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F4 — Philippines

Family-sponsored preference · Final Action Dates 1 August 2007 · Dates for Filing 22 March 2008 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, F4 for Philippines has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 August 2007 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 22 March 2008. 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 F4, 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 F4 / 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 1 August 2007. 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 August 2007.

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 181 days forward about 60.3 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 375 days forward about 62.5 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 577 days forward about 48.1 days forward

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

Final Action Dates — the full published history December 2001 – July 2026 · 291 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 November 1979 to 1 August 2007
Final Action Dates: F4, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for F4, Philippines, December 2001 – July 2026. 291 of 291 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 November 1979 to 1 August 2007. 2 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 1980 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 1982 back to 1 February 1981 (348 days backward) Retrogressed December 2010: 1 April 1991 back to 1 January 1988 (1,186 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
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 217 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 202615 July 20071 August 2007Advanced17 days
May 20261 February 200715 July 2007Advanced164 days
April 20261 September 20061 February 2007Advanced153 days
March 202622 July 20061 September 2006Advanced41 days
January 202615 July 200622 July 2006Advanced7 days
December 202522 March 200615 July 2006Advanced115 days
October 20251 January 200622 March 2006Advanced80 days
July 20251 June 20051 January 2006Advanced214 days
May 20251 January 20051 June 2005Advanced151 days
April 202515 October 20041 January 2005Advanced78 days
March 20251 May 200415 October 2004Advanced167 days
January 20251 February 20041 May 2004Advanced90 days
July 20241 December 20031 February 2004Advanced62 days
June 20248 September 20031 December 2003Advanced84 days
May 202415 June 20038 September 2003Advanced85 days
March 202415 October 200215 June 2003Advanced243 days
January 202422 August 200215 October 2002Advanced54 days
September 20218 August 200222 August 2002Advanced14 days
August 202122 June 20028 August 2002Advanced47 days
July 20218 June 200222 June 2002Advanced14 days
June 20211 May 20028 June 2002Advanced38 days
May 20218 April 20021 May 2002Advanced23 days
April 20211 March 20028 April 2002Advanced38 days
March 20211 February 20021 March 2002Advanced28 days
Show the earlier 193 changes — back to January 2002
The remaining 193 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
January 20211 January 20021 February 2002Advanced31 days
September 20201 September 20011 January 2002Advanced122 days
August 20201 June 20011 September 2001Advanced92 days
July 20201 February 20011 June 2001Advanced120 days
June 20201 October 20001 February 2001Advanced123 days
May 20201 May 20001 October 2000Advanced153 days
April 20201 December 19991 May 2000Advanced152 days
March 20201 July 19991 December 1999Advanced153 days
February 20201 March 19991 July 1999Advanced122 days
January 202015 December 19981 March 1999Advanced76 days
December 20191 September 199815 December 1998Advanced105 days
November 20198 July 19981 September 1998Advanced55 days
October 20191 July 19988 July 1998Advanced7 days
September 20191 May 19981 July 1998Advanced61 days
August 20191 January 19981 May 1998Advanced120 days
July 20191 June 19971 January 1998Advanced214 days
June 20191 March 19971 June 1997Advanced92 days
May 20191 June 19961 March 1997Advanced273 days
April 20191 January 19961 June 1996Advanced152 days
March 20191 October 19951 January 1996Advanced92 days
February 20191 September 19951 October 1995Advanced30 days
January 201915 July 19951 September 1995Advanced48 days
December 201815 June 199515 July 1995Advanced30 days
November 20188 June 199515 June 1995Advanced7 days
October 20181 June 19958 June 1995Advanced7 days
September 201822 April 19951 June 1995Advanced40 days
August 201822 March 199522 April 1995Advanced31 days
July 201822 February 199522 March 1995Advanced28 days
