EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: 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-2 India Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

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

Since late May 2026, USCIS officers have been issuing a new category of RFE on pending adjustment of status applications — one that doesn't ask about missing documents but asks why you deserve a favorable exercise of discretion. Here is what the RFEs are saying, what the factors on the officer's list look like, and how to respond without getting denied.

The July 2026 visa bulletin is expected within the next two weeks. EB-2 India will show Unavailable — all FY2026 visas ran out on May 22. EB-3 India has a live filing window between September 2013 and December 2013. Here is what each employment-based category will show, what the downgrade strategy actually requires, and why October is the date that matters.

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.