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EB-2 Worldwide Visa Bulletin October 2026: Cutoffs & Movement

EB-2 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-2 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-2 Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B

Chart A: Final Action Dates

CurrentLatest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 1096 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1523 days
View DOS source

Chart B: Dates for Filing

CurrentLatest official issue: September 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 1021 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1370 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 533 daysCurrentAdvanced 31 days
March 2026Oct 15, 2024Advanced 197 daysCurrentAdvanced 502 days
February 2026Apr 1, 2024No changeOct 15, 2024No change
January 2026Apr 1, 2024Advanced 60 daysOct 15, 2024Advanced 92 days
December 2025Feb 1, 2024Advanced 62 daysJul 15, 2024No change
November 2025Dec 1, 2023No changeJul 15, 2024No change
October 2025Dec 1, 2023Advanced 91 daysJul 15, 2024Advanced 243 days

Category background

Understanding EB-2 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls

The category that lost its Current status

For most of the 2010s, EB-2 for the rest of the world was Current — the Visa Bulletin was irrelevant if you weren't born in India or China. That ended in the November 2022 bulletin, when DOS imposed the first worldwide EB-2 cutoff in years, and the category has carried a date ever since.

What changed was demand. National Interest Waiver filings roughly tripled after 2020 as remote-work professionals, physicians, and STEM applicants discovered a self-petition path that didn't need an employer or a PERM labor certification. The worldwide queue is now real, even if it is measured in months and years rather than decades.

How to plan around a moving worldwide cutoff

Unlike India and China, the rest-of-world cutoff responds quickly to supply: October bulletins have delivered jumps of several months at once, and within-year movement of a few weeks per bulletin is normal. The history table on this page is the best read on the current pace.

If your priority date is close to the cutoff, the Chart A versus Chart B distinction matters more here than almost anywhere: Chart B has at times run nearly a year ahead, which decides whether you can file the I-485 — with its work permit and travel benefits — long before final approval is possible.

FAQ

Common questions

What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-2 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-2 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-2 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-2 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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