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Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 22 November 2017 · Dates for Filing 8 June 2018 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F2B for India has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 22 November 2017 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 8 June 2018. 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: 280 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 F2B, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. India 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 F2B / India in 280 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 22 November 2017. 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 November 2017.

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 184 days forward about 61.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 356 days forward about 59.3 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 403 days forward about 33.6 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 · 280 published bulletins · cut-offs from 22 June 1993 to 22 November 2017
Final Action Dates: F2B, India, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F2B, India, December 2001 – July 2026. 280 of 280 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 22 June 1993 to 22 November 2017. 2 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. 4 breaks in the line where months are missing; the line is never drawn across them. C 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 State published a bulletin, but did not list this category: August 2002 to June 2003. The line is not drawn across it. 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 August 2007: 8 June 1998 back to 8 April 1998 (61 days backward) Retrogressed January 2011: 1 June 2005 back to 15 April 2003 (778 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 (2)
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
  • State published a bulletin but did not list this category
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 207 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 73 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 202622 September 201722 November 2017Advanced61 days
June 202622 May 201722 September 2017Advanced123 days
April 20261 December 201622 May 2017Advanced172 days
November 202522 November 20161 December 2016Advanced9 days
October 202515 October 201622 November 2016Advanced38 days
July 202522 September 201615 October 2016Advanced23 days
June 202522 July 201622 September 2016Advanced62 days
April 202522 May 201622 July 2016Advanced61 days
January 20251 May 201622 May 2016Advanced21 days
July 20241 April 20161 May 2016Advanced30 days
May 202422 November 20151 April 2016Advanced131 days
March 20241 October 201522 November 2015Advanced52 days
January 202422 September 20151 October 2015Advanced9 days
August 202115 September 201522 September 2015Advanced7 days
July 202122 August 201515 September 2015Advanced24 days
June 202115 August 201522 August 2015Advanced7 days
May 20218 August 201515 August 2015Advanced7 days
April 202122 July 20158 August 2015Advanced17 days
March 202115 July 201522 July 2015Advanced7 days
February 20218 July 201515 July 2015Advanced7 days
September 20208 June 20158 July 2015Advanced30 days
August 20201 May 20158 June 2015Advanced38 days
July 202015 March 20151 May 2015Advanced47 days
June 202015 January 201515 March 2015Advanced59 days
Show the earlier 183 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 183 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
May 20201 November 201415 January 2015Advanced75 days
April 202015 September 20141 November 2014Advanced47 days
March 202022 August 201415 September 2014Advanced24 days
February 20208 August 201422 August 2014Advanced14 days
December 20198 July 20148 August 2014Advanced31 days
November 20191 June 20148 July 2014Advanced37 days
September 20191 January 20141 June 2014Advanced151 days
August 20191 September 20131 January 2014Advanced122 days
July 201915 May 20131 September 2013Advanced109 days
June 20191 February 201315 May 2013Advanced103 days
May 201922 October 20121 February 2013Advanced102 days
April 20191 August 201222 October 2012Advanced82 days
March 20191 May 20121 August 2012Advanced92 days
February 201915 March 20121 May 2012Advanced47 days
January 201915 February 201215 March 2012Advanced29 days
December 20181 January 201215 February 2012Advanced45 days
November 201822 November 20111 January 2012Advanced40 days
October 20181 November 201122 November 2011Advanced21 days
