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EB-3 — Philippines

Employment-based preference · Final Action Dates 1 August 2023 · Dates for Filing 1 January 2024 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, EB-3 for Philippines has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 August 2023 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 1 January 2024. 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: 291 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 July 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 July 2026 cut-offs

State publishes two charts for EB-3, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. Philippines 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 EB-3 / Philippines in 291 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 July 2026 bulletin is 1 August 2023. 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 July 2026 cut-off of 1 August 2023.

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 April 2026 – July 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 101 days forward about 16.8 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 174 days forward about 14.5 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 – July 2026 · 291 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 March 2001 to 1 August 2023
Final Action Dates: EB-3, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for EB-3, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026. 209 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 March 2001 to 1 August 2023. Current (no backlog) in 70 months. Unavailable (no visas issued) in 12 months. 9 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. 3 breaks in the line where months are missing; the line is never drawn across them. C Current — no backlog: December 2001 to December 2004 (37 bulletins) Current — no backlog: July 2007 Current — no backlog: July 2019 Current — no backlog: October 2020 to April 2023 (31 bulletins) 2005 2010 2015 2020 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 April 2009: 1 May 2005 back to 1 March 2003 (792 days backward) Retrogressed May 2015: 1 October 2014 back to 1 July 2007 (2,649 days backward) Retrogressed June 2015: 1 July 2007 back to 1 January 2005 (911 days backward) Retrogressed September 2018: 1 June 2017 back to 1 November 2016 (212 days backward) Retrogressed March 2020: 1 June 2018 back to 1 January 2017 (516 days backward) Retrogressed July 2023: 1 June 2022 back to 1 February 2022 (120 days backward) Retrogressed August 2023: 1 February 2022 back to 1 May 2020 (641 days backward) Retrogressed July 2024: 22 November 2022 back to 1 December 2021 (356 days backward) Retrogressed September 2024: 1 December 2021 back to 1 December 2020 (365 days backward) U Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2005 to September 2005 (3 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: August 2007 Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2008 to September 2008 (3 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: May 2009 to August 2009 (4 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2015 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 (9)
  • 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
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 171 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 119 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
March 20261 June 20231 August 2023Advanced61 days
February 202622 April 20231 June 2023Advanced40 days
January 202615 April 202322 April 2023Advanced7 days
December 20251 April 202315 April 2023Advanced14 days
October 20258 February 20231 April 2023Advanced52 days
June 20251 January 20238 February 2023Advanced38 days
April 20251 December 20221 January 2023Advanced31 days
January 202515 November 20221 December 2022Advanced16 days
October 20241 December 202015 November 2022Advanced714 days
September 20241 December 20211 December 2020Retrogressed365 days
July 202422 November 20221 December 2021Retrogressed356 days
April 20248 September 202222 November 2022Advanced75 days
March 20241 September 20228 September 2022Advanced7 days
February 20241 August 20221 September 2022Advanced31 days
January 20241 December 20211 August 2022Advanced243 days
October 20231 May 20201 December 2021Advanced579 days
