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F3 — Philippines

Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 22 February 2006 · Dates for Filing 8 August 2006 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F3 for Philippines has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 22 February 2006 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 8 August 2006. 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 F3, 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 F3 / 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 22 February 2006. 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 February 2006.

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 236 days forward about 78.7 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 358 days forward about 59.7 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 814 days forward about 67.8 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.

Final Action Dates — the full published history December 2001 – July 2026 · 291 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 1985 to 22 February 2006
Final Action Dates: F3, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F3, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026. 291 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 1985 to 22 February 2006. 9 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 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 No bulletin in the public record: March 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: September 2009 to November 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: October 2012. The line is not drawn across it. Retrogressed July 2003: 15 January 1990 back to 1 January 1988 (745 days backward) Retrogressed August 2004: 1 March 1990 back to 1 September 1988 (546 days backward) Retrogressed September 2004: 1 September 1988 back to 22 August 1987 (376 days backward) Retrogressed May 2006: 8 February 1991 back to 1 July 1988 (952 days backward) Retrogressed August 2006: 1 July 1988 back to 1 December 1985 (943 days backward) Retrogressed March 2007: 8 February 1991 back to 1 September 1990 (160 days backward) Retrogressed April 2007: 1 September 1990 back to 1 January 1985 (2,069 days backward) Retrogressed December 2010: 1 March 1995 back to 1 July 1992 (973 days backward) Retrogressed January 2011: 1 July 1992 back to 22 October 1991 (253 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 (9)
  • 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
July 202622 November 200522 February 2006Advanced92 days
May 20261 July 200522 November 2005Advanced144 days
April 20261 March 20051 July 2005Advanced122 days
January 20261 November 20041 March 2005Advanced120 days
December 202522 September 20041 November 2004Advanced40 days
October 20251 May 200422 September 2004Advanced144 days
September 20251 December 20031 May 2004Advanced152 days
July 202522 September 20031 December 2003Advanced70 days
May 202522 March 200322 September 2003Advanced184 days
April 202522 January 200322 March 2003Advanced59 days
March 20258 November 200222 January 2003Advanced75 days
January 20258 September 20028 November 2002Advanced61 days
July 202422 August 20028 September 2002Advanced17 days
June 20241 August 200222 August 2002Advanced21 days
May 20248 June 20021 August 2002Advanced54 days
June 20211 May 20028 June 2002Advanced38 days
May 20211 April 20021 May 2002Advanced30 days
April 20218 March 20021 April 2002Advanced24 days
March 20211 March 20028 March 2002Advanced7 days
January 202115 February 20021 March 2002Advanced14 days
September 202015 November 200115 February 2002Advanced92 days
August 202015 August 200115 November 2001Advanced92 days
July 202015 April 200115 August 2001Advanced122 days
June 202015 November 200015 April 2001Advanced151 days
Show the earlier 165 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 165 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to January 2002. 2 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 202015 May 200015 November 2000Advanced184 days
April 20201 October 199915 May 2000Advanced227 days
March 20201 May 19991 October 1999Advanced153 days
February 20201 January 19991 May 1999Advanced120 days
January 20201 September 19981 January 1999Advanced122 days
December 20191 June 19981 September 1998Advanced92 days
November 20191 April 19981 June 1998Advanced61 days
