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F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: July 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin July 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
F4 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
F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Nov 8, 2008Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 312 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 580 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Dec 22, 2009Latest official issue: June 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 569 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 690 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 | Nov 8, 2008 | Advanced 54 days | Dec 22, 2009 | Advanced 112 days |
| May 2026 | Sep 15, 2008 | Advanced 99 days | Sep 1, 2009 | Advanced 109 days |
| April 2026 | Jun 8, 2008 | Advanced 152 days | May 15, 2009 | Advanced 75 days |
| March 2026 | Jan 8, 2008 | No change | Mar 1, 2009 | No change |
| February 2026 | Jan 8, 2008 | No change | Mar 1, 2009 | No change |
| January 2026 | Jan 8, 2008 | No change | Mar 1, 2009 | No change |
| December 2025 | Jan 8, 2008 | No change | Mar 1, 2009 | No change |
| November 2025 | Jan 8, 2008 | No change | Mar 1, 2009 | No change |
| October 2025 | Jan 8, 2008 | Advanced 7 days | Mar 1, 2009 | Advanced 59 days |
| September 2025 | Jan 1, 2008 | No change | Jan 1, 2009 | No change |
| August 2025 | Jan 1, 2008 | No change | Jan 1, 2009 | Advanced 115 days |
| July 2025 | Jan 1, 2008 | No change | Sep 8, 2008 | Advanced 99 days |
Category background
Understanding F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
Siblings of citizens: the longest line in the system
F4 — brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens — is the largest and slowest family category: 65,000 visas a year against demand from every large diaspora in the world. The worldwide cutoff runs around a decade and a half behind; India's per-country line is several years worse, and the Philippines' worse still.
It is also the category with a permanent policy bullseye on it. Every few years a reform proposal would eliminate sibling sponsorship outright, which is why immigration lawyers tell eligible petitioners to file now and let the priority date age regardless of how the queue looks — a pending petition has historically been grandfathered when rules change.
Making a 20-year date useful
An F4 priority date is less a timeline than an heirloom: it covers the sibling, their spouse, and their under-21 children as derivatives, and decades of waiting make the Child Status Protection Act math decisive for whether nieces and nephews immigrate with their parents or age out.
Use the history table here to calibrate expectations honestly — F4 typically advances a few months per year, and a single fast bulletin does not change the destination decade. For India-born siblings, check the India-specific line in the official bulletin linked above rather than this worldwide date.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for July 2026 is Nov 8, 2008. If July 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
What is the current Chart B cutoff for F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The F4 Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Dec 22, 2009. 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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