June 20181 February 199522 February 1995Advanced21 days
May 201815 December 19941 February 1995Advanced48 days
April 201822 November 199415 December 1994Advanced23 days
March 20181 October 199422 November 1994Advanced52 days
February 20181 September 19941 October 1994Advanced30 days
January 20181 August 19941 September 1994Advanced31 days
December 20178 June 19941 August 1994Advanced54 days
November 20171 June 19948 June 1994Advanced7 days
September 20178 April 19941 June 1994Advanced54 days
August 201715 February 19948 April 1994Advanced52 days
July 201722 November 199315 February 1994Advanced85 days
June 201715 October 199322 November 1993Advanced38 days
May 20178 September 199315 October 1993Advanced37 days
April 20171 August 19938 September 1993Advanced38 days
March 201722 June 19931 August 1993Advanced40 days
February 20178 June 199322 June 1993Advanced14 days
January 201722 May 19938 June 1993Advanced17 days
December 20168 May 199322 May 1993Advanced14 days
November 201615 April 19938 May 1993Advanced23 days
October 20161 March 199315 April 1993Advanced45 days
September 20161 February 19931 March 1993Advanced28 days
August 20161 January 19931 February 1993Advanced31 days
July 20161 December 19921 January 1993Advanced31 days
June 20161 October 19921 December 1992Advanced61 days
May 20161 September 19921 October 1992Advanced30 days
April 201615 August 19921 September 1992Advanced17 days
March 20168 August 199215 August 1992Advanced7 days
February 201622 July 19928 August 1992Advanced17 days
January 20161 July 199222 July 1992Advanced21 days
December 201515 June 19921 July 1992Advanced16 days
November 20151 May 199215 June 1992Advanced45 days
October 20151 March 19921 May 1992Advanced61 days
September 201515 January 19921 March 1992Advanced46 days
August 20158 December 199115 January 1992Advanced38 days
July 20158 November 19918 December 1991Advanced30 days
June 20152 October 19918 November 1991Advanced37 days
May 201522 September 19912 October 1991Advanced10 days
April 20158 September 199122 September 1991Advanced14 days
March 20158 August 19918 September 1991Advanced31 days
February 201515 July 19918 August 1991Advanced24 days
January 20151 June 199115 July 1991Advanced44 days
December 20141 May 19911 June 1991Advanced31 days
November 20148 April 19911 May 1991Advanced23 days
October 201415 March 19918 April 1991Advanced24 days
September 201422 January 199115 March 1991Advanced52 days
August 20141 January 199122 January 1991Advanced21 days
July 201415 November 19901 January 1991Advanced47 days
June 20141 November 199015 November 1990Advanced14 days
May 20141 October 19901 November 1990Advanced31 days
April 20141 September 19901 October 1990Advanced30 days
March 20148 August 19901 September 1990Advanced24 days
February 20141 July 19908 August 1990Advanced38 days
January 20141 June 19901 July 1990Advanced30 days
December 201322 April 19901 June 1990Advanced40 days
November 201322 March 199022 April 1990Advanced31 days
October 201315 February 199022 March 1990Advanced35 days
September 20138 January 199015 February 1990Advanced38 days
August 201315 December 19898 January 1990Advanced24 days
July 20138 November 198915 December 1989Advanced37 days
June 20131 October 19898 November 1989Advanced38 days
May 201315 August 19891 October 1989Advanced47 days
April 201315 July 198915 August 1989Advanced31 days
March 20131 June 198915 July 1989Advanced44 days
February 201315 April 19891 June 1989Advanced47 days
January 201322 March 198915 April 1989Advanced24 days
December 20121 March 198922 March 1989Advanced21 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20121 February 19891 March 1989Advanced28 days
July 201222 January 19891 February 1989Advanced10 days
May 20128 January 198922 January 1989Advanced14 days
April 201222 December 19888 January 1989Advanced17 days
March 20121 November 198822 December 1988Advanced51 days
February 20128 October 19881 November 1988Advanced24 days
January 20128 September 19888 October 1988Advanced30 days
December 201122 August 19888 September 1988Advanced17 days
November 20111 August 198822 August 1988Advanced21 days
October 20118 July 19881 August 1988Advanced24 days
September 201115 May 19888 July 1988Advanced54 days
July 20111 May 198815 May 1988Advanced14 days
June 20118 April 19881 May 1988Advanced23 days
May 20118 March 19888 April 1988Advanced31 days
April 201115 January 19888 March 1988Advanced53 days
February 20111 January 198815 January 1988Advanced14 days
December 20101 April 19911 January 1988Retrogressed1,186 days
October 20101 January 19911 April 1991Advanced90 days
