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F2A — All other countries

Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 1 January 2025 · Dates for Filing Current · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F2A for All other countries has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 January 2025 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of Current. 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 F2A, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. This is the All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed column — it covers every country that does not have a column of its own, which is most of the world. It is not a worldwide figure.

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 F2A / All other countries 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 January 2025. 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 2025.

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 335 days forward about 111.7 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 335 days forward about 55.8 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.

Final Action Dates — the full published history December 2001 – July 2026 · 291 published bulletins · cut-offs from 22 September 1996 to 1 January 2025
Final Action Dates: F2A, All other countries, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F2A, All other countries, December 2001 – July 2026. 244 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 22 September 1996 to 1 January 2025. Current (no backlog) in 47 months. 6 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: August 2013 to September 2013 (2 bulletins) Current — no backlog: July 2019 to March 2023 (45 bulletins) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 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 June 2006: 1 March 2002 back to 22 April 2001 (313 days backward) Retrogressed July 2006: 22 April 2001 back to 1 September 1999 (599 days backward) Retrogressed January 2011: 1 August 2010 back to 1 January 2008 (943 days backward) Retrogressed March 2011: 1 January 2008 back to 1 January 2007 (365 days backward) Retrogressed June 2014: 8 September 2013 back to 1 May 2012 (495 days backward) Retrogressed August 2023: 8 September 2020 back to 8 October 2017 (1,066 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 (6)
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 205 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 85 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
June 20261 August 20241 January 2025Advanced153 days
May 20261 February 20241 August 2024Advanced182 days
October 20251 September 20221 February 2024Advanced518 days
July 20251 January 20221 September 2022Advanced243 days
November 202422 November 20211 January 2022Advanced40 days
October 202415 November 202122 November 2021Advanced7 days
June 20241 June 202115 November 2021Advanced167 days
May 20248 September 20201 June 2021Advanced266 days
April 202422 June 20208 September 2020Advanced78 days
March 20248 February 202022 June 2020Advanced135 days
February 20241 November 20198 February 2020Advanced99 days
January 20248 February 20191 November 2019Advanced266 days
October 20231 January 20188 February 2019Advanced403 days
September 20238 October 20171 January 2018Advanced85 days
August 20238 September 20208 October 2017Retrogressed1,066 days
April 2023Current8 September 2020Retrogressed from Current
July 201915 July 2017CurrentBecame Current
June 201915 May 201715 July 2017Advanced61 days
May 20191 March 201715 May 2017Advanced75 days
April 20198 January 20171 March 2017Advanced52 days
March 20191 December 20168 January 2017Advanced38 days
February 20198 November 20161 December 2016Advanced23 days
January 20198 October 20168 November 2016Advanced31 days
December 201815 September 20168 October 2016Advanced23 days
Show the earlier 181 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 181 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
November 201822 August 201615 September 2016Advanced24 days
October 201822 July 201622 August 2016Advanced31 days
August 201822 June 201622 July 2016Advanced30 days
July 20188 June 201622 June 2016Advanced14 days
June 20181 June 20168 June 2016Advanced7 days
May 20181 May 20161 June 2016Advanced31 days
April 201822 March 20161 May 2016Advanced40 days
March 20181 March 201622 March 2016Advanced21 days
February 20181 February 20161 March 2016Advanced29 days
January 201822 December 20151 February 2016Advanced41 days
December 201715 November 201522 December 2015Advanced37 days
November 201722 October 201515 November 2015Advanced24 days
October 20171 October 201522 October 2015Advanced21 days
September 201722 September 20151 October 2015Advanced9 days
