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F2A — Mexico

Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 1 January 2024 · Dates for Filing Current · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F2A for Mexico has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 January 2024 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. 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 F2A / 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 1 January 2024. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

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

Enter a priority date to compare it against the July 2026 cut-off of 1 January 2024.

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

How fast has this cut-off actually moved?
Measured movement of the 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 334 days forward about 111.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 334 days forward about 55.7 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 699 days forward about 58.3 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 October 1994 to 1 January 2024
Final Action Dates: F2A, Mexico, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F2A, Mexico, December 2001 – July 2026. 243 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 22 October 1994 to 1 January 2024. Current (no backlog) in 45 months. Unavailable (no visas issued) in 3 months. 4 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 July 2022 (37 bulletins) Current — no backlog: October 2022 to March 2023 (6 bulletins) 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 No bulletin in the public record: March 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: September 2009 to November 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: October 2012. The line is not drawn across it. Retrogressed January 2011: 1 March 2010 back to 1 April 2005 (1,795 days backward) Retrogressed March 2014: 1 September 2013 back to 15 April 2012 (504 days backward) Retrogressed June 2014: 15 April 2012 back to 15 March 2011 (397 days backward) Retrogressed August 2023: 1 November 2018 back to 1 September 2016 (791 days backward) U Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2008 to September 2008 (3 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 (4)
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
  • U — Unavailable: no visas issued. Not a date either
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 189 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 101 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 20231 January 2024Advanced153 days
May 20261 February 20231 August 2023Advanced181 days
October 20251 February 20221 February 2023Advanced365 days
July 202515 May 20211 February 2022Advanced262 days
January 202515 April 202115 May 2021Advanced30 days
November 20248 March 202115 April 2021Advanced38 days
October 20241 February 20218 March 2021Advanced35 days
June 20248 November 20201 February 2021Advanced85 days
May 202415 August 20208 November 2020Advanced85 days
April 202415 June 202015 August 2020Advanced61 days
March 20241 February 202015 June 2020Advanced135 days
February 202422 October 20191 February 2020Advanced102 days
January 20241 February 201922 October 2019Advanced263 days
October 20231 September 20161 February 2019Advanced883 days
August 20231 November 20181 September 2016Retrogressed791 days
April 2023Current1 November 2018Retrogressed from Current
October 202222 April 2019CurrentBecame Current
August 2022Current22 April 2019Retrogressed from Current
July 20191 July 2017CurrentBecame Current
June 20191 May 20171 July 2017Advanced61 days
May 201915 February 20171 May 2017Advanced75 days
April 201915 December 201615 February 2017Advanced62 days
March 201915 November 201615 December 2016Advanced30 days
February 201915 October 201615 November 2016Advanced31 days
Show the earlier 165 changes — back to June 2002
The remaining 165 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to June 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
January 201922 September 201615 October 2016Advanced23 days
December 20181 September 201622 September 2016Advanced21 days
November 20181 August 20161 September 2016Advanced31 days
October 20181 July 20161 August 2016Advanced31 days
August 20188 June 20161 July 2016Advanced23 days
July 20188 May 20168 June 2016Advanced31 days
June 201822 April 20168 May 2016Advanced16 days
May 20181 April 201622 April 2016Advanced21 days
April 20181 March 20161 April 2016Advanced31 days
March 20181 February 20161 March 2016Advanced29 days
February 20181 January 20161 February 2016Advanced31 days
January 201815 November 20151 January 2016Advanced47 days
December 20171 November 201515 November 2015Advanced14 days
November 201715 October 20151 November 2015Advanced17 days
