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EB-2 India Visa Bulletin October 2026: Cutoffs & Movement
EB-2 India Visa Bulletin October 2026: official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
EB-2 India 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-2 India Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
UnavailableLatest official issue: September 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 243 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 974 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Jan 15, 2015Latest official issue: September 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 713 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 989 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | Unavailable | No comparable date | Jan 15, 2015 | No change |
| August 2026 | Unavailable | No comparable date | Jan 15, 2015 | No change |
| July 2026 | Unavailable | No comparable date | Jan 15, 2015 | No change |
| June 2026 | Sep 1, 2013 | Retrogressed 317 days | Jan 15, 2015 | No change |
| May 2026 | Jul 15, 2014 | No change | Jan 15, 2015 | No change |
| April 2026 | Jul 15, 2014 | Advanced 303 days | Jan 15, 2015 | Advanced 75 days |
| March 2026 | Sep 15, 2013 | Advanced 62 days | Nov 1, 2014 | Advanced 335 days |
| February 2026 | Jul 15, 2013 | No change | Dec 1, 2013 | No change |
| January 2026 | Jul 15, 2013 | Advanced 61 days | Dec 1, 2013 | No change |
| December 2025 | May 15, 2013 | Advanced 44 days | Dec 1, 2013 | No change |
| November 2025 | Apr 1, 2013 | No change | Dec 1, 2013 | No change |
| October 2025 | Apr 1, 2013 | Advanced 90 days | Dec 1, 2013 | Advanced 303 days |
Category background
Understanding EB-2 India Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
The longest queue in employment-based immigration
EB-2 India is the canonical green card backlog. India's base allocation works out to roughly 2,800 EB-2 visas a year against a queue that built up over two decades of H-1B-heavy hiring, so the cutoff sits more than a decade in the past and new filings face waits that are measured in decades, not years.
This is also the category where the annual limit physically runs out. In fiscal year 2026 EB-2 India went Unavailable before the year ended — when that happens, no movement is possible until the new fiscal year's numbers arrive on October 1. Treat late-summer stagnation here as normal, not news.
Why people downgrade, and what to actually watch
Because EB-3 India sometimes runs ahead of EB-2 India, a well-known strategy is the EB-2 to EB-3 'downgrade': refile I-140 in EB-3 while keeping the original priority date. The two cutoffs leapfrog each other precisely because demand chases whichever chart is ahead — when enough people downgrade, EB-3 slows and EB-2 catches up.
The two numbers worth watching on this page: the October bulletin (the single biggest movement of most fiscal years, when fresh supply lands) and the EB-2 vs EB-3 India gap in the comparison table. The absolute cutoff moves slowly; the gap is what changes filing strategy.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-2 India Visa Bulletin?
The EB-2 India Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for October 2026 is Unavailable. 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-2 India Visa Bulletin?
The EB-2 India Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Jan 15, 2015. 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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