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F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: July 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin July 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
F3 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
F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Feb 15, 2012Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 238 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 1164 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Dec 8, 2012Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 139 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 1034 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 | Feb 15, 2012 | No change | Dec 8, 2012 | No change |
| May 2026 | Feb 15, 2012 | Advanced 55 days | Dec 8, 2012 | Advanced 16 days |
| April 2026 | Dec 22, 2011 | Advanced 105 days | Nov 22, 2012 | Advanced 123 days |
| March 2026 | Sep 8, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| February 2026 | Sep 8, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| January 2026 | Sep 8, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| December 2025 | Sep 8, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| November 2025 | Sep 8, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| October 2025 | Sep 8, 2011 | Advanced 38 days | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| September 2025 | Aug 1, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| August 2025 | Aug 1, 2011 | No change | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
| July 2025 | Aug 1, 2011 | Advanced 40 days | Jul 22, 2012 | No change |
Category background
Understanding F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
Married children of citizens: the long middle queue
F3 exists for exactly one situation: a U.S. citizen's child who is married. The annual cap is 23,400, demand is global and steady, and the worldwide cutoff runs well over a decade behind — longer for Mexico and the Philippines under their per-country lines.
Because marriage is what routes people here, F3 inventory is full of cases that started life elsewhere: an F1 beneficiary who married mid-wait converts to F3 and keeps the priority date. Divorce converts back to F1. The bulletin pages for those two categories are effectively a pair.
Planning around a 15-year horizon
Derivative status is F3's one structural mercy: the beneficiary's spouse and under-21 children immigrate on the same petition, with the Child Status Protection Act subtracting petition-pending time from a child's age. Whether a grandchild makes the cut often comes down to the exact cutoff movement this page records.
Movement is slow but not random — F3 inherits unused numbers from F1 and F2 above it, so years when those categories under-use their caps show up as faster F3 advancement a year later. The 36-month summary is the realistic pace estimate.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for July 2026 is Feb 15, 2012. If July 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
What is the current Chart B cutoff for F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F3 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Dec 8, 2012. 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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