August 20231 February 20221 May 2020Retrogressed641 days
July 20231 June 20221 February 2022Retrogressed120 days
May 2023Current1 June 2022Retrogressed from Current
October 20201 April 2019CurrentBecame Current
August 202015 April 20181 April 2019Advanced351 days
July 20208 November 201715 April 2018Advanced158 days
June 20201 January 20178 November 2017Advanced311 days
March 20201 June 20181 January 2017Retrogressed516 days
Show the earlier 147 changes — back to January 2005
The remaining 147 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to January 2005. 3 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
February 202015 March 20181 June 2018Advanced78 days
January 20201 March 201815 March 2018Advanced14 days
December 20191 February 20181 March 2018Advanced28 days
November 201915 October 20171 February 2018Advanced109 days
October 20191 July 201615 October 2017Advanced471 days
August 2019Current1 July 2016Retrogressed from Current
July 20191 November 2018CurrentBecame Current
June 20191 June 20181 November 2018Advanced153 days
May 20191 March 20181 June 2018Advanced92 days
April 20191 December 20171 March 2018Advanced90 days
March 20191 August 20171 December 2017Advanced122 days
February 201922 June 20171 August 2017Advanced40 days
January 201915 June 201722 June 2017Advanced7 days
December 20188 June 201715 June 2017Advanced7 days
November 20181 June 20178 June 2017Advanced7 days
October 20181 November 20161 June 2017Advanced212 days
September 20181 June 20171 November 2016Retrogressed212 days
August 20181 January 20171 June 2017Advanced151 days
April 20181 May 20161 January 2017Advanced245 days
March 20181 March 20161 May 2016Advanced61 days
February 201815 February 20161 March 2016Advanced15 days
January 201815 January 201615 February 2016Advanced31 days
November 20171 December 201515 January 2016Advanced45 days
October 20171 November 20151 December 2015Advanced30 days
September 20171 June 20151 November 2015Advanced153 days
August 201715 May 20141 June 2015Advanced382 days
July 20171 May 201315 May 2014Advanced379 days
June 20171 January 20131 May 2013Advanced120 days
May 201715 September 20121 January 2013Advanced108 days
April 201715 March 201215 September 2012Advanced184 days
March 201715 October 201115 March 2012Advanced152 days
February 201722 July 201115 October 2011Advanced85 days
January 20171 June 201122 July 2011Advanced51 days
December 20161 April 20111 June 2011Advanced61 days
November 20161 December 20101 April 2011Advanced121 days
October 20161 July 20101 December 2010Advanced153 days
September 201615 May 20091 July 2010Advanced412 days
August 201615 February 200915 May 2009Advanced89 days
July 20161 November 200815 February 2009Advanced106 days
June 20168 August 20081 November 2008Advanced85 days
May 20161 May 20088 August 2008Advanced99 days
April 201615 March 20081 May 2008Advanced47 days
March 20168 January 200815 March 2008Advanced67 days
February 20161 November 20078 January 2008Advanced68 days
January 20161 August 20071 November 2007Advanced92 days
December 201515 June 20071 August 2007Advanced47 days
November 20151 January 200715 June 2007Advanced165 days
October 201522 December 20041 January 2007Advanced740 days
September 20151 June 200422 December 2004Advanced204 days
August 2015Unavailable1 June 2004Became available again
July 20151 January 2005UnavailableBecame Unavailable
June 20151 July 20071 January 2005Retrogressed911 days
May 20151 October 20141 July 2007Retrogressed2,649 days
April 20151 June 20141 October 2014Advanced122 days
March 20151 January 20141 June 2014Advanced151 days
February 20151 June 20131 January 2014Advanced214 days
January 20151 November 20121 June 2013Advanced212 days
December 20141 June 20121 November 2012Advanced153 days
November 20141 October 20111 June 2012Advanced244 days
October 20141 April 20111 October 2011Advanced183 days
September 20141 June 20101 April 2011Advanced304 days
August 20141 January 20091 June 2010Advanced516 days
July 20141 January 20081 January 2009Advanced366 days
June 20141 November 20071 January 2008Advanced61 days
May 201415 June 20071 November 2007Advanced139 days
April 20141 May 200715 June 2007Advanced45 days
March 201415 April 20071 May 2007Advanced16 days
February 201415 February 200715 April 2007Advanced59 days
January 20148 January 200715 February 2007Advanced38 days
