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Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin: August 2026 cutoffs, movement history, and USCIS chart
Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin August 2026 official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
Other Workers 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
Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Mar 1, 2022Latest official issue: July 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 236 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 790 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Aug 1, 2022Latest official issue: July 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 375 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 912 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 | Mar 1, 2022 | Advanced 28 days | Aug 1, 2022 | No change |
| June 2026 | Feb 1, 2022 | No change | Aug 1, 2022 | No change |
| May 2026 | Feb 1, 2022 | Advanced 92 days | Aug 1, 2022 | No change |
| April 2026 | Nov 1, 2021 | No change | Aug 1, 2022 | Advanced 40 days |
| March 2026 | Nov 1, 2021 | Advanced 61 days | Jun 22, 2022 | Advanced 203 days |
| February 2026 | Sep 1, 2021 | No change | Dec 1, 2021 | No change |
| January 2026 | Sep 1, 2021 | Advanced 31 days | Dec 1, 2021 | No change |
| December 2025 | Aug 1, 2021 | Advanced 17 days | Dec 1, 2021 | No change |
| November 2025 | Jul 15, 2021 | No change | Dec 1, 2021 | No change |
| October 2025 | Jul 15, 2021 | Advanced 7 days | Dec 1, 2021 | Advanced 132 days |
| September 2025 | Jul 8, 2021 | No change | Jul 22, 2021 | No change |
| August 2025 | Jul 8, 2021 | No change | Jul 22, 2021 | No change |
Category background
Understanding Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
A 10,000-visa pool for the whole world
The Other Workers subcategory takes the jobs the rest of the employment system ignores — caregivers, food processing, hospitality, agriculture support — and gives the entire world roughly 10,000 green cards a year for them. Demand exceeds that by a wide margin, which is why this line carries a cutoff even when EB-3 proper is moving well.
The queue grew sharply after 2021 as labor shortages pushed employers in long-term care and food production to sponsor positions they previously filled with temporary programs.
Reading this page without false hope or false despair
Worldwide Other Workers generally advances slower than worldwide EB-3, and the gap between the two lines in the comparison table is the honest measure of the subcategory's structural penalty. Expect years, plan accordingly, and treat any single-month jump as catch-up rather than acceleration.
If a sponsoring employer can document that the position genuinely requires two years of experience or training, EB-3 skilled-worker classification avoids this line entirely — worth the conversation before the labor certification locks the classification in.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for August 2026 is Mar 1, 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 Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin?
The Other Workers Worldwide Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Aug 1, 2022. 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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