August 20178 September 201522 September 2015Advanced14 days
July 201715 August 20158 September 2015Advanced24 days
June 201715 July 201515 August 2015Advanced31 days
May 20178 June 201515 July 2015Advanced37 days
April 20178 May 20158 June 2015Advanced31 days
March 201715 April 20158 May 2015Advanced23 days
February 201722 March 201515 April 2015Advanced24 days
January 201722 February 201522 March 2015Advanced28 days
December 201622 January 201522 February 2015Advanced31 days
November 201622 December 201422 January 2015Advanced31 days
October 201615 November 201422 December 2014Advanced37 days
July 20168 November 201415 November 2014Advanced7 days
June 20161 November 20148 November 2014Advanced7 days
May 201622 October 20141 November 2014Advanced10 days
April 201622 September 201422 October 2014Advanced30 days
March 20161 September 201422 September 2014Advanced21 days
February 20161 August 20141 September 2014Advanced31 days
January 201615 June 20141 August 2014Advanced47 days
December 201515 May 201415 June 2014Advanced31 days
November 201515 April 201415 May 2014Advanced30 days
October 20151 March 201415 April 2014Advanced45 days
September 201515 December 20131 March 2014Advanced76 days
August 20158 November 201315 December 2013Advanced37 days
July 20151 October 20138 November 2013Advanced38 days
June 20151 September 20131 October 2013Advanced30 days
May 20151 August 20131 September 2013Advanced31 days
April 201522 June 20131 August 2013Advanced40 days
March 20158 May 201322 June 2013Advanced45 days
February 201515 April 20138 May 2013Advanced23 days
January 201522 March 201315 April 2013Advanced24 days
December 20141 March 201322 March 2013Advanced21 days
November 20141 February 20131 March 2013Advanced28 days
October 20141 January 20131 February 2013Advanced31 days
September 20141 May 20121 January 2013Advanced245 days
June 20148 September 20131 May 2012Retrogressed495 days
October 2013Current8 September 2013Retrogressed from Current
August 20138 October 2011CurrentBecame Current
July 20138 June 20118 October 2011Advanced122 days
June 20131 March 20118 June 2011Advanced99 days
May 201315 December 20101 March 2011Advanced76 days
April 201322 November 201015 December 2010Advanced23 days
March 201322 October 201022 November 2010Advanced31 days
February 201322 September 201022 October 2010Advanced30 days
January 201322 August 201022 September 2010Advanced31 days
December 201215 July 201022 August 2010Advanced38 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20128 May 201015 July 2010Advanced68 days
September 201215 March 20108 May 2010Advanced54 days
August 201215 February 201015 March 2010Advanced28 days
July 20121 January 201015 February 2010Advanced45 days
June 201215 November 20091 January 2010Advanced47 days
May 20128 October 200915 November 2009Advanced38 days
April 201222 July 20098 October 2009Advanced78 days
March 20128 June 200922 July 2009Advanced44 days
February 201222 April 20098 June 2009Advanced47 days
January 201222 March 200922 April 2009Advanced31 days
December 201115 February 200922 March 2009Advanced35 days
November 20118 January 200915 February 2009Advanced38 days
October 20111 December 20088 January 2009Advanced38 days
September 201122 July 20081 December 2008Advanced132 days
August 201122 March 200822 July 2008Advanced122 days
July 201122 August 200722 March 2008Advanced213 days
June 20118 June 200722 August 2007Advanced75 days
May 20111 April 20078 June 2007Advanced68 days
April 20111 January 20071 April 2007Advanced90 days
March 20111 January 20081 January 2007Retrogressed365 days
January 20111 August 20101 January 2008Retrogressed943 days
December 20101 June 20101 August 2010Advanced61 days
November 20101 April 20101 June 2010Advanced61 days
October 20101 January 20101 April 2010Advanced90 days
September 20101 March 20091 January 2010Advanced306 days
August 20101 July 20081 March 2009Advanced243 days
July 20101 January 20081 July 2008Advanced182 days
June 20101 December 20061 January 2008Advanced396 days
May 20101 June 20061 December 2006Advanced183 days
April 20101 April 20061 June 2006Advanced61 days
March 20101 March 20061 April 2006Advanced31 days
February 20101 January 20061 March 2006Advanced59 days
January 20101 November 20051 January 2006Advanced61 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 200915 January 20051 November 2005Advanced290 days
August 200922 December 200415 January 2005Advanced24 days
July 200915 December 200422 December 2004Advanced7 days
June 20098 October 200415 December 2004Advanced68 days
May 200915 August 20048 October 2004Advanced54 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 20091 June 200415 August 2004Advanced75 days
February 200915 May 20041 June 2004Advanced17 days
January 20091 April 200415 May 2004Advanced44 days
