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Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 15 May 2013 · Dates for Filing 1 October 2013 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F2B for Philippines has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 15 May 2013 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 1 October 2013. 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 F2B, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. Philippines has its own column because demand from applicants chargeable there exceeds the per-country limit, so its cut-offs are usually further behind than the "all other countries" column.

This is not legal advice This page republishes cut-off dates exactly as the State Department published them. It cannot tell you what will happen to your case, and being current in a chart is not the same as a visa being issued. Cut-off dates routinely stall, and they can move backward without warning. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Final Action Dates

The chart that decides whether a visa can be issued. State has published a Final Action Dates figure for F2B / Philippines in 291 bulletins since December 2001.

Final Action Dates: when would a priority date be reached?

The cut-off to compare against The Final Action Dates cut-off in the July 2026 bulletin is 15 May 2013. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

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

Enter a priority date to compare it against the July 2026 cut-off of 15 May 2013.

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

How fast has this cut-off actually moved?
Measured movement of the Final Action Dates cut-off over its trailing published bulletins. This describes what already happened. It is not a forecast, and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from.
Window Bulletins used Total movement Average per month
Last 3 bulletins April 2026 – July 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 37 days forward about 12.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 144 days forward about 24 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 395 days forward about 32.9 days forward

This table describes what already happened; it is not a forecast and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from. A pace can be zero, or negative when the cut-off has been moving backward, and some windows have nothing measurable in them at all — a category that spent the window Current or Unavailable has no distance to average. A category State has stopped moving can also keep showing a pace from a window that closed years ago, which describes that window and nothing since.

