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Certain Religious Workers — Mexico

preference · Final Action Dates 15 October 2022 · Dates for Filing not published · August 2026 bulletin

In the August 2026 Visa Bulletin, Certain Religious Workers for Mexico has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 15 October 2022 and no Dates for Filing chart published this bulletin. The Final Action cut-off has been advancing, so the page shows its measured pace and what that pace would imply for a given priority date — as an estimate, never a prediction. This page carries the full published history State printed for this combination: 290 Final Action Dates bulletins back to December 2001, and 130 Dates for Filing bulletins back to October 2015 — every cut-off, every month it moved, and the exact text State printed in each cell. It reports what was published; it is not legal advice.

Source bulletin August 2026 U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs — Visa Bulletin. A work of the U.S. Government, in the public domain (17 U.S.C. §105). Every figure below is the one State printed, kept with its exact source text.

The August 2026 cut-offs

State publishes two charts for Certain Religious Workers, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. Mexico has its own column because demand from applicants chargeable there exceeds the per-country limit, so its cut-offs are usually further behind than the "all other countries" column.

This is not legal advice This page republishes cut-off dates exactly as the State Department published them. It cannot tell you what will happen to your case, and being current in a chart is not the same as a visa being issued. Cut-off dates routinely stall, and they can move backward without warning. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Final Action Dates

The chart that decides whether a visa can be issued. State has published a Final Action Dates figure for Certain Religious Workers / Mexico in 290 bulletins since December 2001.

Final Action Dates: when would a priority date be reached?

The cut-off to compare against The Final Action Dates cut-off in the August 2026 bulletin is 15 October 2022. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

The date your petition was filed — it is printed on your I-797 receipt notice. Nothing is sent anywhere: this runs entirely in your browser.

Enter a priority date to compare it against the August 2026 cut-off of 15 October 2022.

Any estimate here is an estimate Estimate only. It projects the cut-off forward at its average pace over the trailing published bulletins and assumes that pace holds. It is not a prediction and not a guarantee: cut-off dates routinely stall, and they can move BACKWARD (retrogress) without warning. Not legal advice.

How fast has this cut-off actually moved?
Measured movement of the Final Action Dates cut-off over its trailing published bulletins. This describes what already happened. It is not a forecast, and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from.
Window Bulletins used Total movement Average per month
Last 3 bulletins May 2026 – August 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 92 days forward about 30.7 days forward
Last 6 bulletins February 2026 – August 2026 5 of 6 carried a measurable move 457 days forward about 91.4 days forward
Last 12 bulletins August 2025 – August 2026 6 of 12 carried a measurable move 579 days forward about 96.5 days forward

This table describes what already happened; it is not a forecast and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from. A pace can be zero, or negative when the cut-off has been moving backward, and some windows have nothing measurable in them at all — a category that spent the window Current or Unavailable has no distance to average. A category State has stopped moving can also keep showing a pace from a window that closed years ago, which describes that window and nothing since.

