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EB-1 China Visa Bulletin: July 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
EB-1 China Visa Bulletin July 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
EB-1 China Visa Bulletin tracks the current Chart A and Chart B cutoff dates, USCIS filing-chart source, and recent 12/36-month movement.
Use this page as a crawlable, shareable reference for the category rather than a one-off filter state on the homepage.
Check your priority date against both charts before making a filing plan: Chart A is closer to final approval, while Chart B is only an I-485 filing window when USCIS allows it for the month.
Current official cutoffs
EB-1 China Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Apr 1, 2023Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 144 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 424 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Dec 1, 2023Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 334 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 548 days
Movement history
Last 12 official cutoff rows
Positive movement means the cutoff advanced. Negative movement means retrogression. Blank movement usually means Current, Unavailable, or no comparable date.
| Issue | Chart A | Chart A movement | Chart B | Chart B movement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | No change | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| May 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | No change | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| April 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | Advanced 31 days | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| March 2026 | Mar 1, 2023 | Advanced 28 days | Dec 1, 2023 | Advanced 122 days |
| February 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | No change | Aug 1, 2023 | No change |
| January 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | Advanced 10 days | Aug 1, 2023 | Advanced 78 days |
| December 2025 | Jan 22, 2023 | Advanced 31 days | May 15, 2023 | No change |
| November 2025 | Dec 22, 2022 | No change | May 15, 2023 | No change |
| October 2025 | Dec 22, 2022 | Advanced 37 days | May 15, 2023 | Advanced 134 days |
| September 2025 | Nov 15, 2022 | No change | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| August 2025 | Nov 15, 2022 | No change | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| July 2025 | Nov 15, 2022 | Advanced 7 days | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
Category background
Understanding EB-1 China Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
How EB-1 China differs from the India queue
EB-1 China carries a cutoff for the same structural reason as India — per-country caps colliding with heavy demand — but the demand profile is different. Chinese EB-1 filings lean more on EB-1A extraordinary ability and EB-1B research cases out of universities and labs, and less on the multinational-manager pipeline that dominates Indian corporate transfers.
China's queue is also simply shorter. The Chinese EB-1 backlog formed around 2017, and its cutoff has generally stayed years ahead of EB-1 India's, with steadier month-to-month movement.
What moves this cutoff
Two levers matter. First, worldwide EB-1 usage: when rest-of-world demand is soft, unused numbers fall through to China and India by priority-date order, and China's earlier dates absorb them first. Second, the fiscal calendar: DOS tends to hold China steady late in the fiscal year and release movement in October and November.
If you are comparing escape routes from EB-2 or EB-3 China, check the gap between those cutoffs and EB-1 China on this page's history table — the spread, not the absolute date, is what tells you whether an upgrade buys meaningful time.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-1 China Visa Bulletin?
The EB-1 China Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for July 2026 is Apr 1, 2023. If July 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
What is the current Chart B cutoff for EB-1 China Visa Bulletin?
The EB-1 China Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Dec 1, 2023. Whether Chart B can be used for I-485 filing still depends on the USCIS filing-chart guidance for the month.
Is this legal advice?
No. This is source-backed Visa Bulletin data and historical movement context from DOS and USCIS sources, not case-specific legal advice. Use it to compare your own priority date against Chart A and Chart B, then confirm the USCIS monthly filing-chart guidance before making a filing decision.
Official sources
DOS and USCIS source links
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