September 201822 October 20111 November 2011Advanced10 days
August 201815 August 201122 October 2011Advanced68 days
July 201822 June 201115 August 2011Advanced54 days
June 201815 May 201122 June 2011Advanced38 days
May 20188 April 201115 May 2011Advanced37 days
April 20181 March 20118 April 2011Advanced38 days
March 201815 January 20111 March 2011Advanced45 days
February 20181 December 201015 January 2011Advanced45 days
January 201822 November 20101 December 2010Advanced9 days
December 201715 November 201022 November 2010Advanced7 days
November 20178 November 201015 November 2010Advanced7 days
October 20171 November 20108 November 2010Advanced7 days
July 201722 October 20101 November 2010Advanced10 days
June 20171 October 201022 October 2010Advanced21 days
May 201715 September 20101 October 2010Advanced16 days
April 201715 August 201015 September 2010Advanced31 days
March 20178 July 201015 August 2010Advanced38 days
February 20178 June 20108 July 2010Advanced30 days
January 20178 May 20108 June 2010Advanced31 days
December 201615 April 20108 May 2010Advanced23 days
November 201615 March 201015 April 2010Advanced31 days
October 20161 February 201015 March 2010Advanced42 days
September 20168 January 20101 February 2010Advanced24 days
August 20168 December 20098 January 2010Advanced31 days
July 201622 October 20098 December 2009Advanced47 days
June 20161 September 200922 October 2009Advanced51 days
May 201615 June 20091 September 2009Advanced78 days
April 201622 May 200915 June 2009Advanced24 days
March 201615 May 200922 May 2009Advanced7 days
February 20161 April 200915 May 2009Advanced44 days
January 20161 March 20091 April 2009Advanced31 days
December 20158 February 20091 March 2009Advanced21 days
November 201515 January 20098 February 2009Advanced24 days
October 201522 December 200815 January 2009Advanced24 days
September 201515 November 200822 December 2008Advanced37 days
August 201515 October 200815 November 2008Advanced31 days
July 201515 September 200815 October 2008Advanced30 days
May 201522 August 200815 September 2008Advanced24 days
April 20158 July 200822 August 2008Advanced45 days
March 201522 May 20088 July 2008Advanced47 days
February 20151 April 200822 May 2008Advanced51 days
January 201522 February 20081 April 2008Advanced39 days
December 20141 January 200822 February 2008Advanced52 days
November 20141 November 20071 January 2008Advanced61 days
October 20141 September 20071 November 2007Advanced61 days
September 20141 July 20071 September 2007Advanced62 days
August 20141 May 20071 July 2007Advanced61 days
July 20141 April 20071 May 2007Advanced30 days
June 20141 February 20071 April 2007Advanced59 days
May 201422 October 20061 February 2007Advanced102 days
April 20141 September 200622 October 2006Advanced51 days
March 20148 July 20061 September 2006Advanced55 days
February 20141 June 20068 July 2006Advanced37 days
January 20141 May 20061 June 2006Advanced31 days
December 201322 March 20061 May 2006Advanced40 days
November 20131 March 200622 March 2006Advanced21 days
October 201315 February 20061 March 2006Advanced14 days
September 20131 December 200515 February 2006Advanced76 days
August 20131 November 20051 December 2005Advanced30 days
July 20138 July 20051 November 2005Advanced116 days
June 201315 May 20058 July 2005Advanced54 days
May 20138 April 200515 May 2005Advanced37 days
April 20131 March 20058 April 2005Advanced38 days
March 201315 January 20051 March 2005Advanced45 days
February 20138 December 200415 January 2005Advanced38 days
January 201315 November 20048 December 2004Advanced23 days
December 20128 October 200415 November 2004Advanced38 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 201215 September 20048 October 2004Advanced23 days
September 201222 June 200415 September 2004Advanced85 days
August 20121 May 200422 June 2004Advanced52 days
July 201215 April 20041 May 2004Advanced16 days
June 201222 February 200415 April 2004Advanced53 days
May 201215 January 200422 February 2004Advanced38 days
April 201215 November 200315 January 2004Advanced61 days
March 201215 October 200315 November 2003Advanced31 days
February 20128 September 200315 October 2003Advanced37 days
January 201215 August 20038 September 2003Advanced24 days
December 20111 August 200315 August 2003Advanced14 days
November 201115 July 20031 August 2003Advanced17 days
October 20111 July 200315 July 2003Advanced14 days
July 201115 April 20031 July 2003Advanced77 days
January 20111 June 200515 April 2003Retrogressed778 days
November 20101 April 20051 June 2005Advanced61 days