September 20101 April 19901 January 1991Advanced275 days
August 20101 April 19891 April 1990Advanced365 days
July 20101 April 19881 April 1989Advanced365 days
June 20108 December 19871 April 1988Advanced115 days
May 20108 September 19878 December 1987Advanced91 days
April 20101 September 19878 September 1987Advanced7 days
March 20101 July 19871 September 1987Advanced62 days
February 20101 May 19871 July 1987Advanced61 days
January 201022 March 19871 May 1987Advanced40 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 20098 September 198622 March 1987Advanced195 days
August 20098 August 19868 September 1986Advanced31 days
July 20091 August 19868 August 1986Advanced7 days
June 20098 July 19861 August 1986Advanced24 days
May 200922 June 19868 July 1986Advanced16 days
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 20091 May 198622 June 1986Advanced52 days
January 200915 April 19861 May 1986Advanced16 days
December 200822 March 198615 April 1986Advanced24 days
November 20088 March 198622 March 1986Advanced14 days
May 200822 February 19868 March 1986Advanced14 days
March 200815 February 198622 February 1986Advanced7 days
February 20081 February 198615 February 1986Advanced14 days
January 20088 November 19851 February 1986Advanced85 days
December 20078 August 19858 November 1985Advanced92 days
November 20078 July 19858 August 1985Advanced31 days
October 20071 June 19858 July 1985Advanced37 days
September 20071 May 19851 June 1985Advanced31 days
August 20071 April 19851 May 1985Advanced30 days
July 20071 March 19851 April 1985Advanced31 days
June 20071 January 19851 March 1985Advanced59 days
May 20071 November 19841 January 1985Advanced61 days
April 20071 September 19841 November 1984Advanced61 days
March 20071 August 19841 September 1984Advanced31 days
February 20071 July 19841 August 1984Advanced31 days
January 20071 June 19841 July 1984Advanced30 days
December 20061 May 19841 June 1984Advanced31 days
November 20061 April 19841 May 1984Advanced30 days
October 200615 February 19841 April 1984Advanced46 days
September 200615 January 198415 February 1984Advanced31 days
August 200615 December 198315 January 1984Advanced31 days
July 20061 November 198315 December 1983Advanced44 days
June 200615 October 19831 November 1983Advanced17 days
May 20068 October 198315 October 1983Advanced7 days
April 20061 October 19838 October 1983Advanced7 days
January 20061 September 19831 October 1983Advanced30 days
December 20051 July 19831 September 1983Advanced62 days
November 20051 May 19831 July 1983Advanced61 days
October 20051 March 19831 May 1983Advanced61 days
September 20051 February 19831 March 1983Advanced28 days
August 20051 January 19831 February 1983Advanced31 days
July 200522 December 19821 January 1983Advanced10 days
May 200522 November 198222 December 1982Advanced30 days
April 200522 October 198222 November 1982Advanced31 days
March 200522 September 198222 October 1982Advanced30 days
December 200422 July 198222 September 1982Advanced62 days
November 200422 May 198222 July 1982Advanced61 days
October 200422 March 198222 May 1982Advanced61 days
June 200415 March 198222 March 1982Advanced7 days
April 200422 February 198215 March 1982Advanced21 days
March 200422 January 198222 February 1982Advanced31 days
February 200422 December 198122 January 1982Advanced31 days
January 200415 October 198122 December 1981Advanced68 days
December 20038 October 198115 October 1981Advanced7 days
November 200322 September 19818 October 1981Advanced16 days
October 20038 July 198122 September 1981Advanced76 days
September 20031 March 19818 July 1981Advanced129 days
August 20031 February 19811 March 1981Advanced28 days
July 200315 January 19821 February 1981Retrogressed348 days
May 200315 December 198115 January 1982Advanced31 days
January 20031 December 198115 December 1981Advanced14 days
December 20021 November 19811 December 1981Advanced30 days
November 20028 October 19811 November 1981Advanced24 days
October 200215 September 19818 October 1981Advanced23 days
September 20021 August 198115 September 1981Advanced45 days
August 200215 April 19811 August 1981Advanced108 days
July 20021 November 198015 April 1981Advanced165 days
June 20021 June 19801 November 1980Advanced153 days
May 20021 March 19801 June 1980Advanced92 days
April 200215 January 19801 March 1980Advanced46 days
March 200215 December 197915 January 1980Advanced31 days
February 200215 November 197915 December 1979Advanced30 days
January 20021 November 197915 November 1979Advanced14 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 22 March 2008. 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 March 2008.

