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Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 1 May 2013 · Dates for Filing 22 April 2015 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F1 for Philippines has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 May 2013 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 22 April 2015. 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. 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 F1 / 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 May 2013. 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 May 2013.

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 61 days forward about 10.2 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 290 days forward about 24.2 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 8 July 1988 to 1 May 2013
Final Action Dates: F1, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F1, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026. 291 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 8 July 1988 to 1 May 2013. 5 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 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 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 2003: 1 June 1990 back to 15 March 1989 (443 days backward) Retrogressed January 2011: 1 April 1997 back to 1 June 1994 (1,035 days backward) Retrogressed August 2012: 15 July 1997 back to 1 March 1994 (1,232 days backward) Retrogressed June 2015: 1 February 2005 back to 1 March 2000 (1,798 days backward) Retrogressed December 2017: 1 January 2007 back to 1 January 2005 (730 days backward) U 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)
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 190 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 100 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
April 20261 March 20131 May 2013Advanced61 days
January 202622 January 20131 March 2013Advanced38 days
October 202515 July 201222 January 2013Advanced191 days
April 20258 March 201215 July 2012Advanced129 days
January 20251 March 20128 March 2012Advanced7 days
August 202122 February 20121 March 2012Advanced8 days
June 20211 February 201222 February 2012Advanced21 days
May 202122 January 20121 February 2012Advanced10 days
April 20218 January 201222 January 2012Advanced14 days
March 20211 January 20128 January 2012Advanced7 days
January 202115 December 20111 January 2012Advanced17 days
September 20201 September 201115 December 2011Advanced105 days
August 20201 June 20111 September 2011Advanced92 days
July 20201 February 20111 June 2011Advanced120 days
June 20201 September 20101 February 2011Advanced153 days
May 20201 March 20101 September 2010Advanced184 days
April 20201 September 20091 March 2010Advanced181 days
March 20201 April 20091 September 2009Advanced153 days
February 202015 January 20091 April 2009Advanced76 days
January 20201 November 200815 January 2009Advanced75 days
December 201915 September 20081 November 2008Advanced47 days
November 20191 July 200815 September 2008Advanced76 days
October 201922 June 20081 July 2008Advanced9 days
September 201922 February 200822 June 2008Advanced121 days
Show the earlier 166 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 166 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to January 2002. 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
August 201922 August 200722 February 2008Advanced184 days
July 201922 June 200722 August 2007Advanced61 days
June 201915 May 200722 June 2007Advanced38 days
May 20198 April 200715 May 2007Advanced37 days
April 20191 April 20078 April 2007Advanced7 days
March 201915 March 20071 April 2007Advanced17 days
February 20191 March 200715 March 2007Advanced14 days
January 201915 February 20071 March 2007Advanced14 days
December 20181 February 200715 February 2007Advanced14 days
November 201822 December 20061 February 2007Advanced41 days
October 201815 November 200622 December 2006Advanced37 days
September 20181 August 200615 November 2006Advanced106 days
August 20181 June 20061 August 2006Advanced61 days
July 201822 March 20061 June 2006Advanced71 days
June 201822 January 200622 March 2006Advanced59 days
May 20181 January 200622 January 2006Advanced21 days
April 201815 October 20051 January 2006Advanced78 days
March 20181 August 200515 October 2005Advanced75 days
February 20181 January 20051 August 2005Advanced212 days
December 20171 January 20071 January 2005Retrogressed730 days
September 201715 October 20061 January 2007Advanced78 days
August 201715 September 200615 October 2006Advanced30 days
July 201722 April 200615 September 2006Advanced146 days
June 20171 February 200622 April 2006Advanced80 days
May 201715 January 20061 February 2006Advanced17 days
April 201715 December 200515 January 2006Advanced31 days
March 20171 December 200515 December 2005Advanced14 days
February 20171 October 20051 December 2005Advanced61 days
January 201715 September 20051 October 2005Advanced16 days
December 20161 September 200515 September 2005Advanced14 days
November 20161 August 20051 September 2005Advanced31 days
October 20161 July 20051 August 2005Advanced31 days
September 201622 March 20051 July 2005Advanced101 days
August 20161 February 200522 March 2005Advanced49 days
July 201622 December 20041 February 2005Advanced41 days
June 20161 October 200422 December 2004Advanced82 days
May 20161 July 20041 October 2004Advanced92 days
April 20161 April 20041 July 2004Advanced91 days
March 20161 November 20031 April 2004Advanced152 days
February 20161 June 20031 November 2003Advanced153 days
January 20161 January 20031 June 2003Advanced151 days
December 20151 June 20021 January 2003Advanced214 days
November 20151 June 20011 June 2002Advanced365 days
October 201522 October 20001 June 2001Advanced222 days
September 201515 March 200022 October 2000Advanced221 days
July 20151 March 200015 March 2000Advanced14 days
June 20151 February 20051 March 2000Retrogressed1,798 days
March 20158 January 20051 February 2005Advanced24 days
February 201522 December 20048 January 2005Advanced17 days
January 201515 December 200422 December 2004Advanced7 days
December 20141 November 200415 December 2004Advanced44 days
November 20141 September 20041 November 2004Advanced61 days
October 20141 August 20041 September 2004Advanced31 days
