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EB-1 China in the Visa Bulletin

EB-1 for mainland-China-born applicants is the other exception to the category's usual Current status. Like India, Chinese demand for priority worker visas exceeds the per-country share, so a cut-off appears in this column while the worldwide one stays open.

The tables below show the current position, this month's movement, and the verified history from the State Department's documents.

Written and checked by the QueueCheck editorial team. Last checked August 22, 2026. How we verify information

Where EB-1 China stands in September 2026

Final Action Dates

01JUL23

China (mainland born). A visa number can be authorized only for priority dates earlier than a listed cut-off.

Dates for Filing

01DEC23

USCIS has not yet named the chart that governs employment-based adjustment filings for September 2026, checked 2026-08-23. Both dates above are the bulletin's own.

The final action position is unchanged from August 2026.

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Verified history, month by month

Every row is transcribed from the State Department's published bulletin document for that month, never from trackers or memory. The table grows as months are added.

EB-1 China verified monthly cut-offs
Bulletin monthFinal ActionDates for Filing
September 202601JUL2301DEC23
August 202601JUL2301DEC23
July 202601JUN2301DEC23
June 202601APR2301DEC23
May 202601APR2301DEC23
April 202601APR2301DEC23
March 202601MAR2301DEC23
February 202601FEB2301AUG23
January 202601FEB2301AUG23
December 202522JAN2315MAY23
November 202522DEC2215MAY23
October 202522DEC2215MAY23

Where China's EB-1 queue comes from

The category's 28.6 percent share of the worldwide employment limit is generous enough that most countries never queue in it. China's column exists because volume from mainland-born applicants, particularly outstanding researchers and multinational managers, has run past the 7 percent per-country ceiling year after year.

The China cut-off has typically sat ahead of India's in this category and moved more steadily. The history table below records both charts for this column as months accumulate.

EB-1: priority workers: every country in September 2026

The same category across all chargeability areas, both charts. Your column is your country of birth, not citizenship or residence.

EB-1: priority workers cut-offs by chargeability area
ChartAll other chargeability areasChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
Final ActionC01JUL2315OCT22CC
Dates for FilingC01DEC2301DEC23CC

Common questions

Does Hong Kong or Taiwan birth count as China for this column?

The column is China mainland born. Persons born in Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan are charged to their own foreign states and generally read the worldwide column unless it is separately listed. Country of birth, not passport, decides the row.

Is EB-1 still the fastest option for a Chinese-born applicant?

The charts answer the timing half: compare this column's cut-off with EB-2 and EB-3 China on their trackers, all one click away. Whether a case qualifies for EB-1's demanding criteria is the half the bulletin cannot answer.

Sources and scope

Transcribed from the Department of State's September 2026 Visa Bulletin document (Number 18, Volume XI), supplied as the published PDF. The USCIS chart designation is verified on its filing-charts page when each month is entered. This page records position, never predictions, and none of it is legal advice; the official pages govern wherever anything differs.

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Background reading: how to read the Visa Bulletin and the US Green Card wait page.