December 201315 December 20068 January 2007Advanced24 days
October 20131 December 200615 December 2006Advanced14 days
September 201322 October 20061 December 2006Advanced40 days
August 20131 October 200622 October 2006Advanced21 days
July 201322 September 20061 October 2006Advanced9 days
June 201315 September 200622 September 2006Advanced7 days
May 20138 September 200615 September 2006Advanced7 days
April 20131 September 20068 September 2006Advanced7 days
March 201322 August 20061 September 2006Advanced10 days
February 201315 August 200622 August 2006Advanced7 days
December 20128 August 200615 August 2006Advanced7 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20121 August 20068 August 2006Advanced7 days
September 201215 June 20061 August 2006Advanced47 days
August 20128 June 200615 June 2006Advanced7 days
July 201222 May 20068 June 2006Advanced17 days
June 20121 May 200622 May 2006Advanced21 days
May 20128 April 20061 May 2006Advanced23 days
April 201215 March 20068 April 2006Advanced24 days
March 201222 February 200615 March 2006Advanced21 days
February 20121 February 200622 February 2006Advanced21 days
January 201215 January 20061 February 2006Advanced17 days
December 201122 December 200515 January 2006Advanced24 days
November 20118 December 200522 December 2005Advanced14 days
October 201122 November 20058 December 2005Advanced16 days
September 20111 November 200522 November 2005Advanced21 days
August 20118 October 20051 November 2005Advanced24 days
July 201115 September 20058 October 2005Advanced23 days
June 201122 August 200515 September 2005Advanced24 days
May 201122 July 200522 August 2005Advanced31 days
April 20111 July 200522 July 2005Advanced21 days
March 20111 April 20051 July 2005Advanced91 days
February 201122 March 20051 April 2005Advanced10 days
January 201122 February 200522 March 2005Advanced28 days
December 201022 January 200522 February 2005Advanced31 days
November 20108 January 200522 January 2005Advanced14 days
October 201015 December 20048 January 2005Advanced24 days
September 20101 June 200415 December 2004Advanced197 days
August 201015 August 20031 June 2004Advanced291 days
July 201022 June 200315 August 2003Advanced54 days
June 201022 April 200322 June 2003Advanced61 days
May 20101 February 200322 April 2003Advanced80 days
April 201015 December 20021 February 2003Advanced48 days
March 201022 September 200215 December 2002Advanced84 days
February 20101 August 200222 September 2002Advanced52 days
January 20101 June 20021 August 2002Advanced61 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 2009Unavailable1 June 2002Became available again
May 20091 March 2003UnavailableBecame Unavailable
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 20091 May 20051 March 2003Retrogressed792 days
November 20081 January 20051 May 2005Advanced120 days
October 2008Unavailable1 January 2005Became available again
July 20081 March 2006UnavailableBecame Unavailable
May 20081 July 20051 March 2006Advanced243 days
April 20081 January 20051 July 2005Advanced181 days
March 20081 November 20021 January 2005Advanced792 days
February 200815 October 20021 November 2002Advanced17 days
January 20081 September 200215 October 2002Advanced44 days
December 20071 August 20021 September 2002Advanced31 days
September 2007Unavailable1 August 2002Became available again
August 2007CurrentUnavailableCurrent to Unavailable
July 20071 June 2005CurrentBecame Current
June 20071 August 20031 June 2005Advanced670 days
May 20071 August 20021 August 2003Advanced365 days
December 20061 July 20021 August 2002Advanced31 days
November 20061 May 20021 July 2002Advanced61 days
October 20061 March 20021 May 2002Advanced61 days
September 20061 October 20011 March 2002Advanced151 days
July 20061 July 20011 October 2001Advanced92 days
June 20061 May 20011 July 2001Advanced61 days
March 200622 April 20011 May 2001Advanced9 days
February 20061 April 200122 April 2001Advanced21 days
January 200615 March 20011 April 2001Advanced17 days
December 20051 March 200115 March 2001Advanced14 days
October 2005Unavailable1 March 2001Became available again
July 20051 June 2002UnavailableBecame Unavailable
May 20051 April 20021 June 2002Advanced61 days
April 20051 March 20021 April 2002Advanced31 days
March 20051 January 20021 March 2002Advanced59 days
January 2005Current1 January 2002Retrogressed from Current

