Chart B vs Chart A this month: July 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-1 China Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-2 India Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

On June 5, 2026, Chief Judge John J. McConnell Jr. of the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island vacated all four USCIS policies that had frozen immigration benefits for nationals of 39 designated countries since late 2025 — including holds on I-485 approvals, EAD renewals, and naturalization. Unlike the April Maryland injunction that helped only 83 named plaintiffs, this ruling is nationwide.

Since July 2025, USCIS has been issuing Notices to Appear to H-1B workers whose employers withdrew their petitions — sometimes before the 60 days are up, sometimes while a transfer petition is already pending with a new employer. Here is how it works, why the May 2026 AOS memo makes it worse, and what to do the moment a layoff happens.

Executive Order 14351 created a $1 million path to a U.S. green card in September 2025. Six months after the program opened, 338 people have applied, 165 have paid the $15,000 vetting fee, and one has an approved Gold Card. Here is what the program actually requires, how it differs from EB-5, and the federal lawsuit that could end it.