December 20088 February 20041 April 2004Advanced53 days
November 20081 January 20048 February 2004Advanced38 days
October 20081 December 20031 January 2004Advanced31 days
September 20081 October 20031 December 2003Advanced61 days
August 20081 August 20031 October 2003Advanced61 days
July 200815 July 20031 August 2003Advanced17 days
June 20088 June 200315 July 2003Advanced37 days
May 20088 May 20038 June 2003Advanced31 days
April 200815 April 20038 May 2003Advanced23 days
March 200815 March 200315 April 2003Advanced31 days
February 200822 February 200315 March 2003Advanced21 days
January 200815 January 200322 February 2003Advanced38 days
December 200715 December 200215 January 2003Advanced31 days
November 200715 November 200215 December 2002Advanced30 days
October 20078 October 200215 November 2002Advanced38 days
September 200722 July 20028 October 2002Advanced78 days
August 20071 June 200222 July 2002Advanced51 days
July 200722 April 20021 June 2002Advanced40 days
June 20078 April 200222 April 2002Advanced14 days
May 20071 April 20028 April 2002Advanced7 days
April 200722 March 20021 April 2002Advanced10 days
February 200715 March 200222 March 2002Advanced7 days
January 20071 March 200215 March 2002Advanced14 days
December 20061 September 20011 March 2002Advanced181 days
November 200622 April 20011 September 2001Advanced132 days
October 200622 September 199922 April 2001Advanced578 days
September 20068 September 199922 September 1999Advanced14 days
August 20061 September 19998 September 1999Advanced7 days
July 200622 April 20011 September 1999Retrogressed599 days
June 20061 March 200222 April 2001Retrogressed313 days
April 200622 February 20021 March 2002Advanced7 days
March 20068 February 200222 February 2002Advanced14 days
February 200615 January 20028 February 2002Advanced24 days
January 20061 January 200215 January 2002Advanced14 days
December 20051 December 20011 January 2002Advanced31 days
November 20051 November 20011 December 2001Advanced30 days
October 200522 September 20011 November 2001Advanced40 days
September 200522 July 200122 September 2001Advanced62 days
August 200522 May 200122 July 2001Advanced61 days
July 200522 April 200122 May 2001Advanced30 days
June 20051 March 200122 April 2001Advanced52 days
May 20058 January 20011 March 2001Advanced52 days
April 200515 November 20008 January 2001Advanced54 days
March 20051 October 200015 November 2000Advanced45 days
February 200515 August 20001 October 2000Advanced47 days
January 20051 July 200015 August 2000Advanced45 days
December 20041 June 20001 July 2000Advanced30 days
November 20041 May 20001 June 2000Advanced31 days
October 200415 April 20001 May 2000Advanced16 days
August 20041 March 200015 April 2000Advanced45 days
July 20048 December 19991 March 2000Advanced84 days
June 200415 October 19998 December 1999Advanced54 days
May 200415 July 199915 October 1999Advanced92 days
April 200415 May 199915 July 1999Advanced61 days
March 20041 March 199915 May 1999Advanced75 days
February 20041 January 19991 March 1999Advanced59 days
January 200415 November 19981 January 1999Advanced47 days
December 20038 October 199815 November 1998Advanced38 days
November 200315 September 19988 October 1998Advanced23 days
October 200315 August 199815 September 1998Advanced31 days
September 20031 July 199815 August 1998Advanced45 days
August 200315 May 19981 July 1998Advanced47 days
July 200315 April 199815 May 1998Advanced30 days
June 200315 March 199815 April 1998Advanced31 days
May 20031 February 199815 March 1998Advanced42 days
April 20038 December 19971 February 1998Advanced55 days
March 200315 November 19978 December 1997Advanced23 days
February 200322 October 199715 November 1997Advanced24 days
January 200322 September 199722 October 1997Advanced30 days
December 200215 August 199722 September 1997Advanced38 days
November 200215 July 199715 August 1997Advanced31 days
October 200215 June 199715 July 1997Advanced30 days
September 200215 May 199715 June 1997Advanced31 days
August 200215 April 199715 May 1997Advanced30 days
July 20021 March 199715 April 1997Advanced45 days
June 200215 January 19971 March 1997Advanced45 days
May 20028 December 199615 January 1997Advanced38 days
April 200215 November 19968 December 1996Advanced23 days
March 200222 October 199615 November 1996Advanced24 days
February 20021 October 199622 October 1996Advanced21 days
January 200222 September 19961 October 1996Advanced9 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 answer for every priority date This category is Current in the July 2026 bulletin. There is no backlog and no cut-off to wait for, so every priority date in it is being acted on now. This category is CURRENT in the newest bulletin: there is no backlog, so any priority date is current now. No projection is needed.