Final Action Dates — the full published history December 2001 – July 2026 · 291 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 December 1992 to 15 May 2013
Final Action Dates: F2B, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F2B, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026. 291 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 December 1992 to 15 May 2013. 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 1995 2000 2005 2010 No bulletin in the public record: March 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: September 2009 to November 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: October 2012. The line is not drawn across it. Retrogressed August 2006: 8 July 1996 back to 1 December 1992 (1,315 days backward) Retrogressed December 2010: 1 September 2002 back to 1 March 2000 (914 days backward) Retrogressed January 2011: 1 March 2000 back to 15 May 1999 (291 days backward) Retrogressed December 2017: 1 January 2007 back to 1 July 2006 (184 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 (4)
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 203 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 87 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 20268 April 201315 May 2013Advanced37 days
April 202622 December 20128 April 2013Advanced107 days
January 20268 October 201222 December 2012Advanced75 days
December 20251 October 20128 October 2012Advanced7 days
October 20251 May 20121 October 2012Advanced153 days
September 202515 April 20121 May 2012Advanced16 days
July 20258 February 201215 April 2012Advanced67 days
May 202522 January 20128 February 2012Advanced17 days
April 202522 October 201122 January 2012Advanced92 days
August 202115 October 201122 October 2011Advanced7 days
June 202115 September 201115 October 2011Advanced30 days
May 20211 September 201115 September 2011Advanced14 days
April 202115 August 20111 September 2011Advanced17 days
January 20211 August 201115 August 2011Advanced14 days
September 20201 April 20111 August 2011Advanced122 days
August 20201 January 20111 April 2011Advanced90 days
July 20201 September 20101 January 2011Advanced122 days
June 20201 June 20101 September 2010Advanced92 days
May 20201 February 20101 June 2010Advanced120 days
April 20201 October 20091 February 2010Advanced123 days
March 20201 May 20091 October 2009Advanced153 days
February 20201 February 20091 May 2009Advanced89 days
January 20201 December 20081 February 2009Advanced62 days
December 20191 October 20081 December 2008Advanced61 days
Show the earlier 179 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 179 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 20191 September 20081 October 2008Advanced30 days
October 20191 August 20081 September 2008Advanced31 days
September 20191 April 20081 August 2008Advanced122 days
August 20191 January 20081 April 2008Advanced91 days
July 201915 November 20071 January 2008Advanced47 days
June 20191 October 200715 November 2007Advanced45 days
May 20191 August 20071 October 2007Advanced61 days
April 201922 July 20071 August 2007Advanced10 days
March 20191 July 200722 July 2007Advanced21 days
February 201922 June 20071 July 2007Advanced9 days
January 20198 June 200722 June 2007Advanced14 days
December 20181 June 20078 June 2007Advanced7 days
November 201815 May 20071 June 2007Advanced17 days
October 201822 April 200715 May 2007Advanced23 days
September 201815 February 200722 April 2007Advanced66 days
August 20181 February 200715 February 2007Advanced14 days
July 201815 January 20071 February 2007Advanced17 days
June 201815 December 200615 January 2007Advanced31 days
May 20181 November 200615 December 2006Advanced44 days
April 20188 September 20061 November 2006Advanced54 days
March 201822 July 20068 September 2006Advanced48 days
February 20181 July 200622 July 2006Advanced21 days
December 20171 January 20071 July 2006Retrogressed184 days
September 20178 December 20061 January 2007Advanced24 days
August 20171 November 20068 December 2006Advanced37 days
July 201722 September 20061 November 2006Advanced40 days
June 20171 August 200622 September 2006Advanced52 days
May 201715 June 20061 August 2006Advanced47 days
April 20171 May 200615 June 2006Advanced45 days
March 20178 April 20061 May 2006Advanced23 days
January 20171 March 20068 April 2006Advanced38 days
December 201615 February 20061 March 2006Advanced14 days
November 20161 January 200615 February 2006Advanced45 days
October 20161 December 20051 January 2006Advanced31 days
September 201615 September 20051 December 2005Advanced77 days
August 20161 July 200515 September 2005Advanced76 days
July 20161 June 20051 July 2005Advanced30 days
June 20161 May 20051 June 2005Advanced31 days
May 20161 April 20051 May 2005Advanced30 days
April 20161 March 20051 April 2005Advanced31 days
March 20161 February 20051 March 2005Advanced28 days
February 20161 January 20051 February 2005Advanced31 days
January 20161 December 20041 January 2005Advanced31 days
December 20151 November 20041 December 2004Advanced30 days
November 20151 October 20041 November 2004Advanced31 days
October 20158 September 20041 October 2004Advanced23 days
September 201522 May 20048 September 2004Advanced109 days
August 201515 May 200422 May 2004Advanced7 days
July 20151 May 200415 May 2004Advanced14 days
June 201522 April 20041 May 2004Advanced9 days
May 20151 April 200422 April 2004Advanced21 days
April 201522 March 20041 April 2004Advanced10 days
March 201522 February 200422 March 2004Advanced29 days