October 20191 February 19981 April 1998Advanced59 days
September 20191 October 19971 February 1998Advanced123 days
August 20191 August 19971 October 1997Advanced61 days
July 20191 February 19971 August 1997Advanced181 days
June 20198 October 19961 February 1997Advanced116 days
May 20191 June 19968 October 1996Advanced129 days
April 20191 January 19961 June 1996Advanced152 days
March 201922 August 19951 January 1996Advanced132 days
February 201922 July 199522 August 1995Advanced31 days
January 20198 July 199522 July 1995Advanced14 days
December 201822 June 19958 July 1995Advanced16 days
November 20188 June 199522 June 1995Advanced14 days
October 20181 June 19958 June 1995Advanced7 days
September 20181 May 19951 June 1995Advanced31 days
August 201815 April 19951 May 1995Advanced16 days
July 20188 April 199515 April 1995Advanced7 days
June 20181 April 19958 April 1995Advanced7 days
May 201822 March 19951 April 1995Advanced10 days
March 201815 March 199522 March 1995Advanced7 days
January 20188 March 199515 March 1995Advanced7 days
December 20171 March 19958 March 1995Advanced7 days
November 201722 February 19951 March 1995Advanced7 days
October 201715 February 199522 February 1995Advanced7 days
September 201722 January 199515 February 1995Advanced24 days
August 201715 December 199422 January 1995Advanced38 days
July 20178 October 199415 December 1994Advanced68 days
June 201722 September 19948 October 1994Advanced16 days
May 201715 September 199422 September 1994Advanced7 days
April 20178 September 199415 September 1994Advanced7 days
February 20171 September 19948 September 1994Advanced7 days
January 201715 August 19941 September 1994Advanced17 days
December 20168 August 199415 August 1994Advanced7 days
November 20168 July 19948 August 1994Advanced31 days
October 201615 June 19948 July 1994Advanced23 days
September 201615 March 199415 June 1994Advanced92 days
August 20161 March 199415 March 1994Advanced14 days
July 20161 February 19941 March 1994Advanced28 days
June 201622 January 19941 February 1994Advanced10 days
May 201622 December 199322 January 1994Advanced31 days
April 20168 December 199322 December 1993Advanced14 days
March 201622 November 19938 December 1993Advanced16 days
February 20161 November 199322 November 1993Advanced21 days
January 201622 October 19931 November 1993Advanced10 days
December 20158 October 199322 October 1993Advanced14 days
November 20151 October 19938 October 1993Advanced7 days
October 201515 September 19931 October 1993Advanced16 days
September 201522 August 199315 September 1993Advanced24 days
July 201515 August 199322 August 1993Advanced7 days
May 20158 August 199315 August 1993Advanced7 days
April 20151 August 19938 August 1993Advanced7 days
March 201515 July 19931 August 1993Advanced17 days
February 20158 July 199315 July 1993Advanced7 days
January 201522 June 19938 July 1993Advanced16 days
December 20148 June 199322 June 1993Advanced14 days
November 20141 June 19938 June 1993Advanced7 days
October 201422 May 19931 June 1993Advanced10 days
September 201415 April 199322 May 1993Advanced37 days
August 201422 March 199315 April 1993Advanced24 days
July 20148 March 199322 March 1993Advanced14 days
June 20141 March 19938 March 1993Advanced7 days
May 201422 February 19931 March 1993Advanced7 days
April 201415 February 199322 February 1993Advanced7 days
March 20148 February 199315 February 1993Advanced7 days
February 20141 February 19938 February 1993Advanced7 days
January 201422 January 19931 February 1993Advanced10 days
December 20138 January 199322 January 1993Advanced14 days
November 20131 January 19938 January 1993Advanced7 days
October 201322 December 19921 January 1993Advanced10 days
September 20131 December 199222 December 1992Advanced21 days
August 201322 November 19921 December 1992Advanced9 days
July 201315 November 199222 November 1992Advanced7 days
June 201322 October 199215 November 1992Advanced24 days
May 20131 October 199222 October 1992Advanced21 days
April 201315 September 19921 October 1992Advanced16 days
March 201322 August 199215 September 1992Advanced24 days
February 20138 August 199222 August 1992Advanced14 days
January 20131 August 19928 August 1992Advanced7 days
December 201222 July 19921 August 1992Advanced10 days
February 201215 July 199222 July 1992Advanced7 days
January 20128 July 199215 July 1992Advanced7 days
December 201122 June 19928 July 1992Advanced16 days
