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F1 — Mexico

Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 8 November 2007 · Dates for Filing 1 October 2008 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F1 for Mexico has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 8 November 2007 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 1 October 2008. 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 F1, 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 F1 / Mexico 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 8 November 2007. 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 8 November 2007.

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 266 days forward about 88.7 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 433 days forward about 72.2 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 930 days forward about 77.5 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 January 1983 to 8 November 2007
Final Action Dates: F1, Mexico, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F1, Mexico, December 2001 – July 2026. 283 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 1983 to 8 November 2007. Unavailable (no visas issued) in 8 months. 7 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 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 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 November 2002: 1 November 1991 back to 1 June 1991 (153 days backward) Retrogressed August 2004: 15 October 1994 back to 1 January 1992 (1,018 days backward) Retrogressed July 2005: 22 October 1994 back to 1 January 1983 (4,312 days backward) Retrogressed May 2006: 8 August 1994 back to 1 January 1991 (1,315 days backward) Retrogressed May 2007: 1 January 1994 back to 1 January 1991 (1,096 days backward) Retrogressed July 2009: 8 October 1992 back to 1 January 1991 (646 days backward) Retrogressed July 2019: 8 August 1997 back to 1 August 1996 (372 days backward) U Unavailable — no visas issued: February 2002 to September 2002 (8 bulletins) 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 (7)
  • 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 178 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 112 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
June 202615 August 20078 November 2007Advanced85 days
May 202615 February 200715 August 2007Advanced181 days
April 202622 December 200615 February 2007Advanced55 days
February 20261 September 200622 December 2006Advanced112 days
January 20261 March 20061 September 2006Advanced184 days
December 202522 November 20051 March 2006Advanced99 days
October 202522 April 200522 November 2005Advanced214 days
May 20251 January 200522 April 2005Advanced111 days
April 202522 November 20041 January 2005Advanced40 days
November 20241 January 200322 November 2004Advanced691 days
October 20248 May 20021 January 2003Advanced238 days
July 20241 January 20028 May 2002Advanced127 days
June 202415 October 20011 January 2002Advanced78 days
May 20241 May 200115 October 2001Advanced167 days
November 202322 April 20011 May 2001Advanced9 days
July 20231 April 200122 April 2001Advanced21 days
February 202315 November 20001 April 2001Advanced137 days
November 202215 March 200015 November 2000Advanced245 days
July 20221 February 200015 March 2000Advanced43 days
June 20221 January 20001 February 2000Advanced31 days
April 20228 September 19991 January 2000Advanced115 days
January 20228 May 19998 September 1999Advanced123 days
December 202115 January 19998 May 1999Advanced113 days
September 20211 January 199915 January 1999Advanced14 days
Show the earlier 154 changes — back to February 2002
The remaining 154 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to February 2002. 2 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
August 20211 October 19981 January 1999Advanced92 days
July 20211 May 19981 October 1998Advanced153 days
June 20211 April 19981 May 1998Advanced30 days
May 202122 February 19981 April 1998Advanced38 days
April 20218 February 199822 February 1998Advanced14 days
March 202122 January 19988 February 1998Advanced17 days
February 202115 January 199822 January 1998Advanced7 days
January 20218 January 199815 January 1998Advanced7 days
September 202022 December 19978 January 1998Advanced17 days
August 20208 December 199722 December 1997Advanced14 days
July 202015 November 19978 December 1997Advanced23 days
June 202022 October 199715 November 1997Advanced24 days
May 202022 September 199722 October 1997Advanced30 days
April 202015 September 199722 September 1997Advanced7 days
March 202022 August 199715 September 1997Advanced24 days
February 20208 August 199722 August 1997Advanced14 days
October 20191 August 19968 August 1997Advanced372 days
July 20198 August 19971 August 1996Retrogressed372 days
April 20191 August 19978 August 1997Advanced7 days
July 20181 June 19971 August 1997Advanced61 days
June 201815 November 19961 June 1997Advanced198 days
May 20188 September 199615 November 1996Advanced68 days
April 201822 July 19968 September 1996Advanced48 days
March 20181 July 199622 July 1996Advanced21 days
February 20181 May 19961 July 1996Advanced61 days
January 20181 April 19961 May 1996Advanced30 days
November 20171 March 19961 April 1996Advanced31 days
October 20171 February 19961 March 1996Advanced29 days
August 201715 January 19961 February 1996Advanced17 days
July 20171 September 199515 January 1996Advanced136 days
June 201715 June 19951 September 1995Advanced78 days
May 201722 May 199515 June 1995Advanced24 days
April 201715 May 199522 May 1995Advanced7 days
March 20178 May 199515 May 1995Advanced7 days
February 201722 April 19958 May 1995Advanced16 days
January 201715 April 199522 April 1995Advanced7 days
December 20168 April 199515 April 1995Advanced7 days
November 20161 April 19958 April 1995Advanced7 days
October 201622 March 19951 April 1995Advanced10 days
September 20168 March 199522 March 1995Advanced14 days
July 201622 February 19958 March 1995Advanced14 days
June 20168 February 199522 February 1995Advanced14 days
May 201622 January 19958 February 1995Advanced17 days