September 20141 June 20041 August 2004Advanced61 days
August 20141 January 20031 June 2004Advanced517 days
July 20141 June 20021 January 2003Advanced214 days
June 20141 February 20021 June 2002Advanced120 days
May 20141 November 20011 February 2002Advanced92 days
April 201415 August 20011 November 2001Advanced78 days
February 20141 July 200115 August 2001Advanced45 days
November 20131 June 20011 July 2001Advanced30 days
October 20138 May 20011 June 2001Advanced24 days
September 20131 January 20018 May 2001Advanced127 days
August 20131 July 20001 January 2001Advanced184 days
July 20131 January 20001 July 2000Advanced182 days
June 20131 June 19991 January 2000Advanced214 days
May 201315 February 19991 June 1999Advanced106 days
April 201315 October 199815 February 1999Advanced123 days
March 20138 March 199815 October 1998Advanced221 days
February 201322 December 19978 March 1998Advanced76 days
January 20138 October 199722 December 1997Advanced75 days
December 20121 July 19978 October 1997Advanced99 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20128 November 19941 July 1997Advanced966 days
September 20121 March 19948 November 1994Advanced252 days
August 201215 July 19971 March 1994Retrogressed1,232 days
July 20121 July 199715 July 1997Advanced14 days
May 201222 June 19971 July 1997Advanced9 days
March 201222 May 199722 June 1997Advanced31 days
February 201215 April 199722 May 1997Advanced37 days
January 20121 March 199715 April 1997Advanced45 days
December 20118 February 19971 March 1997Advanced21 days
November 20118 January 19978 February 1997Advanced31 days
October 20111 November 19968 January 1997Advanced68 days
September 201115 April 19961 November 1996Advanced200 days
July 201122 February 199615 April 1996Advanced53 days
June 201115 July 199522 February 1996Advanced222 days
May 20111 April 199515 July 1995Advanced105 days
April 201115 December 19941 April 1995Advanced107 days
March 20111 August 199415 December 1994Advanced136 days
February 20111 June 19941 August 1994Advanced61 days
January 20111 April 19971 June 1994Retrogressed1,035 days
November 20101 March 19971 April 1997Advanced31 days
October 20101 January 19971 March 1997Advanced59 days
September 20101 January 19961 January 1997Advanced366 days
August 20101 September 19951 January 1996Advanced122 days
July 201015 March 19951 September 1995Advanced170 days
June 20101 November 199415 March 1995Advanced134 days
May 20101 March 19941 November 1994Advanced245 days
March 20101 January 19941 March 1994Advanced59 days
February 20101 December 19931 January 1994Advanced31 days
January 20101 November 19931 December 1993Advanced30 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 200915 September 19931 November 1993Advanced47 days
August 20091 September 199315 September 1993Advanced14 days
June 20091 August 19931 September 1993Advanced31 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 200915 July 19931 August 1993Advanced17 days
January 20091 June 199315 July 1993Advanced44 days
December 20081 May 19931 June 1993Advanced31 days
November 20081 April 19931 May 1993Advanced30 days
September 200822 March 19931 April 1993Advanced10 days
August 200815 March 199322 March 1993Advanced7 days
May 20081 March 199315 March 1993Advanced14 days
March 200822 January 19931 March 1993Advanced38 days
February 200822 November 199222 January 1993Advanced61 days
January 200822 September 199222 November 1992Advanced61 days
December 200722 July 199222 September 1992Advanced62 days
November 200715 June 199222 July 1992Advanced37 days
October 200715 May 199215 June 1992Advanced31 days
September 20071 May 199215 May 1992Advanced14 days
August 200722 April 19921 May 1992Advanced9 days
June 200722 March 199222 April 1992Advanced31 days
May 200722 February 199222 March 1992Advanced29 days
April 200722 January 199222 February 1992Advanced31 days
March 20071 January 199222 January 1992Advanced21 days
February 200715 December 19911 January 1992Advanced17 days
January 20071 December 199115 December 1991Advanced14 days
December 200615 November 19911 December 1991Advanced16 days
November 20061 November 199115 November 1991Advanced14 days
October 200622 October 19911 November 1991Advanced10 days
September 20061 October 199122 October 1991Advanced21 days
August 200622 September 19911 October 1991Advanced9 days
July 20061 September 199122 September 1991Advanced21 days
June 200622 August 19911 September 1991Advanced10 days
December 200522 July 199122 August 1991Advanced31 days
November 200522 May 199122 July 1991Advanced61 days
October 200522 March 199122 May 1991Advanced61 days
September 20051 March 199122 March 1991Advanced21 days
August 20058 February 19911 March 1991Advanced21 days
July 200515 January 19918 February 1991Advanced24 days
May 200515 December 199015 January 1991Advanced31 days
April 200515 November 199015 December 1990Advanced30 days
March 200515 October 199015 November 1990Advanced31 days
December 200415 September 199015 October 1990Advanced30 days
November 200415 August 199015 September 1990Advanced31 days
October 200415 July 199015 August 1990Advanced31 days
April 200415 June 199015 July 1990Advanced30 days
March 20041 June 199015 June 1990Advanced14 days
February 200422 December 19891 June 1990Advanced161 days
January 200415 September 198922 December 1989Advanced98 days
December 200322 August 198915 September 1989Advanced24 days
November 200322 July 198922 August 1989Advanced31 days
October 200315 April 198922 July 1989Advanced98 days
September 200322 March 198915 April 1989Advanced24 days
August 200315 March 198922 March 1989Advanced7 days
July 20031 June 199015 March 1989Retrogressed443 days
May 200322 April 19901 June 1990Advanced40 days
April 20031 April 199022 April 1990Advanced21 days
December 20021 February 19901 April 1990Advanced59 days
November 20021 December 19891 February 1990Advanced62 days
September 20021 November 19891 December 1989Advanced30 days
July 20021 June 19891 November 1989Advanced153 days
June 20021 February 19891 June 1989Advanced120 days
May 20021 December 19881 February 1989Advanced62 days
April 200215 October 19881 December 1988Advanced47 days
March 200215 September 198815 October 1988Advanced30 days
February 20028 August 198815 September 1988Advanced38 days
January 20028 July 19888 August 1988Advanced31 days

