PCPaiqi Calculatorvisanow.info
English中文हिन्दी

Visa Bulletin landing page

EB-1 China Visa Bulletin October 2026: Cutoffs & Movement

EB-1 China Visa Bulletin October 2026: official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.

Issue: October 2026Data updated: USCIS filing chart

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

Jul 1, 2023Latest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 228 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 515 days
View DOS source

Chart B: Dates for Filing

Dec 1, 2023Latest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 334 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 548 days
View DOS source

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.

IssueChart AChart A movementChart BChart B movement
September 2026Jul 1, 2023No changeDec 1, 2023No change
August 2026Jul 1, 2023Advanced 30 daysDec 1, 2023No change
July 2026Jun 1, 2023Advanced 61 daysDec 1, 2023No change
June 2026Apr 1, 2023No changeDec 1, 2023No change
May 2026Apr 1, 2023No changeDec 1, 2023No change
April 2026Apr 1, 2023Advanced 31 daysDec 1, 2023No change
March 2026Mar 1, 2023Advanced 28 daysDec 1, 2023Advanced 122 days
February 2026Feb 1, 2023No changeAug 1, 2023No change
January 2026Feb 1, 2023Advanced 10 daysAug 1, 2023Advanced 78 days
December 2025Jan 22, 2023Advanced 31 daysMay 15, 2023No change
November 2025Dec 22, 2022No changeMay 15, 2023No change
October 2025Dec 22, 2022Advanced 37 daysMay 15, 2023Advanced 134 days

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 October 2026 is Jul 1, 2023. If October 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

DOS Visa Bulletin archiveUSCIS Adjustment of Status Filing ChartsUSCIS September 2026 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts

Keep reading

All Visa Bulletin pages

Every employment-based and family-based category page plus a monthly archive of each Visa Bulletin: official cutoffs, Chart A vs Chart B, movement history, and DOS and USCIS source links.

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin

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

EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin

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

EB-2 China Visa Bulletin

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

EB-3 China Visa Bulletin

EB-3 China Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

The August Visa Bulletin Drops July 20. Three Categories Have Active Warnings. Here Is What Each One Means.

EB-1 India retrogressed in July and carries a warning about further movement. EB-2 China has an active warning that mirrors the language used before India EB-2 went unavailable. Philippines EB-3 has the same retrogression warning for the second consecutive month. The August bulletin releases around July 20 — here is what each signal means and who needs to act before that date.

EB-1 India and EB-2 India Just Retrogressed. China Did Not Move.

The June 2026 Visa Bulletin holds EB-1 China and EB-2 China at the same dates as May, but pulls EB-1 India back three and a half months and EB-2 India back more than ten. EB-1 China and EB-1 India were sitting on the same date last month — that has now broken. Here is what changed, why India is the one giving back ground, and what the State Department's warning at the bottom of the page actually means.

The September 2026 Visa Bulletin Is Two Weeks Out. Here Is What the August Warning Numbers Actually Mean.

The August 2026 Visa Bulletin warned that EB-1 India may go unavailable before September 30. The September bulletin — expected around August 12 — will determine whether that happens. Here is what each major category is signaling, what the end of FY2026 typically produces, and what to do before October 1.