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EB-2 India in the Visa Bulletin

EB-2 India, advanced degree professionals and persons of exceptional ability born in India, is the most closely watched line in the entire bulletin, and the one where the gap between the two charts has been widest for longest.

The tables below show where it stands now, the movement from the previous month, and the verified history this site transcribes from the State Department's own documents.

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

Where EB-2 India stands in September 2026

Final Action Dates

Unavailable (U)

India. A visa number can be authorized only for priority dates earlier than a listed cut-off.

Dates for Filing

15JAN15

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 India verified monthly cut-offs
Bulletin monthFinal ActionDates for Filing
September 2026U15JAN15
August 2026U15JAN15
July 2026U15JAN15
June 202601SEP1315JAN15
May 202615JUL1415JAN15
April 202615JUL1415JAN15
March 202615SEP1301NOV14
February 202615JUL1301DEC13
January 202615JUL1301DEC13
December 202515MAY1301DEC13
November 202501APR1301DEC13
October 202501APR1301DEC13

What a U in this row does and does not mean

EB-2 receives 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment limit plus whatever EB-1 leaves unused, and India's share of that is capped by the 7 percent per-country limit. When the bulletin prints U, numbers are not authorized for anyone in the row, usually because the pro-rated annual limit is exhausted; the annual limits reset when the new fiscal year begins on October 1.

Unavailability stops final action, and it does not undo anything: pending cases keep their place, priority dates keep their order, and the filing chart can stay open while the final action column is dark. What no one can read from a U is when the reopened cut-off will appear or where it will land.

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

The chart shows U for EB-2 India. Is my pending case in trouble?

No. U means no visa numbers can be authorized in the row for the rest of the period, most often because the annual limit is used up. Your case, your priority date, and your place in line are unchanged, and adjudication of everything short of the visa number can continue. A cut-off returns when numbers do.

Should I interfile or port to EB-1 or EB-3 when EB-2 is unavailable?

The charts can tell you which category's cut-off is further along for your date, and this page keeps both categories' rows one click away. Whether moving a specific case between categories is possible or wise involves the petition's facts and real legal judgment; treat the charts as the map and counsel as the driver.

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.