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EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: August 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
EB-4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin August 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
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
Sep 15, 2022Latest official issue: July 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 806 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 1475 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Jan 1, 2023Latest official issue: July 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 699 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 1553 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Sep 15, 2022 | Advanced 62 days | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| June 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | No change | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| May 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | No change | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| April 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | Advanced 365 days | Jan 1, 2023 | No change |
| March 2026 | Jul 15, 2021 | Advanced 195 days | Jan 1, 2023 | Advanced 657 days |
| February 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | No change | Mar 15, 2021 | No change |
| January 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | Advanced 122 days | Mar 15, 2021 | Advanced 28 days |
| December 2025 | Sep 1, 2020 | Advanced 62 days | Feb 15, 2021 | No change |
| November 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | No change | Feb 15, 2021 | No change |
| October 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | No comparable date | Feb 15, 2021 | Advanced 14 days |
| September 2025 | Unavailable | No comparable date | Feb 1, 2021 | No change |
| August 2025 | Unavailable | No comparable date | Feb 1, 2021 | No 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 shown for August 2026 is Sep 15, 2022. If August 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
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 is Jan 1, 2023. 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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