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

EB-1 Worldwide 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 Worldwide 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 Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B

Chart A: Final Action Dates

CurrentLatest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 365 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1127 days
View DOS source

Chart B: Dates for Filing

CurrentLatest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 365 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1096 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 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
August 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
July 2026CurrentAdvanced 30 daysCurrentAdvanced 30 days
June 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
May 2026CurrentAdvanced 30 daysCurrentAdvanced 30 days
April 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
March 2026CurrentAdvanced 28 daysCurrentAdvanced 28 days
February 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
January 2026CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
December 2025CurrentAdvanced 30 daysCurrentAdvanced 30 days
November 2025CurrentAdvanced 31 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
October 2025CurrentAdvanced 30 daysCurrentAdvanced 30 days

Category background

Understanding EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls

The default state is Current — watch the exceptions

For applicants charged to any country other than India and China, EB-1 is Current in the large majority of bulletins: file when ready, no queue. That is why this page's history table looks boring most months — and why the exceptions matter so much.

The exceptions cluster at fiscal year-end. In years when worldwide EB-1 demand runs hot, DOS has imposed temporary rest-of-world cutoffs in the summer bulletins to keep issuance inside the annual limit, then restored Current in October. It happened in 2016, again in 2019, and again in 2023.

What a temporary cutoff means in practice

A summer EB-1 worldwide cutoff is a cash-flow problem, not a structural backlog: the queue clears as soon as the new fiscal year's numbers arrive. If you see a cutoff appear on this page in July or August, the history table will almost always show it vanishing by October or November.

The practical risk is timing an I-485 filing or a consular interview into that window. If your case is close to final action in late summer, the difference between filing in September and October can be a several-month wait you didn't need to take.

FAQ

Common questions

What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for October 2026 is Current. 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 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Current. 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

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