLEbecame unavailableCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-301 AUG 2024+2 mo22 DEC 2021+5 mo01 JAN 2014+17 d01 AUG 2024+2 mo01 AUG 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 MAR 2022+28 d01 APR 2019no change01 JAN 2014+17 d01 MAR 2022+28 d01 DEC 2021+30 d
EB-415 SEP 2022+2 mo15 SEP 2022+2 mo15 SEP 2022+2 mo15 SEP 2022+2 mo15 SEP 2022+2 mo
EB-5CURRENTno change01 DEC 2016+2 moUNAVAILABLEbecame unavailableCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 JAN 2019+3 mo01 JAN 2019+3 mo01 JAN 2019+3 mo01 OCT 2008no change22 APR 2015no change
F2ACURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
F2B08 JUN 2018+3 mo08 JUN 2018+3 mo08 JUN 2018+3 mo15 MAY 2010no change01 OCT 2013no change
F308 DEC 2012no change08 DEC 2012no change08 DEC 2012no change15 JUL 2001no change08 AUG 2006no change
F401 MAR 2010+2 mo01 MAR 2010+2 mo15 DEC 2006no change30 APR 2001no change22 MAR 2008no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 DEC 2023no change01 DEC 2023no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-2CURRENTno change01 JAN 2022no change15 JAN 2015no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-3CURRENTno change01 JAN 2022no change15 JAN 2015no changeCURRENTno change01 JAN 2024no change
EB-3 Other Workers01 AUG 2022no change01 OCT 2019no change15 JAN 2015no change01 AUG 2022no change01 AUG 2022no change
EB-401 JAN 2023no change01 JAN 2023no change01 JAN 2023no change01 JAN 2023no change01 JAN 2023no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 MAR 2017no change01 MAY 2024no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for July 2026, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.

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