February 20151 February 200422 February 2004Advanced21 days
January 201515 January 20041 February 2004Advanced17 days
December 20141 January 200415 January 2004Advanced14 days
November 201415 December 20031 January 2004Advanced17 days
October 20141 December 200315 December 2003Advanced14 days
September 20148 October 20031 December 2003Advanced54 days
August 201415 August 20038 October 2003Advanced54 days
July 201415 July 200315 August 2003Advanced31 days
June 201422 June 200315 July 2003Advanced23 days
May 20148 June 200322 June 2003Advanced14 days
March 201422 May 20038 June 2003Advanced17 days
February 20141 May 200322 May 2003Advanced21 days
January 201422 March 20031 May 2003Advanced40 days
December 20131 March 200322 March 2003Advanced21 days
November 20138 February 20031 March 2003Advanced21 days
October 201322 January 20038 February 2003Advanced17 days
September 201322 December 200222 January 2003Advanced31 days
July 20131 November 200222 December 2002Advanced51 days
June 20138 September 20021 November 2002Advanced54 days
May 201315 July 20028 September 2002Advanced55 days
April 20138 June 200215 July 2002Advanced37 days
March 201315 May 20028 June 2002Advanced24 days
February 201315 April 200215 May 2002Advanced30 days
January 201322 March 200215 April 2002Advanced24 days
December 201215 February 200222 March 2002Advanced35 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20121 January 200215 February 2002Advanced45 days
August 201222 December 20011 January 2002Advanced10 days
July 20128 December 200122 December 2001Advanced14 days
March 20121 November 20018 December 2001Advanced37 days
February 20121 September 20011 November 2001Advanced61 days
January 201215 August 20011 September 2001Advanced17 days
December 201115 July 200115 August 2001Advanced31 days
November 20111 May 200115 July 2001Advanced75 days
October 201122 March 20011 May 2001Advanced40 days
September 20111 December 200022 March 2001Advanced111 days
August 201122 September 20001 December 2000Advanced70 days
July 20118 June 200022 September 2000Advanced106 days
June 20111 March 20008 June 2000Advanced99 days
May 20111 December 19991 March 2000Advanced91 days
April 20111 August 19991 December 1999Advanced122 days
March 20111 June 19991 August 1999Advanced61 days
February 201115 May 19991 June 1999Advanced17 days
January 20111 March 200015 May 1999Retrogressed291 days
December 20101 September 20021 March 2000Retrogressed914 days
October 20101 August 20021 September 2002Advanced31 days
September 20101 August 20011 August 2002Advanced365 days
August 20101 March 20001 August 2001Advanced518 days
July 20108 March 19991 March 2000Advanced359 days
June 201015 November 19988 March 1999Advanced113 days
May 201015 September 199815 November 1998Advanced61 days
April 201022 August 199815 September 1998Advanced24 days
March 201015 July 199822 August 1998Advanced38 days
February 20101 July 199815 July 1998Advanced14 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 20091 May 19981 July 1998Advanced61 days
August 20091 April 19981 May 1998Advanced30 days
June 20091 February 19981 April 1998Advanced59 days
May 200915 January 19981 February 1998Advanced17 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 200915 October 199715 January 1998Advanced92 days
February 20091 September 199715 October 1997Advanced44 days
January 200915 July 19971 September 1997Advanced48 days
December 200815 June 199715 July 1997Advanced30 days
November 20088 May 199715 June 1997Advanced38 days
October 20088 April 19978 May 1997Advanced30 days
September 200815 March 19978 April 1997Advanced24 days
August 20081 March 199715 March 1997Advanced14 days
July 200822 February 19971 March 1997Advanced7 days
June 200815 February 199722 February 1997Advanced7 days
May 20081 February 199715 February 1997Advanced14 days
March 200822 January 19971 February 1997Advanced10 days
February 200815 January 199722 January 1997Advanced7 days
January 20081 January 199715 January 1997Advanced14 days
December 200722 December 19961 January 1997Advanced10 days
November 20078 December 199622 December 1996Advanced14 days
October 200715 November 19968 December 1996Advanced23 days
September 200722 October 199615 November 1996Advanced24 days
August 20071 October 199622 October 1996Advanced21 days
February 20078 September 19961 October 1996Advanced23 days
January 200722 August 19968 September 1996Advanced17 days
December 200615 August 199622 August 1996Advanced7 days
November 200622 July 199615 August 1996Advanced24 days
October 20061 January 199422 July 1996Advanced933 days
September 20061 December 19921 January 1994Advanced396 days
August 20068 July 19961 December 1992Retrogressed1,315 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 200322 October 19941 December 1994Advanced40 days
June 20031 October 199422 October 1994Advanced21 days
May 200315 August 19941 October 1994Advanced47 days
April 20031 July 199415 August 1994Advanced45 days
March 200322 May 19941 July 1994Advanced40 days
February 200322 April 199422 May 1994Advanced30 days
January 20038 April 199422 April 1994Advanced14 days
December 20021 March 19948 April 1994Advanced38 days
November 20021 February 19941 March 1994Advanced28 days
October 20028 January 19941 February 1994Advanced24 days
September 20028 December 19938 January 1994Advanced31 days
August 20021 November 19938 December 1993Advanced37 days
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 1 October 2013. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