Dates for Filing

The chart that decides when an application may be submitted — usually the more optimistic of the two. It did not exist before October 2015, so its history is shorter by design, not by omission: 130 bulletins since October 2015.

Dates for Filing: when would a priority date be reached?

The cut-off to compare against The Dates for Filing cut-off in the July 2026 bulletin is 1 January 2024. 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 July 2026 cut-off of 1 January 2024.

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 Dates for Filing 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 April 2026 – July 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 184 days forward about 30.7 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 245 days forward about 20.4 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.

Dates for Filing — the full published history October 2015 – July 2026 · 130 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 2010 to 15 January 2024
Dates for Filing: EB-3, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for EB-3, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026. 93 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 2010 to 15 January 2024. Current (no backlog) in 37 months. 2 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. C Current — no backlog: July 2019 to December 2019 (6 bulletins) Current — no backlog: October 2020 to April 2023 (31 bulletins) 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 Retrogressed October 2023: 1 May 2023 back to 1 January 2023 (120 days backward) Retrogressed April 2026: 15 January 2024 back to 1 January 2024 (14 days backward) U 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026

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 (2)
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
Dates for Filing — the 24 most recent of 28 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 102 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
April 202615 January 20241 January 2024Retrogressed14 days
March 20261 October 202315 January 2024Advanced106 days
February 20261 July 20231 October 2023Advanced92 days
October 20251 May 20231 July 2023Advanced61 days
July 20251 March 20231 May 2023Advanced61 days
October 20241 January 20231 March 2023Advanced59 days
October 20231 May 20231 January 2023Retrogressed120 days
May 2023Current1 May 2023Retrogressed from Current
October 20201 April 2020CurrentBecame Current
August 20201 April 20191 April 2020Advanced366 days
May 20201 January 20191 April 2019Advanced90 days
January 2020Current1 January 2019Retrogressed from Current
July 20191 January 2019CurrentBecame Current
June 20191 October 20181 January 2019Advanced92 days
May 20191 July 20181 October 2018Advanced92 days
April 20191 March 20181 July 2018Advanced122 days
March 20191 October 20171 March 2018Advanced151 days
February 20191 August 20171 October 2017Advanced61 days
December 20181 July 20171 August 2017Advanced31 days
April 20181 October 20161 July 2017Advanced273 days
March 20181 August 20161 October 2016Advanced61 days
October 20171 January 20161 August 2016Advanced213 days
August 20171 July 20151 January 2016Advanced184 days
July 20171 July 20141 July 2015Advanced365 days
Show the earlier 4 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 4 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
May 20171 September 20131 July 2014Advanced303 days
October 20161 January 20131 September 2013Advanced243 days
August 20161 January 20101 January 2013Advanced1,096 days
October 2015not published1 January 2010First published

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.

Why Philippines has its own column

Chargeability is normally your country of birth — not your citizenship or where you live. State gives Philippines its own column because demand from applicants chargeable there exceeds the per-country limit, so its queue is tracked separately and its cut-offs are usually further behind than the "all other countries" column. Applicants from countries without their own column are all counted together in that column instead.

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 EB-3 priority date cut-off for Philippines in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 August 2023 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 1 January 2024. State printed those cells as "01AUG23" and "01JAN24". A priority date earlier than 1 August 2023 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for EB-3?
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. For EB-3 and Philippines in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 August 2023 and 1 January 2024 respectively. 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 EB-3 cut-off for Philippines 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. This combination has retrogressed 21 times in the published record — 17 in the Final Action Dates chart and 4 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in May 2015, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 October 2014 to 1 July 2007 — 2,649 days, or about 7.3 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in EB-3 become current for Philippines?
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 14.5 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 August 2023 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 EB-3 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 291 Final Action Dates bulletins back to December 2001 and 130 Dates for Filing bulletins back to October 2015. 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 July 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 421 published cut-off cells for EB-3 / Philippines and 199 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01AUG23 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 July 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 · 291 bulletins, December 2001 to July 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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