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EB-3 China priority date: where the line is and how fast it moves

Built from the October 2026 Visa Bulletin, the newest one we have checked. State's site refuses our fetcher, so the October 2026 figures are read from the copy of State's PDF that AILA posted (AILA Doc. No. 26092902, posted 2026-09-29), not from State's own file. Current bulletin: travel.state.gov.

Every EB-3 China cutoff in the Visa Bulletin archive, month by month. Enter your priority date to see how far it is from the Final Action cutoff and what past movement would imply. All categories.

As of the October 2026 bulletin, the newest in this table, EB-3 China Final Action is Jan 8, 2022 and Date for Filing is Apr 1, 2024.

Final Action, Oct 2026 bulletin
Jan 8, 2022line as of October 2026
Green card can be approved before this date
Date for Filing, Oct 2026
Apr 1, 2024line as of October 2026
I-485 can be filed before this date, if USCIS allows the chart
Final Action moved, 12 months to Oct 2026
+10 months
of priority dates in 12 bulletins
Final Action moved, 36 months to Oct 2026
+2.0 years
of priority dates in 36 bulletins

Over the last 36 bulletins, Final Action moved forward 16 times, stayed the same 19 times and moved back 1 time; the median change is no change.

What changed in the Oct 2026 bulletin (vs. Sep 2026): Final Action moved forward 7 days, from Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 8, 2022. Date for Filing moved forward 2.2 years, from Jan 8, 2022 to Apr 1, 2024.

Newest bulletin in this table: Oct 2026.

EB-3 China cutoff date by bulletin month

Each point is the cutoff printed in that month's bulletin. "Current" months are drawn at the bulletin month itself; "unavailable" months are gaps.

Your date vs. the line

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Every EB-3 China cutoff in the archive

The Oct 2023 bulletin is the first of the government's fiscal year 2024. Final Action moved forward 4 months, from Sep 1, 2019 to Jan 1, 2020. The Jun 2023 to Sep 2023 bulletins show no pullback before it, so this was a forward move at the start of the year, not a reset.

41 bulletins, newest first
BulletinFinal ActionChange vs. previous bulletinDate for Filing
Oct 2026Jan 8, 2022+7 daysApr 1, 2024
Sep 2026Jan 1, 2022no changeJan 8, 2022
Aug 2026Jan 1, 2022+10 daysJan 8, 2022
Jul 2026Dec 22, 2021+5 monthsJan 1, 2022
Jun 2026Aug 1, 2021+2 monthsJan 1, 2022
May 2026Jun 15, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Apr 2026Jun 15, 2021+1 monthJan 1, 2022
Mar 2026May 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Feb 2026May 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Jan 2026May 1, 2021+30 daysJan 1, 2022
Dec 2025Apr 1, 2021+31 daysJan 1, 2022
Nov 2025Mar 1, 2021no changeJan 1, 2022
Oct 2025Mar 1, 2021+3 monthsJan 1, 2022
Sep 2025Dec 1, 2020no changeDec 22, 2020
Aug 2025Dec 1, 2020no changeDec 22, 2020
Jul 2025Dec 1, 2020+9 daysDec 22, 2020
Jun 2025Nov 22, 2020+21 daysDec 22, 2020
May 2025Nov 1, 2020no changeNov 15, 2020
Apr 2025Nov 1, 2020+3 monthsNov 15, 2020
Mar 2025Aug 1, 2020+31 daysNov 15, 2020
Feb 2025Jul 1, 2020+30 daysNov 15, 2020
Jan 2025Jun 1, 2020+2 monthsNov 15, 2020
Dec 2024Apr 1, 2020no changeNov 15, 2020
Nov 2024Apr 1, 2020no changeNov 15, 2020
Oct 2024Apr 1, 2020back 5 monthsNov 15, 2020
Sep 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Aug 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Jul 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Jun 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
May 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Apr 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Mar 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Feb 2024Sep 1, 2020no changeJul 1, 2021
Jan 2024Sep 1, 2020+7 monthsJul 1, 2021
Dec 2023Jan 22, 2020+21 daysSep 1, 2020
Nov 2023Jan 1, 2020no changeSep 1, 2020
Oct 2023Jan 1, 2020+4 monthsSep 1, 2020
Sep 2023Sep 1, 2019+3 monthsNov 1, 2019
Aug 2023Jun 1, 2019+2 monthsSep 1, 2019
Jul 2023Apr 1, 2019no changeJun 1, 2019
Jun 2023Apr 1, 2019-Jun 1, 2019

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Still waiting on PERM? The PERM processing time tracker compares your filing month with DOL's current queue month and lists every 2026 update we have read.

About this data

How we count: a Current month means there is no line, so it is placed at the bulletin month itself, as in the chart. An Unavailable month has no cutoff and is skipped. A movement figure needs a cutoff at both ends of its window, so it shows n/a when this month is Current or Unavailable. In the forward/same/back counts, Current to Current and Unavailable to Unavailable count as the same; changes into or out of Current or Unavailable are left out because they have no length, and the median uses only changes between two dated cutoffs. When the bulletin right after a window starts moved the line forward 6 months or more (often the October reset after a September holdback at the end of the government's fiscal year), the figure is labelled and shown again from that next bulletin.

Parsed from the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin. The wait figures are arithmetic on past movement, not a forecast: cutoffs can stall or move backward. This is not legal advice. Sources and method. Download the full table: eb-cutoffs.csv.