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 22 April 2015. 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 22 April 2015.

No estimate is possible: the cut-off is not advancing

The cut-off has not advanced (or has moved BACKWARD) over the trailing published bulletins. A linear projection would divide by zero or point into the past, so no wait is estimated. Whether a priority date is ALREADY current is still answered exactly — that is a comparison, not a projection.

The cut-off has held at 22 April 2015 across the trailing published bulletins. A cut-off that is not moving gives nothing to project from: any "months to wait" figure derived from a pace of zero would be an artefact of the arithmetic, not information about this category. This page therefore shows no such figure.

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 0 days about 0 days
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days

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 September 2005 to 22 April 2015
Dates for Filing: F1, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F1, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 September 2005 to 22 April 2015. C 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 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 32 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 98 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 202115 May 201422 April 2015Advanced342 days
June 20211 November 201315 May 2014Advanced195 days
May 20211 September 20131 November 2013Advanced61 days
April 202122 October 20121 September 2013Advanced314 days
February 20218 October 201222 October 2012Advanced14 days
September 20208 June 20128 October 2012Advanced122 days
August 20208 February 20128 June 2012Advanced121 days
July 20201 September 20118 February 2012Advanced160 days
June 20201 June 20111 September 2011Advanced92 days
May 20201 November 20101 June 2011Advanced212 days
April 20201 May 20101 November 2010Advanced184 days
March 20201 October 20091 May 2010Advanced212 days
February 202015 September 20091 October 2009Advanced16 days
January 20201 May 200915 September 2009Advanced137 days
December 201915 March 20091 May 2009Advanced47 days
November 20191 January 200915 March 2009Advanced73 days
October 20191 December 20081 January 2009Advanced31 days
September 201922 August 20081 December 2008Advanced101 days
August 20191 May 200822 August 2008Advanced113 days
July 201922 April 20081 May 2008Advanced9 days
June 201915 April 200822 April 2008Advanced7 days
May 20198 April 200815 April 2008Advanced7 days
April 20191 April 20088 April 2008Advanced7 days
March 201915 March 20081 April 2008Advanced17 days
Show the earlier 8 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 8 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
February 201915 February 200815 March 2008Advanced29 days
July 20188 October 200715 February 2008Advanced130 days
May 20181 October 20078 October 2007Advanced7 days
October 20178 September 20071 October 2007Advanced23 days
May 20171 May 20068 September 2007Advanced495 days
October 201622 December 20051 May 2006Advanced130 days
August 20161 September 200522 December 2005Advanced112 days
October 2015not published1 September 2005First 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.

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 Philippines in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 May 2013 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 22 April 2015. State printed those cells as "01MAY13" and "22APR15". A priority date earlier than 1 May 2013 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 Philippines in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 May 2013 and 22 April 2015 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 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 5 times in the published record — 5 in the Final Action Dates chart and 0 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in June 2015, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 February 2005 to 1 March 2000 — 1,798 days, or about 4.9 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F1 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 24.2 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 May 2013 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 / Philippines and 222 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01MAY13 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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