F1 priority dates in the Visa Bulletin

F1 covers unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens who are 21 or older. Younger unmarried children of citizens are immediate relatives, a class with no numerical limit and no place in the bulletin at all, so this line is specifically for the family members who aged past that door.

The tables below show the current cut-offs for every country column, the month-over-month movement, and the verified history this site has transcribed from the State Department's own documents.

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

Where F1 stands in October 2026

Final Action Dates

22JAN20

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

Dates for Filing

01FEB20

USCIS has not yet named the chart that governs family-sponsored 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.

F1 verified monthly cut-offs
Bulletin month	Final Action	Dates for Filing
October 2026	22JAN20	01FEB20
September 2026	22JAN20	01FEB20
August 2026	15DEC18	15JUN19
July 2026	01FEB18	01JAN19
June 2026	01SEP17	01OCT18
May 2026	01SEP17	01OCT18
April 2026	01MAY17	01MAR18
March 2026	08NOV16	01SEP17
February 2026	08NOV16	01SEP17
January 2026	08NOV16	01SEP17
December 2025	08NOV16	01SEP17
November 2025	08NOV16	01SEP17
October 2025	08NOV16	01SEP17

What sets the pace of the F1 line

The category is allocated 23,400 visas a year plus any numbers the F4 sibling category does not use. Demand from Mexico and the Philippines has exceeded their per-country share for decades, which is why those two columns carry cut-offs years behind the worldwide date.

Marriage moves a case out of F1 on the day it happens: a married son or daughter of a citizen belongs to F3, with its own slower cut-off. The bulletin never says this on its charts, and it changes which row applies to a family more often than any monthly movement does.

F1: unmarried adult children of U.S. citizens: 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.

F1: unmarried adult children of U.S. citizens cut-offs by chargeability area
Chart	All other chargeability areas	China (mainland born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
Final Action	22JAN20	22JAN20	22JAN20	08SEP08	01NOV13
Dates for Filing	01FEB20	01FEB20	01FEB20	01DEC08	22APR15

Common questions

My parent is a U.S. citizen and I am under 21. Is this my line?

No. Unmarried children of citizens under 21 are immediate relatives, which has no annual cap and no bulletin cut-off. F1 is the category a child falls into on turning 21 while unmarried, subject to the Child Status Protection Act arithmetic that can preserve immediate-relative treatment for some.

What happens to an F1 case if the beneficiary marries?

It converts to F3, married sons and daughters of citizens, and takes that category's cut-off. The priority date carries over, but F3's line has typically run years behind F1's, so the practical effect of a wedding on the wait can be large.

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.