October 20101 January 20051 April 2005Advanced90 days
September 20101 January 20041 January 2005Advanced366 days
August 20101 May 20031 January 2004Advanced245 days
July 201015 November 20021 May 2003Advanced167 days
June 20101 July 200215 November 2002Advanced137 days
May 20101 March 20021 July 2002Advanced122 days
April 20101 February 20021 March 2002Advanced28 days
March 20101 January 20021 February 2002Advanced31 days
February 20101 December 20011 January 2002Advanced31 days
January 20101 November 20011 December 2001Advanced30 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 20091 May 20011 November 2001Advanced184 days
August 200915 April 20011 May 2001Advanced16 days
July 20091 February 200115 April 2001Advanced73 days
June 200915 November 20001 February 2001Advanced78 days
May 20091 September 200015 November 2000Advanced75 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 20098 May 20001 September 2000Advanced116 days
February 200922 March 20008 May 2000Advanced47 days
January 200915 February 200022 March 2000Advanced36 days
December 200815 January 200015 February 2000Advanced31 days
November 200815 December 199915 January 2000Advanced31 days
September 20081 November 199915 December 1999Advanced44 days
August 200815 September 19991 November 1999Advanced47 days
July 20081 August 199915 September 1999Advanced45 days
June 20081 June 19991 August 1999Advanced61 days
May 200822 March 19991 June 1999Advanced71 days
April 20088 February 199922 March 1999Advanced42 days
March 20081 January 19998 February 1999Advanced38 days
February 200822 November 19981 January 1999Advanced40 days
January 200815 October 199822 November 1998Advanced38 days
December 200715 September 199815 October 1998Advanced30 days
November 200715 August 199815 September 1998Advanced31 days
October 20071 July 199815 August 1998Advanced45 days
September 20078 April 19981 July 1998Advanced84 days
August 20078 June 19988 April 1998Retrogressed61 days
July 20071 December 19978 June 1998Advanced189 days
June 20071 October 19971 December 1997Advanced61 days
May 200715 August 19971 October 1997Advanced47 days
April 20071 July 199715 August 1997Advanced45 days
March 200715 May 19971 July 1997Advanced47 days
February 20078 April 199715 May 1997Advanced37 days
January 20078 March 19978 April 1997Advanced31 days
December 20061 February 19978 March 1997Advanced35 days
November 20061 January 19971 February 1997Advanced31 days
October 20061 December 19961 January 1997Advanced31 days
September 200622 September 19961 December 1996Advanced70 days
August 200622 August 199622 September 1996Advanced31 days
July 20061 August 199622 August 1996Advanced21 days
June 200615 July 19961 August 1996Advanced17 days
April 20068 July 199615 July 1996Advanced7 days
March 20061 July 19968 July 1996Advanced7 days
February 200622 June 19961 July 1996Advanced9 days
January 20068 June 199622 June 1996Advanced14 days
December 200522 May 19968 June 1996Advanced17 days
November 200522 April 199622 May 1996Advanced30 days
October 20051 April 199622 April 1996Advanced21 days
September 200522 January 19961 April 1996Advanced70 days
August 20051 January 199622 January 1996Advanced21 days
July 20058 December 19951 January 1996Advanced24 days
June 20058 November 19958 December 1995Advanced30 days
May 200515 October 19958 November 1995Advanced24 days
April 200515 September 199515 October 1995Advanced30 days
March 200522 August 199515 September 1995Advanced24 days
February 20051 August 199522 August 1995Advanced21 days
January 200522 July 19951 August 1995Advanced10 days
December 200415 July 199522 July 1995Advanced7 days
November 20041 July 199515 July 1995Advanced14 days
August 200415 June 19951 July 1995Advanced16 days
June 200415 May 199515 June 1995Advanced31 days
May 20048 May 199515 May 1995Advanced7 days
January 20041 May 19958 May 1995Advanced7 days
October 200315 March 19951 May 1995Advanced47 days
September 200315 January 199515 March 1995Advanced59 days
August 20031 December 199415 January 1995Advanced45 days
July 2003not published1 December 1994First published
August 20021 November 1993not publishedLeft the chart
July 20021 October 19931 November 1993Advanced31 days
June 20021 September 19931 October 1993Advanced30 days
May 20028 August 19931 September 1993Advanced24 days
April 200222 July 19938 August 1993Advanced17 days
March 20028 July 199322 July 1993Advanced14 days
February 20021 July 19938 July 1993Advanced7 days
January 200222 June 19931 July 1993Advanced9 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 8 June 2018. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