November 20118 June 199222 June 1992Advanced14 days
October 201115 May 19928 June 1992Advanced24 days
September 20111 April 199215 May 1992Advanced44 days
August 201122 March 19921 April 1992Advanced10 days
July 20118 March 199222 March 1992Advanced14 days
June 201115 February 19928 March 1992Advanced22 days
May 20111 January 199215 February 1992Advanced45 days
April 20118 December 19911 January 1992Advanced24 days
March 201122 October 19918 December 1991Advanced47 days
January 20111 July 199222 October 1991Retrogressed253 days
December 20101 March 19951 July 1992Retrogressed973 days
October 20101 January 19951 March 1995Advanced59 days
September 20101 May 19941 January 1995Advanced245 days
August 20101 May 19931 May 1994Advanced365 days
July 201022 May 19921 May 1993Advanced344 days
June 20101 May 199222 May 1992Advanced21 days
May 20101 March 19921 May 1992Advanced61 days
March 20101 January 19921 March 1992Advanced60 days
February 20101 December 19911 January 1992Advanced31 days
January 201015 November 19911 December 1991Advanced16 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 20098 August 199115 November 1991Advanced99 days
August 20091 July 19918 August 1991Advanced38 days
June 200922 June 19911 July 1991Advanced9 days
May 200915 June 199122 June 1991Advanced7 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 20091 June 199115 June 1991Advanced14 days
February 200922 May 19911 June 1991Advanced10 days
January 200915 May 199122 May 1991Advanced7 days
December 20088 May 199115 May 1991Advanced7 days
November 20081 May 19918 May 1991Advanced7 days
October 200822 April 19911 May 1991Advanced9 days
September 20081 April 199122 April 1991Advanced21 days
December 20071 March 19911 April 1991Advanced31 days
November 200722 February 19911 March 1991Advanced7 days
October 200715 February 199122 February 1991Advanced7 days
September 20071 January 198515 February 1991Advanced2,236 days
April 20071 September 19901 January 1985Retrogressed2,069 days
March 20078 February 19911 September 1990Retrogressed160 days
November 20061 August 19908 February 1991Advanced191 days
October 20061 December 19851 August 1990Advanced1,704 days
August 20061 July 19881 December 1985Retrogressed943 days
May 20068 February 19911 July 1988Retrogressed952 days
December 20058 January 19918 February 1991Advanced31 days
November 20058 November 19908 January 1991Advanced61 days
October 20058 September 19908 November 1990Advanced61 days
August 20051 September 19908 September 1990Advanced7 days
May 20051 August 19901 September 1990Advanced31 days
April 20051 July 19901 August 1990Advanced31 days
March 20051 June 19901 July 1990Advanced30 days
December 20041 May 19901 June 1990Advanced31 days
November 20041 April 19901 May 1990Advanced30 days
October 200422 August 19871 April 1990Advanced953 days
September 20041 September 198822 August 1987Retrogressed376 days
August 20041 March 19901 September 1988Retrogressed546 days
April 20041 February 19901 March 1990Advanced28 days
March 200415 January 19901 February 1990Advanced17 days
February 20041 September 198915 January 1990Advanced136 days
January 200422 May 19891 September 1989Advanced102 days
December 20031 May 198922 May 1989Advanced21 days
November 20038 February 19891 May 1989Advanced82 days
October 200315 September 19888 February 1989Advanced146 days
September 200322 March 198815 September 1988Advanced177 days
August 20031 January 198822 March 1988Advanced81 days
July 200315 January 19901 January 1988Retrogressed745 days
May 20038 December 198915 January 1990Advanced38 days
January 20031 December 19898 December 1989Advanced7 days
December 20021 November 19891 December 1989Advanced30 days
November 20021 October 19891 November 1989Advanced31 days
October 20021 September 19891 October 1989Advanced30 days
September 20021 July 19891 September 1989Advanced62 days
August 20021 March 19891 July 1989Advanced122 days
July 20021 January 19891 March 1989Advanced59 days
June 20021 November 19881 January 1989Advanced61 days
May 200215 August 19881 November 1988Advanced78 days
April 200215 June 198815 August 1988Advanced61 days
March 20021 May 198815 June 1988Advanced45 days
February 200215 March 19881 May 1988Advanced47 days
January 20021 February 198815 March 1988Advanced43 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 August 2006. 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 August 2006.

