Official U.S. government source data

Visa Bulletin timing for May 2026

10 years of official history, rolling 8-year same-month training, business days only.

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Prediction event

Visa Bulletin timing for May 2026

MethodBacktested 8Y

Current status

Awaiting the official DOS release

Built from 10 years of official U.S. government Visa Bulletin history. Past business days before April 10, 2026 have been removed and the remaining probabilities have been renormalized.

Most likely release window

The strongest signal is April 10 at 21%.

Red marks the strongest business-day signal. Deeper tile color means higher probability.

April 10Fri
21%Highest
April 13Mon
20%
April 14Tue
16%
April 15Wed
9%
April 16Thu
5%
April 17Fri
4%
April 21Tue
4%
April 24Fri
4%

Source basis: DOS Visa Bulletin archive and USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Charts.

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Official release log

Historical data

Open the month-by-month DOS release record, PDF timestamp basis, and source links.

10 official releasesExpand
IssueRelease datePatternTimestamp basisDOS bulletinOfficial PDFUSCIS filing chart
May 2016Apr 12, 20162nd TuePDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2017Apr 11, 20172nd TuePDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2018Apr 11, 20182nd WedPDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2019Apr 10, 20192nd WedPDF CreationDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2020Apr 24, 20204th FriPDF CreationDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2021Apr 20, 20213rd TuePDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2022Apr 13, 20222nd WedPDF CreationDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2023Apr 13, 20232nd ThuPDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2024Apr 9, 20242nd TuePDF CreationDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page
May 2025Apr 11, 20252nd FriPDF ModDateBulletin pagePDF metadata sourceUSCIS page

Visa bulletin board

Official DOS cutoff tables

Updates automatically

Official DOS chart

April 2026 Employment-based Chart A: Final Action Dates

May 2026 is not published yet. Showing the latest official DOS bulletin for April 2026.

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CategoryChina-mainland bornPrevious → currentAll chargeability areas except those listedPrevious → current
EB-1

Priority workers, including extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and multinational managers and executives.

Apr 1, 2023

Advanced 31 days

Current

No change
EB-2

Advanced degree professionals and persons of exceptional ability.

Sep 1, 2021

No change

Current

Now current
EB-3

Skilled workers and professionals.

Jun 15, 2021

Advanced 45 days

Jun 1, 2024

Advanced 244 days
Other Workers

Employment third preference other workers.

Feb 1, 2019

Advanced 55 days

Nov 1, 2021

No change
EB-4

Certain special immigrants.

Jul 15, 2022

Advanced 365 days

Jul 15, 2022

Advanced 365 days
Certain Religious Workers

Special immigrant religious workers.

Jul 15, 2022

Advanced 365 days

Jul 15, 2022

Advanced 365 days
EB-5 Unreserved

Employment creation, unreserved immigrant investor visas.

Sep 1, 2016

Advanced 17 days

Current

No change
EB-5 Rural

Employment creation rural set-aside visas.

Current

No change

Current

No change
EB-5 High Unemployment

Employment creation high unemployment set-aside visas.

Current

No change

Current

No change
EB-5 Infrastructure

Employment creation infrastructure set-aside visas.

Current

No change

Current

No change

Cutoff analytics

Simple cutoff charts

Official DOS data through April 2026.

Chart A: Final Action Dates

Did Chart A: Final Action Dates move forward or backward in the last 12 months?

Last 12 months only. Positive means advance and negative means retrogression.

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Chart A: Final Action Dates

When did China-mainland born Chart A: Final Action Dates first reach that priority month?

Left is the priority month. Right is the official bulletin month, not a prediction.

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