EB-5 Unreserved Worldwide Visa Bulletin: August 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart

EB-1 India Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-1 China Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-1 Worldwide Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

EB-2 India Visa Bulletin cutoffs, Chart A / Chart B comparison, movement history, and official sources.

The July 2026 Visa Bulletin held EB-3 Philippines at August 1, 2023 for the second straight month while repeating the same warning about potential retrogression or unavailability before September 30. The same language appeared in June. With only two bulletins left before FY2027 resets, Filipino EB-3 applicants who are current under the Final Action Date and have not yet filed I-485 need to act before the August bulletin drops around July 20.

The July 2026 Visa Bulletin advanced F1 final action dates five months to February 1, 2018 and opened Chart B for family-sponsored applicants — while employment-based categories remain locked to Final Action Dates for the third month in a row. Here is who just became current, what the Dates for Filing chart means in practice, and why the August bulletin arriving around July 20 creates a real deadline.

The July 2026 Visa Bulletin held EB-2 China at September 1, 2021 while warning explicitly that retrogression or unavailability could come before September 30 — and simultaneously advanced EB-3 China by nearly five months to December 22, 2021. That four-month gap is now a real filing window for PERM holders. Here is who benefits, how the downgrade works, and what to do before the August bulletin.