Green Card Update Brings Major Gains for Applicants – List of Changes
Summary
The U.S. State Department released the October 2026 Visa Bulletin, which updates the availability of green cards for certain applicants. There are significant improvements for some employment-based visa categories for people from India and China, while some other categories for applicants from various countries moved backward to manage the number of visas issued.Key Facts
- The EB-2 visa category for employment-based applicants from India reopened with a cutoff date of November 1, 2013.
- The unreserved EB-5 visas for India also reopened with a cutoff date of December 1, 2023.
- India's EB-1 category moved forward to February 1, 2023.
- China's visa application filing dates showed major advances, especially EB-3 from January 8, 2022, to April 1, 2024.
- Some final action dates for the EB-2 and EB-3 visa categories for most countries, including Mexico and the Philippines, moved backward.
- Family-sponsored visa categories like F2A, F2B for Mexico, and F4 for the Philippines saw some date advances.
- Applicants must have priority dates earlier than the cutoff dates to apply.
- People applying inside the U.S. need to check USCIS charts before filing their applications.
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