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

Enter a priority date to compare it against the July 2026 cut-off of 1 October 2013.

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

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

The cut-off has held at 1 October 2013 across the trailing published bulletins. A cut-off that is not moving gives nothing to project from: any "months to wait" figure derived from a pace of zero would be an artefact of the arithmetic, not information about this category. This page therefore shows no such figure.

How fast has this cut-off actually moved?
Measured movement of the Dates for Filing cut-off over its trailing published bulletins. This describes what already happened. It is not a forecast, and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from.
Window Bulletins used Total movement Average per month
Last 3 bulletins April 2026 – July 2026 3 of 3 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 0 days about 0 days

This table describes what already happened; it is not a forecast and it is not what any estimate on this page is computed from. A pace can be zero, or negative when the cut-off has been moving backward, and some windows have nothing measurable in them at all — a category that spent the window Current or Unavailable has no distance to average. A category State has stopped moving can also keep showing a pace from a window that closed years ago, which describes that window and nothing since.

Dates for Filing — the full published history October 2015 – July 2026 · 130 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 2005 to 1 October 2013
Dates for Filing: F2B, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F2B, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 2005 to 1 October 2013. C 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 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 34 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 96 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 20211 August 20131 October 2013Advanced61 days
June 20218 January 20131 August 2013Advanced205 days
May 20218 November 20128 January 2013Advanced61 days
April 202115 April 20128 November 2012Advanced207 days
February 20211 April 201215 April 2012Advanced14 days
September 20201 December 20111 April 2012Advanced122 days
August 20201 August 20111 December 2011Advanced122 days
July 20201 May 20111 August 2011Advanced92 days
June 20201 February 20111 May 2011Advanced89 days
May 20201 October 20101 February 2011Advanced123 days
April 20201 June 20101 October 2010Advanced122 days
March 20201 November 20091 June 2010Advanced212 days
February 20201 October 20091 November 2009Advanced31 days
January 20201 June 20091 October 2009Advanced122 days
December 20191 April 20091 June 2009Advanced61 days
November 20191 March 20091 April 2009Advanced31 days
October 20191 February 20091 March 2009Advanced28 days
September 20191 November 20081 February 2009Advanced92 days
August 20191 August 20081 November 2008Advanced92 days
July 20191 July 20081 August 2008Advanced31 days
June 201915 May 20081 July 2008Advanced47 days
May 20191 March 200815 May 2008Advanced75 days
April 201922 January 20081 March 2008Advanced39 days
March 201915 January 200822 January 2008Advanced7 days
Show the earlier 10 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 10 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
February 201915 December 200715 January 2008Advanced31 days
July 20188 September 200715 December 2007Advanced98 days
May 20181 September 20078 September 2007Advanced7 days
October 201722 July 20071 September 2007Advanced41 days
May 20171 February 200722 July 2007Advanced171 days
October 20161 February 20061 February 2007Advanced365 days
August 20161 January 20061 February 2006Advanced31 days
June 20161 May 20051 January 2006Advanced245 days
November 20151 January 20051 May 2005Advanced120 days
October 2015not published1 January 2005First published

How to read this page

What a priority date is

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

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

Why Philippines has its own column

Chargeability is normally your country of birth — not your citizenship or where you live. State gives Philippines its own column because demand from applicants chargeable there exceeds the per-country limit, so its queue is tracked separately and its cut-offs are usually further behind than the "all other countries" column. Applicants from countries without their own column are all counted together in that column instead.

The two charts are not interchangeable

Final Action Dates is when a visa can actually be issued or a green card approved. Dates for Filing is when the application may be submitted; it is usually the earlier and more optimistic of the two, and being past it does not mean a visa can be issued. Which chart U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will accept for adjustment-of-status filings is announced by USCIS each month and is not decided by State or by this site. The Dates for Filing chart was introduced in October 2015 and does not exist for any earlier bulletin.

What Current and Unavailable mean

Current (printed C) means there is no backlog at all: every priority date in the category is being acted on. Unavailable (printed U) means no visas are being issued in the category at all that month — usually because the annual limit has been reached. Neither is a date, and neither can be compared to one, so this site never plots them on a date axis and never projects from them.

Retrogression: the cut-off can move backward

A cut-off is not a promise and does not only move forward. When more people apply than the annual limit allows — often after a period of rapid advancement draws in filings — State pulls the cut-off back to an earlier date. This is called retrogression, and it can undo years of progress in a single bulletin. It has happened 359 times across the whole published record this site holds. The largest on record is F3 for Mexico in August 2006, which moved back 12.79 years in one month. Retrogressions on this page are marked on the chart with a ▼ mark and listed in the movement tables with a ↓ glyph — never by colour alone.

Where 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 Philippines in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 15 May 2013 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 1 October 2013. State printed those cells as "15MAY13" and "01OCT13". A priority date earlier than 15 May 2013 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 Philippines in the July 2026 bulletin they read 15 May 2013 and 1 October 2013 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 Philippines ever moved backward?
Yes. Moving backward is called retrogression, and it happens when more people apply in a category than the annual limit allows, forcing State to pull the cut-off back to an earlier date. This combination has retrogressed 4 times in the published record — 4 in the Final Action Dates chart and 0 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in August 2006, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 8 July 1996 to 1 December 1992 — 1,315 days, or about 3.6 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F2B become current for Philippines?
Nobody can tell you that, and this site does not claim to. What can be measured is the pace: over the trailing published bulletins the Final Action Dates cut-off has advanced by an average of about 32.9 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 15 May 2013 forward at that pace to estimate which bulletin would reach a given priority date. That is an estimate and assumes the pace holds. It is not a prediction and not a guarantee: cut-off dates routinely stall, and they can move backward without warning. This is not legal advice.
Where does this 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 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 F2B / Philippines and 237 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 15MAY13 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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