April 20168 January 199522 January 1995Advanced14 days
March 20161 January 19958 January 1995Advanced7 days
February 201622 December 19941 January 1995Advanced10 days
January 20168 December 199422 December 1994Advanced14 days
December 20151 December 19948 December 1994Advanced7 days
November 201522 November 19941 December 1994Advanced9 days
October 201515 November 199422 November 1994Advanced7 days
June 20158 November 199415 November 1994Advanced7 days
May 20151 November 19948 November 1994Advanced7 days
April 201522 October 19941 November 1994Advanced10 days
March 20151 October 199422 October 1994Advanced21 days
February 201515 September 19941 October 1994Advanced16 days
January 201515 August 199415 September 1994Advanced31 days
December 20148 July 199415 August 1994Advanced38 days
November 201422 June 19948 July 1994Advanced16 days
October 20141 June 199422 June 1994Advanced21 days
September 20148 April 19941 June 1994Advanced54 days
August 20141 February 19948 April 1994Advanced66 days
July 201415 December 19931 February 1994Advanced48 days
June 201415 November 199315 December 1993Advanced30 days
May 20141 November 199315 November 1993Advanced14 days
April 201415 October 19931 November 1993Advanced17 days
March 20141 October 199315 October 1993Advanced14 days
February 201422 September 19931 October 1993Advanced9 days
October 20138 September 199322 September 1993Advanced14 days
September 20131 September 19938 September 1993Advanced7 days
August 201322 August 19931 September 1993Advanced10 days
July 201315 August 199322 August 1993Advanced7 days
June 20138 August 199315 August 1993Advanced7 days
May 20131 August 19938 August 1993Advanced7 days
April 201322 July 19931 August 1993Advanced10 days
March 201315 July 199322 July 1993Advanced7 days
February 20138 July 199315 July 1993Advanced7 days
January 20131 July 19938 July 1993Advanced7 days
December 201222 June 19931 July 1993Advanced9 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20128 June 199322 June 1993Advanced14 days
July 201215 May 19938 June 1993Advanced24 days
May 20128 May 199315 May 1993Advanced7 days
April 20121 May 19938 May 1993Advanced7 days
March 201222 April 19931 May 1993Advanced9 days
February 201215 April 199322 April 1993Advanced7 days
January 20128 April 199315 April 1993Advanced7 days
December 20111 April 19938 April 1993Advanced7 days
November 201122 March 19931 April 1993Advanced10 days
October 201115 March 199322 March 1993Advanced7 days
September 20118 March 199315 March 1993Advanced7 days
July 20111 March 19938 March 1993Advanced7 days
May 201115 February 19931 March 1993Advanced14 days
April 20111 February 199315 February 1993Advanced14 days
March 201122 January 19931 February 1993Advanced10 days
February 20118 January 199322 January 1993Advanced14 days
January 20111 January 19938 January 1993Advanced7 days
December 201022 December 19921 January 1993Advanced10 days
November 201015 December 199222 December 1992Advanced7 days
October 20101 December 199215 December 1992Advanced14 days
September 201015 November 19921 December 1992Advanced16 days
August 20101 November 199215 November 1992Advanced14 days
July 201022 October 19921 November 1992Advanced10 days
June 201015 October 199222 October 1992Advanced7 days
April 20101 October 199215 October 1992Advanced14 days
March 20108 September 19921 October 1992Advanced23 days
February 201015 August 19928 September 1992Advanced24 days
January 20101 August 199215 August 1992Advanced14 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 20091 January 19911 August 1992Advanced578 days
July 20098 October 19921 January 1991Retrogressed646 days
February 20091 October 19928 October 1992Advanced7 days
January 200922 September 19921 October 1992Advanced9 days
December 200815 September 199222 September 1992Advanced7 days
November 20088 September 199215 September 1992Advanced7 days
September 20088 August 19928 September 1992Advanced31 days
August 200822 July 19928 August 1992Advanced17 days
June 20088 July 199222 July 1992Advanced14 days
April 20081 July 19928 July 1992Advanced7 days
December 20071 June 19921 July 1992Advanced30 days
November 20071 May 19921 June 1992Advanced31 days
October 20071 January 19911 May 1992Advanced486 days
May 20071 January 19941 January 1991Retrogressed1,096 days
December 20061 July 19931 January 1994Advanced184 days
November 20061 January 19931 July 1993Advanced181 days
October 200615 July 19921 January 1993Advanced170 days
September 20061 June 199215 July 1992Advanced44 days
August 200615 May 19921 June 1992Advanced17 days
July 20061 January 199215 May 1992Advanced135 days
June 20061 January 19911 January 1992Advanced365 days
May 20068 August 19941 January 1991Retrogressed1,315 days
January 20061 June 19948 August 1994Advanced68 days
December 20051 January 19941 June 1994Advanced151 days
November 20051 January 19931 January 1994Advanced365 days
October 20051 January 19831 January 1993Advanced3,653 days
July 200522 October 19941 January 1983Retrogressed4,312 days
February 200515 October 199422 October 1994Advanced7 days
January 200515 July 199415 October 1994Advanced92 days
December 20041 January 199415 July 1994Advanced195 days
November 200422 March 19931 January 1994Advanced285 days
October 20041 January 199222 March 1993Advanced446 days
August 200415 October 19941 January 1992Retrogressed1,018 days
November 20031 October 199415 October 1994Advanced14 days
October 200322 September 19941 October 1994Advanced9 days
September 200315 July 199422 September 1994Advanced69 days
August 200315 May 199415 July 1994Advanced61 days
July 20031 May 199415 May 1994Advanced14 days
June 20031 January 19941 May 1994Advanced120 days
May 20031 July 19931 January 1994Advanced184 days
April 20031 May 19931 July 1993Advanced61 days
March 20031 April 19931 May 1993Advanced30 days
February 20031 March 19931 April 1993Advanced31 days
January 200315 October 19921 March 1993Advanced137 days
December 20021 June 199115 October 1992Advanced502 days
November 20021 November 19911 June 1991Retrogressed153 days
October 2002Unavailable1 November 1991Became available again
February 200222 April 1994UnavailableBecame Unavailable

