EB-4 priority dates in the Visa Bulletin

EB-4 is the special immigrant category: religious workers, special immigrant juveniles, certain broadcasters, and other narrow classes. It behaves unlike the rest of the employment table, because in recent practice every country column has carried the same date.

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

Written and checked by the QueueCheck editorial team. Last checked September 29, 2026. How we verify information

Where EB-4 stands in October 2026

Final Action Dates

15DEC22

All other chargeability areas. A visa number can be authorized only for priority dates earlier than a listed cut-off.

Dates for Filing

01JAN25

USCIS has not yet named the chart that governs employment-based adjustment filings for October 2026, checked 2026-09-29. Both dates above are the bulletin's own.

The final action position is unchanged from September 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-4 verified monthly cut-offs
Bulletin month	Final Action	Dates for Filing
October 2026	15DEC22	01JAN25
September 2026	15DEC22	01JAN23
August 2026	15OCT22	01JAN23
July 2026	15SEP22	01JAN23
June 2026	15JUL22	01JAN23
May 2026	15JUL22	01JAN23
April 2026	15JUL22	01JAN23
March 2026	15JUL21	01JAN23
February 2026	01JAN21	15MAR21
January 2026	01JAN21	15MAR21
December 2025	01SEP20	15FEB21
November 2025	01JUL20	15FEB21
October 2025	01JUL20	15FEB21

One small allocation, many small classes

The category receives 7.1 percent of the worldwide employment limit, the smallest general allocation in the table, and demand from special immigrant juvenile cases in particular has kept it oversubscribed for every country at once. When all columns print one date, the per-country limit is not the binding constraint; the category's own annual total is.

Certain religious workers appear as their own row because that non-minister program has periodically depended on reauthorization, a lapse-and-renew rhythm the charts reflect as the row appearing, disappearing, or matching the main EB-4 date.

EB-4: special immigrants: every country in October 2026

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

EB-4: special immigrants cut-offs by chargeability area
Chart	All other chargeability areas	China (mainland born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
Final Action	15DEC22	15DEC22	15DEC22	15DEC22	15DEC22
Dates for Filing	01JAN25	01JAN25	01JAN25	01JAN25	01JAN25

Common questions

Why does EB-4 show the same date for India as for everywhere else?

The whole category's annual limit binds before any single country's 7 percent share does, so the queue rations by date alone and every column prints it. A category oversubscribed everywhere at once looks exactly like this.

Is the religious worker row a different program from EB-4?

It is a subcategory: non-minister religious workers under a program that has required periodic congressional reauthorization. Ministers are covered by the permanent program under the main row. Which row applies is set by the position, and in many months the two rows carry the same date anyway.

Sources and scope

Transcribed from the Department of State's October 2026 Visa Bulletin (Number 19, Volume XI), checked against both the official HTML page and the seven-page published PDF. The published document contains the family-sponsored and employment-based charts and no Diversity Visa table. USCIS's separate October adjustment-of-status chart selection had not been posted when checked on September 29, 2026. 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.

Other tracked categories

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

Plan the steps after your priority date is reached

The bulletin answers visa availability. If permanent residence later begins, these resources cover the separate setup, card-delivery and travel questions that follow.