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F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin: July 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin July 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
F2B 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
F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Sep 22, 2017Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 365 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 731 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Mar 22, 2018Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 445 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 445 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2026 | Sep 22, 2017 | Advanced 123 days | Mar 22, 2018 | Advanced 80 days |
| May 2026 | May 22, 2017 | No change | Jan 1, 2018 | Advanced 146 days |
| April 2026 | May 22, 2017 | Advanced 172 days | Aug 8, 2017 | Advanced 146 days |
| March 2026 | Dec 1, 2016 | No change | Mar 15, 2017 | No change |
| February 2026 | Dec 1, 2016 | No change | Mar 15, 2017 | No change |
| January 2026 | Dec 1, 2016 | No change | Mar 15, 2017 | Advanced 7 days |
| December 2025 | Dec 1, 2016 | No change | Mar 8, 2017 | No change |
| November 2025 | Dec 1, 2016 | Advanced 9 days | Mar 8, 2017 | Advanced 66 days |
| October 2025 | Nov 22, 2016 | Advanced 38 days | Jan 1, 2017 | No change |
| September 2025 | Oct 15, 2016 | No change | Jan 1, 2017 | No change |
| August 2025 | Oct 15, 2016 | No change | Jan 1, 2017 | No change |
| July 2025 | Oct 15, 2016 | Advanced 23 days | Jan 1, 2017 | No change |
Category background
Understanding F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
The quiet queue: adult children of green card holders
F2B covers unmarried sons and daughters, 21 or older, of lawful permanent residents. It gets 23% of the F2 pool and none of F2A's per-country exemption, so the worldwide wait runs years longer than F2A and the Mexico and Philippines lines run far longer still.
Many F2B beneficiaries are former F2A children who aged out at 21 despite the Child Status Protection Act — they keep the original priority date but join this slower line, which is why F2B inventory skews toward very old dates.
The naturalization trap and how to opt out
When an F2B petitioner naturalizes, the case automatically converts to F1 — and for some countries, especially the Philippines, F1 is years slower than F2B. Congress anticipated this: INA 204(k) lets the beneficiary file a written opt-out and stay in F2B. Families who don't know about the opt-out lose years to a conversion they never wanted.
Marriage, by contrast, has no safety valve: an F2B beneficiary who marries loses the petition entirely, because green card holders cannot sponsor married children. Of all the dates on this site, this category's rules punish life events the hardest — the bulletin is only half the story here.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for July 2026 is Sep 22, 2017. If July 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
What is the current Chart B cutoff for F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F2B Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Mar 22, 2018. 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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