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 October 2008. 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 October 2008.

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 169 days forward about 56.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 396 days forward about 66 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 853 days forward about 71.1 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 April 1995 to 1 October 2008
Dates for Filing: F1, Mexico, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F1, Mexico, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 April 1995 to 1 October 2008. C 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 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
Dates for Filing — the 24 most recent of 46 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 84 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
May 202615 April 20081 October 2008Advanced169 days
April 20261 December 200715 April 2008Advanced136 days
February 20261 September 20071 December 2007Advanced91 days
January 20261 March 20071 September 2007Advanced184 days
November 20258 October 20061 March 2007Advanced144 days
October 20251 June 20068 October 2006Advanced129 days
July 20251 April 20061 June 2006Advanced61 days
April 20251 October 20051 April 2006Advanced182 days
October 20241 April 20051 October 2005Advanced183 days
August 20231 January 20031 April 2005Advanced821 days
July 20231 December 20021 January 2003Advanced31 days
November 20221 December 20011 December 2002Advanced365 days
July 20221 May 20011 December 2001Advanced214 days
April 20221 April 20011 May 2001Advanced30 days
March 20221 February 20011 April 2001Advanced59 days
January 20221 December 20001 February 2001Advanced62 days
December 20211 August 20001 December 2000Advanced122 days
July 202115 May 20001 August 2000Advanced78 days
June 20211 March 200015 May 2000Advanced75 days
February 202122 February 20001 March 2000Advanced8 days
September 20201 February 200022 February 2000Advanced21 days
August 20208 January 20001 February 2000Advanced24 days
July 202022 December 19998 January 2000Advanced17 days
June 20208 December 199922 December 1999Advanced14 days
Show the earlier 22 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 22 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
May 20201 December 19998 December 1999Advanced7 days
April 202022 November 19991 December 1999Advanced9 days
March 202015 November 199922 November 1999Advanced7 days
October 20198 November 199915 November 1999Advanced7 days
September 20191 November 19998 November 1999Advanced7 days
August 201922 October 19991 November 1999Advanced10 days
July 201915 October 199922 October 1999Advanced7 days
June 20198 October 199915 October 1999Advanced7 days
May 20191 October 19998 October 1999Advanced7 days
April 201922 September 19991 October 1999Advanced9 days
February 201922 August 199922 September 1999Advanced31 days
January 201922 April 199922 August 1999Advanced122 days
December 20188 October 199822 April 1999Advanced196 days
October 20181 September 19988 October 1998Advanced37 days
July 201815 July 19981 September 1998Advanced48 days
May 201815 January 199815 July 1998Advanced181 days
April 20188 September 199715 January 1998Advanced129 days
March 20181 November 19968 September 1997Advanced311 days
October 20171 April 19961 November 1996Advanced214 days
May 20171 June 19951 April 1996Advanced305 days
October 20161 April 19951 June 1995Advanced61 days
October 2015not published1 April 1995First 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 Mexico has its own column

Chargeability is normally your country of birth — not your citizenship or where you live. State gives Mexico 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.

Where F1 sits among the family preferences

Family-sponsored preference categories run F1 through F4, and they are separate queues with separate annual limits: F1 (unmarried adult sons and daughters of U.S. citizens), F2A (spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents), F2B (unmarried adult sons and daughters of permanent residents), F3 (married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) and F4 (brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens). Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens — spouses, minor children and parents — are not subject to these limits and do not appear in the Visa Bulletin at all.

Frequently asked questions

What is the F1 priority date cut-off for Mexico in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 8 November 2007 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 1 October 2008. State printed those cells as "08NOV07" and "01OCT08". A priority date earlier than 8 November 2007 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for F1?
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 F1 and Mexico in the July 2026 bulletin they read 8 November 2007 and 1 October 2008 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 F1 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. This combination has retrogressed 8 times in the published record — 8 in the Final Action Dates chart and 0 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in July 2005, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 22 October 1994 to 1 January 1983 — 4,312 days, or about 11.8 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F1 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 77.5 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 8 November 2007 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 F1 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 F1 / Mexico and 224 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 08NOV07 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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