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 0 of 3 carried a measurable move nothing measurable not measurable
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 2 of 6 carried a measurable move 62 days forward about 31 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 8 of 12 carried a measurable move 358 days forward about 44.8 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 March 2015 to 22 February 2026
Dates for Filing: F2A, All other countries, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F2A, All other countries, October 2015 – July 2026. 109 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 March 2015 to 22 February 2026. Current (no backlog) in 21 months. C Current — no backlog: April 2022 to August 2023 (17 bulletins) Current — no backlog: April 2026 to July 2026 (4 bulletins) 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 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
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
Dates for Filing — the 24 most recent of 53 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 77 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
April 202622 February 2026CurrentBecame Current
March 202622 January 202622 February 2026Advanced31 days
February 202622 December 202522 January 2026Advanced31 days
January 202622 November 202522 December 2025Advanced30 days
December 202522 October 202522 November 2025Advanced31 days
November 202522 September 202522 October 2025Advanced30 days
October 20251 June 202522 September 2025Advanced113 days
September 20251 April 20251 June 2025Advanced61 days
August 20251 March 20251 April 2025Advanced31 days
July 20251 February 20251 March 2025Advanced28 days
May 202515 October 20241 February 2025Advanced109 days
April 202515 July 202415 October 2024Advanced92 days
October 202415 June 202415 July 2024Advanced30 days
August 20241 November 202315 June 2024Advanced227 days
July 20241 September 20231 November 2023Advanced61 days
September 2023Current1 September 2023Retrogressed from Current
April 20221 December 2021CurrentBecame Current
March 20221 October 20211 December 2021Advanced61 days
January 20221 September 20211 October 2021Advanced30 days
December 20211 June 20211 September 2021Advanced92 days
July 20211 May 20211 June 2021Advanced31 days
June 20211 April 20211 May 2021Advanced30 days
May 20211 March 20211 April 2021Advanced31 days
April 20211 February 20211 March 2021Advanced28 days
Show the earlier 29 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 29 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
March 20211 January 20211 February 2021Advanced31 days
February 20211 August 20201 January 2021Advanced153 days
September 20201 July 20201 August 2020Advanced31 days
August 20201 June 20201 July 2020Advanced30 days
July 20201 May 20201 June 2020Advanced31 days
June 20201 March 20201 May 2020Advanced61 days
May 20201 February 20201 March 2020Advanced29 days
April 20201 January 20201 February 2020Advanced31 days
March 20201 December 20191 January 2020Advanced31 days
February 20201 November 20191 December 2019Advanced30 days
January 20201 October 20191 November 2019Advanced31 days
December 20191 September 20191 October 2019Advanced30 days
November 20191 August 20191 September 2019Advanced31 days
October 20191 July 20191 August 2019Advanced31 days
September 20191 June 20191 July 2019Advanced30 days
August 20198 March 20191 June 2019Advanced85 days
June 20198 January 20188 March 2019Advanced424 days
May 201915 December 20178 January 2018Advanced24 days
April 20198 December 201715 December 2017Advanced7 days
March 20191 December 20178 December 2017Advanced7 days
July 201822 September 20171 December 2017Advanced70 days
April 20181 May 201722 September 2017Advanced144 days
March 20181 November 20161 May 2017Advanced181 days
October 20178 April 20161 November 2016Advanced207 days
May 201722 November 20158 April 2016Advanced138 days
August 201615 October 201522 November 2015Advanced38 days
June 201615 June 201515 October 2015Advanced122 days
January 20161 March 201515 June 2015Advanced106 days
October 2015not published1 March 2015First 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 All other countries has its own column

This page is the column State prints as "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed". It is the queue for every country that does not have its own column — not a global average, and not everyone. A country gets its own column only when demand from applicants chargeable to it exceeds the per-country limit; in the July 2026 bulletin those are China (mainland-born), India, Mexico and the Philippines. If your country of chargeability is not one of those, this column is the one that applies to you.

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 F2A 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 F2A priority date cut-off for All other countries in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 January 2025 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is Current. State printed those cells as "01JAN25" and "C". A priority date earlier than 1 January 2025 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for F2A?
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 F2A and All other countries in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 January 2025 and Current 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 F2A cut-off for All other countries 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 9 times in the published record — 8 in the Final Action Dates chart and 1 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in August 2023, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 8 September 2020 to 8 October 2017 — 1,066 days, or about 2.9 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F2A become current for All other countries?
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 71.1 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 January 2025 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 F2A 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 F2A / All other countries and 258 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01JAN25 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.

All 75 categories in the July 2026 bulletin →