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June 2026 Visa Bulletin: a correction for India, progress for families

Pick a category and country to see what the June 2026 bulletin printed, compared with May, on both the Final Action and the filing chart.

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In the June 2026 bulletin

Current

EB-2: advanced degree or exceptional ability

Final Action DateSeptember 1, 2013
Date for FilingJanuary 15, 2015 · yours qualified

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The June 2026 Visa Bulletin was a correction for Indian employment applicants and a quiet advance for families. EB-2 India, which had jumped to July 15, 2014 in April, was pulled back to September 1, 2013, a loss of 317 days that left it behind even its March date of September 15, 2013. EB-1 India also slipped, by 107 days to December 15, 2022. On the family side, F2A moved 153 days to January 1, 2025 for most countries and to January 1, 2024 for Mexico, F2B worldwide gained 123 days and F1 Mexico 85. EB-2 for the rest of the world stayed current, as it had been since April. In hindsight the Indian step back was a warning: the July bulletin listed EB-2 India as Unavailable (U), and it stayed that way until the new fiscal year.

India gives back its spring

The story of this bulletin starts two months earlier. In March, EB-2 India read September 15, 2013; in April it leapt to July 15, 2014, 303 days in a single bulletin, and May left it there. June took it back to September 1, 2013, a step of 317 days that undid the whole April gain and a little more. People whose priority dates fell in that window went from approvable to waiting again in one month. EB-1 India followed the same direction on a smaller scale, losing 107 days to December 15, 2022. The filing column for EB-2 India, January 15, 2015, did not move.

Family lines kept walking

Families had a better month. F2A gained 153 days for most of the world, to January 1, 2025, and the same for Mexico, to January 1, 2024. F2B worldwide moved 123 days to September 22, 2017. F1 Mexico, unmarried adult children of citizens, advanced 85 days to November 8, 2007, while F2B, F3 and F4 Mexico stood still. F4 for the rest of the world crept 54 days on the approval chart and 112 on the filing chart.

Worldwide employment stayed open

For applicants born outside India and China, June was calm. EB-1 and EB-2 worldwide read Current (C), EB-2 having been listed that way since the April bulletin. EB-3 worldwide held at June 1, 2024. China edged forward instead: EB-3 China by 47 days and EB-3 Other Workers China by 59. The investor line was frozen: EB-5 India stayed at May 1, 2022 and EB-5 China at September 22, 2016, both unchanged from May.

What June turned out to announce

Read from October, June was the first sign of how fiscal year 2026 would end for India. The July bulletin listed EB-2 India as Unavailable (U), and the line reopened only with the new fiscal year. That sequence, a large spring advance, a retrogression, then a closed box, appears more than once in the archive since 2001. It is also why the EB-2 India page usually shows no forecast date: the back-test cannot keep up with swings of this size. Next in the series: the July 2026 bulletin.

Final Action Dates, June 2026

Family-sponsored: a green card can be approved if the priority date is earlier than the date shown.
CategoryAll other countriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
F1September 1, 2017September 1, 2017September 1, 2017November 8, 2007May 1, 2013
F2AJanuary 1, 2025January 1, 2025January 1, 2025January 1, 2024January 1, 2025
F2BSeptember 22, 2017September 22, 2017September 22, 2017February 15, 2009April 8, 2013
F3February 15, 2012February 15, 2012February 15, 2012May 1, 2001November 22, 2005
F4November 8, 2008November 8, 2008November 1, 2006April 8, 2001July 15, 2007
Employment-based (EB-5: unreserved numbers).
CategoryAll other countriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1Current (C)April 1, 2023December 15, 2022Current (C)Current (C)
EB-2Current (C)September 1, 2021September 1, 2013Current (C)Current (C)
EB-3June 1, 2024August 1, 2021December 15, 2013June 1, 2024August 1, 2023
EB-3 Other WorkersFebruary 1, 2022April 1, 2019December 15, 2013February 1, 2022November 1, 2021
EB-4July 15, 2022July 15, 2022July 15, 2022July 15, 2022July 15, 2022
EB-5Current (C)September 22, 2016May 1, 2022Current (C)Current (C)

Dates for Filing, June 2026

Family-sponsored: earliest priority dates allowed to file.
CategoryAll other countriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
F1October 1, 2018October 1, 2018October 1, 2018October 1, 2008April 22, 2015
F2ACurrent (C)Current (C)Current (C)Current (C)Current (C)
F2BMarch 22, 2018March 22, 2018March 22, 2018May 15, 2010October 1, 2013
F3December 8, 2012December 8, 2012December 8, 2012July 15, 2001August 8, 2006
F4December 22, 2009December 22, 2009December 15, 2006April 30, 2001March 22, 2008
Employment-based.
CategoryAll other countriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1Current (C)December 1, 2023December 1, 2023Current (C)Current (C)
EB-2Current (C)January 1, 2022January 15, 2015Current (C)Current (C)
EB-3Current (C)January 1, 2022January 15, 2015Current (C)January 1, 2024
EB-3 Other WorkersAugust 1, 2022October 1, 2019January 15, 2015August 1, 2022August 1, 2022
EB-4January 1, 2023January 1, 2023January 1, 2023January 1, 2023January 1, 2023
EB-5Current (C)March 1, 2017May 1, 2024Current (C)Current (C)

Movement since the previous bulletin

Final Action Dates: ▲ forward, ▼ backward (retrogression).
CategoryAll other countriesChina (mainland born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
F1no changeno changeno change▲ 85 daysno change
F2A▲ 153 days▲ 153 days▲ 153 days▲ 153 days▲ 153 days
F2B▲ 123 days▲ 123 days▲ 123 daysno changeno change
F3no changeno changeno changeno changeno change
F4▲ 54 days▲ 54 daysno changeno changeno change
EB-1▲ 31 daysno change▼ 107 days▲ 31 days▲ 31 days
EB-2▲ 31 daysno change▼ 317 days▲ 31 days▲ 31 days
EB-3no change▲ 47 days▲ 30 daysno changeno change
EB-3 Other Workersno change▲ 59 days▲ 30 daysno changeno change
EB-4no changeno changeno changeno changeno change
EB-5▲ 31 daysno changeno change▲ 31 days▲ 31 days

Questions people ask

Why did EB-2 India retrogress in the June 2026 Visa Bulletin?

The State Department does not publish its demand figures, so the cause can only be read from the dates. The April 2026 bulletin had advanced EB-2 India by about 10 months in one step. When a big advance brings in more applicants with early dates than numbers left for the year, the usual response is to move the cutoff back, which is what June shows.

Did the June 2026 Visa Bulletin change the EB-2 India filing date?

No. The Dates for Filing column for EB-2 India stayed where it was in May, so the retrogression touched only the Final Action Date, which governs approval. Which of the two charts USCIS accepted for Form I-485 in a given month is set on the USCIS filing charts page, not in the bulletin.

How far did F2A move in the June 2026 Visa Bulletin?

F2A, spouses and minor children of green card holders, advanced about five months on the Final Action chart for most countries and by the same distance for Mexico, which keeps its own, later date. The F2A Dates for Filing column was current that month, so anyone eligible could prepare the paperwork early.

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Bulletin history

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Predictions

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EB-2 India

The longest-running employment backlog: cutoff, filing chart, history since 2001 and our graded forecast.

July 2026

EB-2 and EB-5 India marked unavailable, EB-3 China up almost five months, F1 worldwide forward.

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