October 201722 September 201515 October 2015Advanced23 days
September 20171 September 201522 September 2015Advanced21 days
August 201722 August 20151 September 2015Advanced10 days
July 201722 July 201522 August 2015Advanced31 days
June 201722 June 201522 July 2015Advanced30 days
May 201722 May 201522 June 2015Advanced31 days
April 201722 April 201522 May 2015Advanced30 days
March 20171 April 201522 April 2015Advanced21 days
February 20178 March 20151 April 2015Advanced24 days
January 201715 February 20158 March 2015Advanced21 days
December 20168 January 201515 February 2015Advanced38 days
November 20161 December 20148 January 2015Advanced38 days
October 20161 September 20141 December 2014Advanced91 days
June 201615 August 20141 September 2014Advanced17 days
May 201622 July 201415 August 2014Advanced24 days
April 201615 June 201422 July 2014Advanced37 days
March 20168 June 201415 June 2014Advanced7 days
February 20161 June 20148 June 2014Advanced7 days
January 20168 May 20141 June 2014Advanced24 days
December 20151 April 20148 May 2014Advanced37 days
November 20151 March 20141 April 2014Advanced31 days
October 20151 February 20141 March 2014Advanced28 days
September 20151 November 20131 February 2014Advanced92 days
August 201515 September 20131 November 2013Advanced47 days
July 20158 August 201315 September 2013Advanced38 days
May 20158 July 20138 August 2013Advanced31 days
April 201522 May 20138 July 2013Advanced47 days
March 201522 April 201322 May 2013Advanced30 days
February 201522 February 201322 April 2013Advanced59 days
January 20151 January 201322 February 2013Advanced52 days
December 201422 September 20121 January 2013Advanced101 days
November 201422 July 201222 September 2012Advanced62 days
October 201422 April 201222 July 2012Advanced91 days
September 201415 March 201122 April 2012Advanced404 days
June 201415 April 201215 March 2011Retrogressed397 days
March 20141 September 201315 April 2012Retrogressed504 days
October 2013Current1 September 2013Retrogressed from Current
August 20131 September 2011CurrentBecame Current
July 20138 May 20111 September 2011Advanced116 days
June 20131 February 20118 May 2011Advanced96 days
May 20131 December 20101 February 2011Advanced62 days
April 201315 November 20101 December 2010Advanced16 days
March 20138 October 201015 November 2010Advanced38 days
February 20131 September 20108 October 2010Advanced37 days
January 20131 August 20101 September 2010Advanced31 days
December 201222 June 20101 August 2010Advanced40 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 201215 April 201022 June 2010Advanced68 days
September 20121 March 201015 April 2010Advanced45 days
August 20121 February 20101 March 2010Advanced28 days
July 20128 December 20091 February 2010Advanced55 days
June 201215 October 20098 December 2009Advanced54 days
May 20121 September 200915 October 2009Advanced44 days
April 20121 July 20091 September 2009Advanced62 days
March 20128 May 20091 July 2009Advanced54 days
February 201222 March 20098 May 2009Advanced47 days
January 20128 February 200922 March 2009Advanced42 days
December 20111 December 20088 February 2009Advanced69 days
November 201115 October 20081 December 2008Advanced47 days
October 201122 September 200815 October 2008Advanced23 days
September 20111 June 200822 September 2008Advanced113 days
August 201115 February 20081 June 2008Advanced107 days
July 201122 July 200715 February 2008Advanced208 days
June 20111 January 200722 July 2007Advanced202 days
May 20111 July 20061 January 2007Advanced184 days
April 20111 January 20061 July 2006Advanced181 days
March 20111 April 20051 January 2006Advanced275 days
January 20111 March 20101 April 2005Retrogressed1,795 days
November 20101 January 20101 March 2010Advanced59 days
October 20101 January 20091 January 2010Advanced365 days
September 20101 March 20081 January 2009Advanced306 days
August 20101 June 20071 March 2008Advanced274 days
July 20101 December 20061 June 2007Advanced182 days
June 20101 June 20051 December 2006Advanced548 days
May 20101 January 20051 June 2005Advanced151 days
April 20101 July 20041 January 2005Advanced184 days
March 20101 March 20041 July 2004Advanced122 days
February 20101 January 20041 March 2004Advanced60 days
January 20101 October 20031 January 2004Advanced92 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 200922 September 20021 October 2003Advanced374 days
August 200922 June 200222 September 2002Advanced92 days
July 200915 May 200222 June 2002Advanced38 days
June 20091 April 200215 May 2002Advanced44 days
May 20091 January 20021 April 2002Advanced90 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 200922 September 20011 January 2002Advanced101 days
February 200915 August 200122 September 2001Advanced38 days
January 20091 August 200115 August 2001Advanced14 days
December 200815 July 20011 August 2001Advanced17 days