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

Enter a priority date to compare it against the July 2026 cut-off of 8 June 2018.

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

How fast has this cut-off actually moved?
Measured movement of the Dates for Filing cut-off over its trailing published bulletins. This describes what already happened. It is not a forecast, and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from.
Window Bulletins used Total movement Average per month
Last 3 bulletins April 2026 – July 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 304 days forward about 101.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 450 days forward about 75 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 523 days forward about 43.6 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 July 2010 to 8 June 2018
Dates for Filing: F2B, India, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F2B, India, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 July 2010 to 8 June 2018. C 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 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 39 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 91 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 202622 March 20188 June 2018Advanced78 days
June 20261 January 201822 March 2018Advanced80 days
May 20268 August 20171 January 2018Advanced146 days
April 202615 March 20178 August 2017Advanced146 days
January 20268 March 201715 March 2017Advanced7 days
November 20251 January 20178 March 2017Advanced66 days
August 20221 October 20161 January 2017Advanced92 days
July 202222 September 20161 October 2016Advanced9 days
July 202115 August 201622 September 2016Advanced38 days
June 202122 June 201615 August 2016Advanced54 days
May 202115 June 201622 June 2016Advanced7 days
April 202122 May 201615 June 2016Advanced24 days
February 20211 May 201622 May 2016Advanced21 days
September 202015 March 20161 May 2016Advanced47 days
August 20201 February 201615 March 2016Advanced43 days
July 20201 December 20151 February 2016Advanced62 days
June 202022 September 20151 December 2015Advanced70 days
May 20201 July 201522 September 2015Advanced83 days
April 202015 May 20151 July 2015Advanced47 days
March 202022 April 201515 May 2015Advanced23 days
February 20208 April 201522 April 2015Advanced14 days
January 20208 February 20158 April 2015Advanced59 days
December 20198 January 20158 February 2015Advanced31 days
November 20191 December 20148 January 2015Advanced38 days
Show the earlier 15 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 15 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
October 201915 October 20141 December 2014Advanced47 days
September 20191 September 201415 October 2014Advanced44 days
August 201915 August 20141 September 2014Advanced17 days
July 20198 August 201415 August 2014Advanced7 days
June 20191 August 20148 August 2014Advanced7 days
May 20191 July 20141 August 2014Advanced31 days
April 201922 June 20141 July 2014Advanced9 days
February 201922 March 201422 June 2014Advanced92 days
September 20188 January 201222 March 2014Advanced804 days
July 20188 September 20118 January 2012Advanced122 days
May 20181 September 20118 September 2011Advanced7 days
May 20178 February 20111 September 2011Advanced205 days
August 201615 December 20108 February 2011Advanced55 days
January 20161 July 201015 December 2010Advanced167 days
October 2015not published1 July 2010First published

How to read this page

What a priority date is

A priority date is the date that fixes your place in the queue for an immigrant visa number. For most family-sponsored categories it is the date the petition was filed; for employment-based categories that require labour certification, it is the date that certification was filed. It is printed on the I-797 receipt or approval notice. Your priority date does not move — the cut-off moves toward it.

Congress caps how many immigrant visas may be issued each year, both in total per category and per country of chargeability. When more people want a category than the cap allows, a queue forms, and State publishes a cut-off date each month: the priority date it has reached. If your priority date is earlier than the cut-off, your turn has come in that chart.

Why India has its own column

Chargeability is normally your country of birth — not your citizenship or where you live. State gives India 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 F2B 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 F2B priority date cut-off for India in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 22 November 2017 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 8 June 2018. State printed those cells as "22NOV17" and "08JUN18". A priority date earlier than 22 November 2017 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for F2B?
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 F2B and India in the July 2026 bulletin they read 22 November 2017 and 8 June 2018 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 F2B cut-off for India 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 2 times in the published record — 2 in the Final Action Dates chart and 0 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in January 2011, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 June 2005 to 15 April 2003 — 778 days, or about 2.1 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F2B become current for India?
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 33.6 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 22 November 2017 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 F2B 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 280 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 410 published cut-off cells for F2B / India and 246 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 22NOV17 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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