Final Action Dates — the full published history December 2001 – August 2026 · 290 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 2007 to 15 October 2022
Final Action Dates: Certain Religious Workers, Mexico, December 2001 – August 2026 Final Action Dates for Certain Religious Workers, Mexico, December 2001 – August 2026. 88 of 290 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 2007 to 15 October 2022. Current (no backlog) in 163 months. Unavailable (no visas issued) in 39 months. 5 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. 5 breaks in the line where months are missing; the line is never drawn across them. C Current — no backlog: December 2001 to December 2002 (13 bulletins) Current — no backlog: February 2003 to October 2003 (9 bulletins) Current — no backlog: December 2003 to July 2007 (44 bulletins) Current — no backlog: October 2007 to October 2008 (13 bulletins) Current — no backlog: December 2008 to February 2009 (3 bulletins) Current — no backlog: May 2009 to August 2009 (4 bulletins) Current — no backlog: December 2009 to September 2012 (34 bulletins) Current — no backlog: November 2012 to September 2015 (35 bulletins) Current — no backlog: November 2015 to December 2015 (2 bulletins) Current — no backlog: February 2016 to June 2016 (5 bulletins) Current — no backlog: November 2016 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 State published a bulletin, but did not list this category: January 2003. The line is not drawn across it. State published a bulletin, but did not list this category: November 2003. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: March 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: September 2009 to November 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: October 2012. The line is not drawn across it. Retrogressed July 2018: 22 October 2016 back to 8 February 2016 (257 days backward) Retrogressed July 2019: 1 October 2018 back to 1 July 2016 (822 days backward) Retrogressed March 2023: 15 September 2020 back to 1 August 2020 (45 days backward) Retrogressed April 2023: 1 August 2020 back to 1 September 2018 (700 days backward) Retrogressed March 2025: 1 January 2021 back to 1 August 2019 (519 days backward) U Unavailable — no visas issued: August 2007 Unavailable — no visas issued: November 2008 Unavailable — no visas issued: April 2009 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2015 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2016 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2016 Unavailable — no visas issued: May 2017 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2018 to February 2018 (2 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: April 2018 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2018 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2019 to March 2019 (3 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: September 2019 to October 2019 (2 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: December 2019 to January 2020 (2 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2020 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2021 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2021 Unavailable — no visas issued: March 2022 to April 2022 (2 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2022 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2023 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2023 Unavailable — no visas issued: December 2023 Unavailable — no visas issued: April 2024 Unavailable — no visas issued: October 2024 Unavailable — no visas issued: January 2025 Unavailable — no visas issued: April 2025 to November 2025 (8 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: February 2026 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Every published cut-off is on the line above; the table below lists every month it moved.

  • Published cut-off date
  • Retrogression — the cut-off moved backward (5)
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
  • U — Unavailable: no visas issued. Not a date either
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
  • State published a bulletin but did not list this category
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 92 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 199 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
August 202615 September 202215 October 2022Advanced30 days
July 202615 July 202215 September 2022Advanced62 days
April 202615 July 202115 July 2022Advanced365 days
March 2026Unavailable15 July 2021Became available again
February 20261 January 2021UnavailableBecame Unavailable
January 20261 September 20201 January 2021Advanced122 days
December 2025Unavailable1 September 2020Became available again
April 20251 August 2019UnavailableBecame Unavailable
March 20251 January 20211 August 2019Retrogressed519 days
February 2025Unavailable1 January 2021Became available again
January 20251 January 2021UnavailableBecame Unavailable
November 2024Unavailable1 January 2021Became available again
October 20241 January 2021UnavailableBecame Unavailable
July 20241 November 20201 January 2021Advanced61 days
May 2024Unavailable1 November 2020Became available again
April 20241 December 2019UnavailableBecame Unavailable
March 202415 May 20191 December 2019Advanced200 days
January 2024Unavailable15 May 2019Became available again
December 20231 January 2019UnavailableBecame Unavailable
November 2023Unavailable1 January 2019Became available again
October 20231 September 2018UnavailableBecame Unavailable
April 20231 August 20201 September 2018Retrogressed700 days
March 202315 September 20201 August 2020Retrogressed45 days
February 2023Unavailable15 September 2020Became available again
Show the earlier 68 changes — back to January 2003
The remaining 68 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to January 2003. 1 of these span more than one month, because State published no bulletin for the months named in the row — the change is real, but it did not happen in a single month, and is not shown as if it did.
Bulletin From To What changed
January 202315 September 2020UnavailableBecame Unavailable
November 2022Unavailable15 September 2020Became available again
October 20221 April 2020UnavailableBecame Unavailable
May 2022Unavailable1 April 2020Became available again
March 20221 April 2020UnavailableBecame Unavailable
November 2021Unavailable1 April 2020Became available again
October 20211 March 2020UnavailableBecame Unavailable
September 20211 February 20201 March 2020Advanced29 days
July 20211 November 20191 February 2020Advanced92 days
June 202115 March 20191 November 2019Advanced231 days
May 20211 February 201915 March 2019Advanced42 days
April 20211 January 20191 February 2019Advanced31 days
March 202115 December 20181 January 2019Advanced17 days
February 2021Unavailable15 December 2018Became available again
January 202122 November 2018UnavailableBecame Unavailable
December 202015 October 201822 November 2018Advanced38 days
November 2020Unavailable15 October 2018Became available again
October 202015 June 2018UnavailableBecame Unavailable
July 20208 June 201815 June 2018Advanced7 days
June 20201 May 20188 June 2018Advanced38 days
May 202022 January 20181 May 2018Advanced99 days
April 202015 November 201722 January 2018Advanced68 days
March 20201 September 201715 November 2017Advanced75 days
February 2020Unavailable1 September 2017Became available again
December 201922 July 2017UnavailableBecame Unavailable
November 2019Unavailable22 July 2017Became available again
September 20191 July 2016UnavailableBecame Unavailable
July 20191 October 20181 July 2016Retrogressed822 days
June 20191 August 20181 October 2018Advanced61 days
May 20191 April 20181 August 2018Advanced122 days
April 2019Unavailable1 April 2018Became available again
January 20191 January 2017UnavailableBecame Unavailable
December 201822 November 20161 January 2017Advanced40 days
November 2018Unavailable22 November 2016Became available again
October 201815 February 2016UnavailableBecame Unavailable
September 20188 February 201615 February 2016Advanced7 days
July 201822 October 20168 February 2016Retrogressed257 days
May 2018Unavailable22 October 2016Became available again
April 20181 July 2016UnavailableBecame Unavailable
March 2018Unavailable1 July 2016Became available again
January 201822 April 2016UnavailableBecame Unavailable
December 20171 April 201622 April 2016Advanced21 days
November 20171 March 20161 April 2016Advanced31 days
October 201722 October 20151 March 2016Advanced131 days
September 201715 September 201522 October 2015Advanced37 days
August 201715 August 201515 September 2015Advanced31 days
July 201715 July 201515 August 2015Advanced31 days
June 2017Unavailable15 July 2015Became available again
May 201715 July 2015UnavailableBecame Unavailable
December 2016Current15 July 2015Retrogressed from Current
November 2016UnavailableCurrentUnavailable to Current
October 20161 January 2010UnavailableBecame Unavailable
July 2016Current1 January 2010Retrogressed from Current
February 2016UnavailableCurrentUnavailable to Current
January 2016CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
November 2015UnavailableCurrentUnavailable to Current
October 2015CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
May 2009UnavailableCurrentUnavailable to Current
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 2009CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
December 2008UnavailableCurrentUnavailable to Current
November 2008CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
October 20071 January 2007CurrentBecame Current
September 2007Unavailable1 January 2007Became available again
August 2007CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
December 2003not publishedCurrentFirst published
November 2003Currentnot publishedLeft the chart
February 2003not publishedCurrentFirst published
January 2003Currentnot publishedLeft the chart