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 0 days about 0 days
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 67 days forward about 11.2 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 81 days forward about 6.8 days forward

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

Dates for Filing — the full published history October 2015 – July 2026 · 130 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 1993 to 22 March 2008
Dates for Filing: F4, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for F4, Philippines, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 1993 to 22 March 2008. C 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 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 44 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 86 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
April 202615 January 200822 March 2008Advanced67 days
January 20261 January 200815 January 2008Advanced14 days
January 202522 July 20071 January 2008Advanced163 days
November 20241 August 200622 July 2007Advanced355 days
October 20241 April 20061 August 2006Advanced122 days
July 20241 June 20051 April 2006Advanced304 days
May 202422 April 20051 June 2005Advanced40 days
April 202422 April 200422 April 2005Advanced365 days
April 20221 February 200422 April 2004Advanced81 days
July 20218 August 20031 February 2004Advanced177 days
June 20211 July 20038 August 2003Advanced38 days
May 20211 May 20031 July 2003Advanced61 days
April 20211 October 20021 May 2003Advanced212 days
February 20211 September 20021 October 2002Advanced30 days
September 20208 May 20021 September 2002Advanced116 days
August 20208 January 20028 May 2002Advanced120 days
July 20201 September 20018 January 2002Advanced129 days
June 20201 June 20011 September 2001Advanced92 days
May 20201 January 20011 June 2001Advanced151 days
April 20201 July 20001 January 2001Advanced184 days
March 20201 January 20001 July 2000Advanced182 days
February 20201 November 19991 January 2000Advanced61 days
January 202015 June 19991 November 1999Advanced139 days
December 20191 March 199915 June 1999Advanced106 days
Show the earlier 20 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 20 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
November 20198 January 19991 March 1999Advanced52 days
October 20191 January 19998 January 1999Advanced7 days
September 20191 November 19981 January 1999Advanced61 days
August 20191 July 19981 November 1998Advanced123 days
July 20191 March 19981 July 1998Advanced122 days
June 201915 February 19981 March 1998Advanced14 days
May 201915 January 199815 February 1998Advanced31 days
April 20198 January 199815 January 1998Advanced7 days
March 20198 December 19978 January 1998Advanced31 days
February 201922 April 19978 December 1997Advanced230 days
December 20188 April 199622 April 1997Advanced379 days
October 20181 December 19958 April 1996Advanced129 days
July 201815 October 19951 December 1995Advanced47 days
May 20181 March 199515 October 1995Advanced228 days
October 20178 February 19951 March 1995Advanced21 days
May 20171 April 19948 February 1995Advanced313 days
October 201615 July 19931 April 1994Advanced260 days
August 20161 April 199315 July 1993Advanced105 days
June 20161 January 19931 April 1993Advanced90 days
October 2015not published1 January 1993First 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 F4 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 F4 priority date cut-off for Philippines in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 August 2007 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 22 March 2008. State printed those cells as "01AUG07" and "22MAR08". A priority date earlier than 1 August 2007 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for F4?
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 F4 and Philippines in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 August 2007 and 22 March 2008 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 F4 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 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 December 2010, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 April 1991 to 1 January 1988 — 1,186 days, or about 3.2 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in F4 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 48.1 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 August 2007 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 F4 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 F4 / Philippines and 261 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01AUG07 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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