June 2026 Visa Bulletin

13 May 2026

Posted at 17:47h in Consulates, EB5 Investor, Employment Based, For Employers, For Families, For Individuals, Homeland Security, Immigrant Family, Investor, NewsBrief, Resident, USCIS News, Visa Bulletin by Vasant Nayak

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the June 2026 Visa Bulletin. There is some forward movement in select employment-based categories, while certain employment-based categories for India retrogress. All cutoff dates listed below refer to the final action chart (i.e., Chart A), unless otherwise specified.

Visa Bulletin Summary

Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category

In the EB1 category, China’s cutoff date remains at 01.Apr.2023, while India’s cutoff date retrogresses to 15.Dec.2022. The EB1 category remains current for all other countries of chargeability.

Employment-Based, Second Preference (EB2) Category

In the EB2 category, India’s cutoff date retrogresses to 01.Sep.2013. EB2 China still has a cutoff date of 01.Sep.2021. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries is current for June 2026.

Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB3) Category

EB3 India’s cutoff date inches forward to 15.Dec.2013, and China’s EB3 cutoff date advances to 01.Aug.2021. The EB3 cutoff date for all other countries of chargeability remains at 01.Jun.2024.

EB3 Other Workers

In the EB3 Other Workers category, India’s cutoff date advances to 15.Dec.2013. For China, the cutoff date remains at 01.Apr.2019. The EB3 other workers category remains at a cutoff date of 01.Feb.2022 for all other countries of chargeability.

Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB4) Category

In the EB4 category, the cutoff date remains at 15.Jul.2022. This cutoff date also applies to the EB4 program for certain religious workers, which has been renewed through midnight of 30.Sep.2026. After that, if the program is not renewed by Congress, it will become unavailable.

Employment-Based, Fifth Preference (EB5) Category

The EB5 unreserved category for India remains at 01.May.2022, and China’s unreserved cutoff date remains at 22.Sep.2016. The EB5 category remains current for all other chargeability areas and for the three EB5 set-aside categories (rural, high unemployment, and infrastructure) across all countries.

Family-Based, Second-Preference (FB2A and FB2B) Category

In the FB2A family-based category, the cutoff date advances to 01.Jan.2025 for all countries. In the FB2B family-based category, the cutoff date advances to 22.Sep.2017 for all countries except Mexico and the Philippines.

Conclusion

The June Visa Bulletin states that “dates for filing and final action dates had been advanced across various immigrant visa categories in prior months” and warns that “retrogression may be necessary in the upcoming months” and that “visa categories may become ‘Unavailable’ prior to the end of the fiscal year if annual limits, category limits, or pro-rated per-country limits are reached. We will continue to monitor and report on movement and predictions related to the monthly visa bulletin. Subscribe to the free MurthyBulletin to receive weekly updates on the latest in U.S. immigration.

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