Dates for Filing

State did not publish a Dates for Filing figure for Certain Religious Workers / Mexico in the August 2026 bulletin — this month's source ( preference) carries only one of the two charts. This chart's published history will return once a bulletin carrying it is available again.

How to read this page

What a priority date is

A priority date is the date that fixes your place in the queue for an immigrant visa number. For most family-sponsored categories it is the date the petition was filed; for employment-based categories that require labour certification, it is the date that certification was filed. It is printed on the I-797 receipt or approval notice. Your priority date does not move — the cut-off moves toward it.

Congress caps how many immigrant visas may be issued each year, both in total per category and per country of chargeability. When more people want a category than the cap allows, a queue forms, and State publishes a cut-off date each month: the priority date it has reached. If your priority date is earlier than the cut-off, your turn has come in that chart.

Chargeability, and why some countries have their own column

Chargeability is normally your country of birth — not your citizenship or where you live. A country gets its own column in the bulletin only when demand from applicants chargeable to it exceeds the per-country limit; in the August 2026 bulletin those are China (mainland-born), India, Mexico and the Philippines. Everyone else is counted together in the column State prints as "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed", which is not a global average and not a worldwide figure.

The two charts are not interchangeable

Final Action Dates is when a visa can actually be issued or a green card approved. Dates for Filing is when the application may be submitted; it is usually the earlier and more optimistic of the two, and being past it does not mean a visa can be issued. Which chart U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will accept for adjustment-of-status filings is announced by USCIS each month and is not decided by State or by this site. The Dates for Filing chart was introduced in October 2015 and does not exist for any earlier bulletin.

What Current and Unavailable mean

Current (printed C) means there is no backlog at all: every priority date in the category is being acted on. Unavailable (printed U) means no visas are being issued in the category at all that month — usually because the annual limit has been reached. Neither is a date, and neither can be compared to one, so this site never plots them on a date axis and never projects from them.