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 24 days forward about 8 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 188 days forward about 31.3 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 615 days forward about 51.3 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.

Dates for Filing — the full published history October 2015 – July 2026 · 130 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 1995 to 8 August 2006
Dates for Filing: F3, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F3, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 1995 to 8 August 2006. 1 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. C 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 Retrogressed October 2016: 1 August 1995 back to 1 January 1995 (212 days backward) 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
  • Retrogression — the cut-off moved backward (1)
Dates for Filing — the 24 most recent of 43 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
May 202615 July 20068 August 2006Advanced24 days
April 20261 June 200615 July 2006Advanced44 days
March 20261 February 20061 June 2006Advanced120 days
January 20261 November 20051 February 2006Advanced92 days
November 20251 August 20051 November 2005Advanced92 days
October 20251 May 20051 August 2005Advanced92 days
September 20251 December 20041 May 2005Advanced151 days
July 202522 September 20041 December 2004Advanced70 days
April 20258 May 200422 September 2004Advanced137 days
October 20248 November 20038 May 2004Advanced182 days
April 20221 October 20038 November 2003Advanced38 days
July 20218 August 20031 October 2003Advanced54 days
June 20211 July 20038 August 2003Advanced38 days
May 20211 May 20031 July 2003Advanced61 days
April 20218 January 20031 May 2003Advanced113 days
February 202122 December 20028 January 2003Advanced17 days
September 202022 August 200222 December 2002Advanced122 days
August 202022 April 200222 August 2002Advanced122 days
July 202015 November 200122 April 2002Advanced158 days
June 202022 August 200115 November 2001Advanced85 days
May 202015 January 200122 August 2001Advanced219 days
April 20201 June 200015 January 2001Advanced228 days
March 20201 November 19991 June 2000Advanced213 days
February 20201 September 19991 November 1999Advanced61 days
Show the earlier 19 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 19 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
January 20201 March 19991 September 1999Advanced184 days
December 20191 December 19981 March 1999Advanced90 days
November 20191 October 19981 December 1998Advanced61 days
October 20191 August 19981 October 1998Advanced61 days
September 20191 April 19981 August 1998Advanced122 days
August 20191 February 19981 April 1998Advanced59 days
July 20191 November 19971 February 1998Advanced92 days
June 20191 October 19971 November 1997Advanced31 days
May 20191 September 19971 October 1997Advanced30 days
March 20191 August 19971 September 1997Advanced31 days
February 20191 June 19971 August 1997Advanced61 days
October 20181 August 19951 June 1997Advanced670 days
July 201822 July 19951 August 1995Advanced10 days
May 201815 June 199522 July 1995Advanced37 days
October 20171 March 199515 June 1995Advanced106 days
September 20171 February 19951 March 1995Advanced28 days
May 20171 January 19951 February 1995Advanced31 days
October 20161 August 19951 January 1995Retrogressed212 days
October 2015not published1 August 1995First 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 F3 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 F3 priority date cut-off for Philippines in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 22 February 2006 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 8 August 2006. State printed those cells as "22FEB06" and "08AUG06". A priority date earlier than 22 February 2006 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for F3?
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 F3 and Philippines in the July 2026 bulletin they read 22 February 2006 and 8 August 2006 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 F3 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 10 times in the published record — 9 in the Final Action Dates chart and 1 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in April 2007, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 September 1990 to 1 January 1985 — 2,069 days, or about 5.7 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F3 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 67.8 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 22 February 2006 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 F3 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 F3 / Philippines and 232 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 22FEB06 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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