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EB-2 China in the Visa Bulletin

EB-2 China covers advanced degree professionals and persons of exceptional ability born in mainland China. The queue is measured in years, and it has generally been the second longest in the category after India's.

The tables below show the current cut-offs, this month's movement, and the verified history maintained from the primary documents.

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

Where EB-2 China stands in September 2026

Final Action Dates

01SEP21

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

Dates for Filing

01JAN22

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-2 China verified monthly cut-offs
Bulletin monthFinal ActionDates for Filing
September 202601SEP2101JAN22
August 202601SEP2101JAN22
July 202601SEP2101JAN22
June 202601SEP2101JAN22
May 202601SEP2101JAN22
April 202601SEP2101JAN22
March 202601SEP2101JAN22
February 202601SEP2101JAN22
January 202601SEP2101JAN22
December 202501JUN2101DEC21
November 202501APR2101DEC21
October 202501APR2101DEC21

The second-longest line in the second preference

EB-2's 28.6 percent share of the worldwide limit plus EB-1 spillover meets the same 7 percent per-country ceiling for China as for everyone else. Chinese demand has exceeded that share continuously, so the column carries a multi-year cut-off while most of the world reads Current.

China's EB-2 date has usually moved in steadier, smaller steps than India's, and it has stayed open in months when India's row went dark, because the two countries' demand profiles differ. The two charts below can also diverge from each other, which is what the filing-versus-final-action distinction exists to describe.

EB-2: advanced degrees and exceptional ability: 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-2: advanced degrees and exceptional ability cut-offs by chargeability area
ChartAll other chargeability areasChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
Final ActionC01SEP21UCC
Dates for FilingC01JAN2215JAN15CC

Common questions

Why is China's EB-2 date years ahead of India's?

Both columns get the same per-country share; the difference is demand. Indian EB-2 filings have outnumbered Chinese filings by a wide margin for years, so India's queue at the same inflow share is longer. Neither column borrows from the other.

Which chart governs when I can file adjustment of status?

USCIS designates the governing chart for employment categories each month, and this site verifies that designation on the day it enters a new month's data. The current designation is stated in the status block above.

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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