The State Department has issued its August 2026 Visa Bulletin, delivering major progress for family-sponsored green card applicants while employment-based categories saw only limited movement.
Family-sponsored applicants saw the biggest advancements, particularly in F2A, while employment-based applicants continue facing major backlogs, with EB-2 and EB-5 unreserved categories completely unavailable.
All EB-5 set-aside categories (rural, unemployment, infrastructure) remain current worldwide.
Family-sponsored visas final action dates are:
| Category | July Date | August Date | Change |
| F1 (unmarried adult children of U.S. citizens) | Feb 1, 2018 | Dec 15, 2018 | +10 months |
| F2A (spouses and children of green card holders) | Jan 1, 2025 | July 22, 2026 | Nov 22+18 months |
| F2B (unmarried adult children of green card holders) | Nov 22, 2017 | Jan 1, 2018 | +1 month |
| F3 (married children of U.S. citizens) | Apr 15, 2012 | May 15, 2012 | +1 month |
| F4 (siblings of adult U.S. citizens) | Jan 1, 2009 | Sep 1, 2009 | +8 months |
Employment-based visas final action dates are:
- EB-1 China: Advanced to July 1, 2023)
- EB-1 India (Remained at Oct 15, 2022)
- EB-2 India (Remains unavailable)
- EB-3 Most countries (Advanced to Sep 1, 2024)
- EB-3 China (Advanced to Jan 1, 2022)
- EB-4 All countries (Advanced to Oct 15, 2022)
- EB-5 India (Remains unavailable)
Applicants should check their priority dates and prepare documents if their dates are now current.
2026-07-21 22:40:00