Retrogression: the cut-off can move backward

A cut-off is not a promise and does not only move forward. When more people apply than the annual limit allows — often after a period of rapid advancement draws in filings — State pulls the cut-off back to an earlier date. This is called retrogression, and it can undo years of progress in a single bulletin. It has happened 359 times across the whole published record this site holds. The largest on record is F3 for Mexico in August 2006, which moved back 12.79 years in one month. Retrogressions on this page are marked on the chart with a ▼ mark and listed in the movement tables with a ↓ glyph — never by colour alone.

Frequently asked questions

What is the Certain Religious Workers priority date cut-off for Mexico in the August 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 15 October 2022. State printed that cell as "15OCT22". A priority date earlier than 15 October 2022 has been reached in the Final Action Dates chart. The Dates for Filing chart is not part of this bulletin's published source this month (see Source and method, below); this page will show it again once a bulletin carrying it is available.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for Certain Religious Workers?
They answer different questions and they are not interchangeable. Final Action Dates is when a visa can actually be issued or a green card approved. Dates for Filing is when the application may be submitted — it is usually the earlier and more optimistic of the two, and being past it does not mean a visa can be issued. This month's source publishes only the Final Action Dates chart for this combination, so only that figure is shown above. Which chart U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services accepts for adjustment-of-status filings is announced by USCIS each month and is not decided by this site. The Dates for Filing chart did not exist before October 2015.
What is a priority date?
A priority date is the date that fixes your place in the queue for a visa number. For most family-sponsored and employment-based categories it is the date the petition was filed with the government (for employment categories requiring labour certification, it is the date that certification was filed). It is printed on the I-797 receipt or approval notice. The Visa Bulletin publishes a cut-off date each month for each category and country of chargeability; if your priority date is earlier than the cut-off, your turn has come in that chart. Your priority date never changes on its own — the cut-off moves toward it.
Has the Certain Religious Workers Final Action Dates cut-off for Mexico ever moved backward?
Yes. Moving backward is called retrogression, and it happens when more people apply in a category than the annual limit allows, forcing State to pull the cut-off back to an earlier date. The Final Action Dates chart for this combination has retrogressed 33 times in the published record. The largest was in July 2019, when the cut-off moved back from 1 October 2018 to 1 July 2016 — 822 days, or about 2.3 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in Certain Religious Workers become current for Mexico?
Nobody can tell you that, and this site does not claim to. What can be measured is the pace: over the trailing published bulletins the Final Action Dates cut-off has advanced by an average of about 96.5 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 15 October 2022 forward at that pace to estimate which bulletin would reach a given priority date. That is an estimate and assumes the pace holds. It is not a prediction and not a guarantee: cut-off dates routinely stall, and they can move backward without warning. This is not legal advice.
Where does this Certain Religious Workers history come from, and how far back does it go?
Every figure is the one the U.S. Department of State printed in its monthly Visa Bulletin, kept alongside the exact cell text it came from. This page carries 290 Final Action Dates bulletins back to December 2001. The Dates for Filing chart is not part of this bulletin's published source this month. The Visa Bulletin is a work of the U.S. Government and is in the public domain (17 U.S.C. section 105). 5 months are absent from the public record in that span (March 2009, September 2009, October 2009, November 2009, October 2012); they are shown as a break in the chart and are never filled in from a neighbouring month.

Source and method

Every figure on this page is read from the U.S. Department of State's monthly Visa Bulletin — the August 2026 edition for the current cut-offs, and each bulletin's own edition for the history. The Visa Bulletin is a work of the U.S. Government prepared by federal employees in the course of their duties, and is therefore in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105. This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the U.S. Department of State or any government agency.

This page carries 290 published cut-off cells and 92 recorded changes across the chart published for it this bulletin. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 15OCT22 shown above is the source's own), so every figure here is traceable back to the bulletin it came from.

5 months in the December 2001 to August 2026 span are absent from the public record — March 2009, September 2009, October 2009, November 2009, October 2012. They are recorded as gaps and shown as breaks in the charts above, never filled in from a neighbouring month.

Data version visa-bulletin-derived-v1 · 292 bulletins, December 2001 to August 2026 · Next monthly bulletin. The State Department publishes one bulletin per month, typically mid-month for the following month; past bulletins are immutable once published.

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