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EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin October 2026: Cutoffs & Movement

EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin October 2026: official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.

October 2026 is published. Shown: official October 2026 cutoffs, not a forecast. Check USCIS guidance for the filing month.

Issue: October 2026Data updated: USCIS filing chart

EB-4 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-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B

Chart A: Final Action Dates

Dec 15, 2022Latest official issue: October 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 897 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 1444 days
View DOS source

Chart B: Dates for Filing

Jan 1, 2025Latest official issue: October 2026
Last 12 months
Advanced 1416 days
Last 36 months
Advanced 2133 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
October 2026Dec 15, 2022No changeJan 1, 2025Advanced 731 days
September 2026Dec 15, 2022Advanced 61 daysJan 1, 2023No change
August 2026Oct 15, 2022Advanced 30 daysJan 1, 2023No change
July 2026Sep 15, 2022Advanced 62 daysJan 1, 2023No change
June 2026Jul 15, 2022No changeJan 1, 2023No change
May 2026Jul 15, 2022No changeJan 1, 2023No change
April 2026Jul 15, 2022Advanced 365 daysJan 1, 2023No change
March 2026Jul 15, 2021Advanced 195 daysJan 1, 2023Advanced 657 days
February 2026Jan 1, 2021No changeMar 15, 2021No change
January 2026Jan 1, 2021Advanced 122 daysMar 15, 2021Advanced 28 days
December 2025Sep 1, 2020Advanced 62 daysFeb 15, 2021No change
November 2025Jul 1, 2020No changeFeb 15, 2021No change

Category background

Understanding EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls

The miscellaneous category that quietly backlogged

EB-4 bundles 'special immigrants': religious workers, special immigrant juveniles (SIJ), certain long-serving U.S. government employees abroad, international-organization retirees, and a few smaller groups. For years it was Current and nobody tracked it. That ended when SIJ filings — mostly abused, abandoned, or neglected minors from Central America — grew large enough to consume the small annual pool.

In March 2023 DOS scrapped the separate per-country listings it had been running for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico and imposed a single worldwide EB-4 cutoff. Everyone in the category now shares one queue, and it is years long.

Two things EB-4 applicants get wrong

First: the non-minister religious worker program (the SR visa) is not permanent law. It rides on appropriations bills and lapses whenever Congress lets the deadline pass, at which point the bulletin marks it Unavailable until reauthorization. A sudden Unavailable in that line is usually Congress, not your case.

Second: EB-4 movement is dominated by SIJ inventory, so religious workers and government employees inherit a queue built by a program they have nothing to do with. The history table on this page is the only realistic way to estimate the wait — category-average processing times published elsewhere predate the backlog.

FAQ

Common questions

What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff for October 2026 is Dec 15, 2022.

What is the current Chart B cutoff for EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?

The EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff for October 2026 is Jan 1, 2025. 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

October 2026 — DOS Visa BulletinDOS Visa Bulletin archiveUSCIS Adjustment of Status Filing ChartsUSCIS October 2026 Adjustment of Status Filing Charts

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