November 20081 May 200115 July 2001Advanced75 days
October 2008Unavailable1 May 2001Became available again
July 20081 May 2002UnavailableBecame Unavailable
October 20071 April 20021 May 2002Advanced30 days
September 20071 November 20011 April 2002Advanced151 days
August 20071 August 20011 November 2001Advanced92 days
July 20071 May 20011 August 2001Advanced92 days
June 20071 January 20011 May 2001Advanced120 days
May 20071 December 20001 January 2001Advanced31 days
April 200715 August 20001 December 2000Advanced108 days
March 200715 May 200015 August 2000Advanced92 days
February 200715 March 200015 May 2000Advanced61 days
January 200715 January 200015 March 2000Advanced60 days
December 20061 December 199915 January 2000Advanced45 days
November 200615 October 19991 December 1999Advanced47 days
October 200622 September 199915 October 1999Advanced23 days
September 20068 September 199922 September 1999Advanced14 days
August 20061 September 19998 September 1999Advanced7 days
July 200622 July 19991 September 1999Advanced41 days
June 200615 June 199922 July 1999Advanced37 days
April 200615 May 199915 June 1999Advanced31 days
March 200615 April 199915 May 1999Advanced30 days
February 200615 February 199915 April 1999Advanced59 days
January 200615 December 199815 February 1999Advanced62 days
December 20051 November 199815 December 1998Advanced44 days
November 20051 October 19981 November 1998Advanced31 days
October 200515 August 19981 October 1998Advanced47 days
September 20051 July 199815 August 1998Advanced45 days
August 200522 May 19981 July 1998Advanced40 days
July 200522 April 199822 May 1998Advanced30 days
June 20051 March 199822 April 1998Advanced52 days
May 200515 January 19981 March 1998Advanced45 days
April 200515 December 199715 January 1998Advanced31 days
March 200515 November 199715 December 1997Advanced30 days
February 200515 October 199715 November 1997Advanced31 days
January 200522 September 199715 October 1997Advanced23 days
December 200415 September 199722 September 1997Advanced7 days
August 200415 August 199715 September 1997Advanced31 days
July 20041 June 199715 August 1997Advanced75 days
June 20041 April 19971 June 1997Advanced61 days
May 20041 January 19971 April 1997Advanced90 days
April 20041 November 19961 January 1997Advanced61 days
March 20041 August 19961 November 1996Advanced92 days
February 20041 June 19961 August 1996Advanced61 days
January 20048 April 19961 June 1996Advanced54 days
December 200315 March 19968 April 1996Advanced24 days
November 20031 March 199615 March 1996Advanced14 days
October 20031 February 19961 March 1996Advanced29 days
September 200315 January 19961 February 1996Advanced17 days
August 200315 December 199515 January 1996Advanced31 days
July 20031 November 199515 December 1995Advanced44 days
June 20031 October 19951 November 1995Advanced31 days
May 200315 August 19951 October 1995Advanced47 days
April 20031 July 199515 August 1995Advanced45 days
March 20038 June 19951 July 1995Advanced23 days
February 200315 May 19958 June 1995Advanced24 days
January 20038 April 199515 May 1995Advanced37 days
December 20021 March 19958 April 1995Advanced38 days
November 20021 February 19951 March 1995Advanced28 days
October 20028 January 19951 February 1995Advanced24 days
September 200215 December 19948 January 1995Advanced24 days
August 200222 November 199415 December 1994Advanced23 days
July 20028 November 199422 November 1994Advanced14 days
June 200222 October 19948 November 1994Advanced17 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, Mexico, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F2A, Mexico, 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 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 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 Mexico in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 January 2024 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is Current. State printed those cells as "01JAN24" and "C". A priority date earlier than 1 January 2024 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 Mexico in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 January 2024 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 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 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 January 2011, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 March 2010 to 1 April 2005 — 1,795 days, or about 4.9 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F2A 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 58.3 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 January 2024 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 / Mexico and 242 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01JAN24 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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