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Other Workers — India

Employment-based preference · Final Action Dates 1 January 2014 · Dates for Filing 15 January 2015 · July 2026 bulletin

In the July 2026 Visa Bulletin, Other Workers for India has a Final Action Dates cut-off of 1 January 2014 and a Dates for Filing cut-off of 15 January 2015. 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: 284 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 Other Workers, and they are not interchangeable. Both are shown here as printed. India has its own column because demand from applicants chargeable there exceeds the per-country limit, so its cut-offs are usually further behind than the "all other countries" column.

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

Final Action Dates

The chart that decides whether a visa can be issued. State has published a Final Action Dates figure for Other Workers / India in 284 bulletins since December 2001.

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

The cut-off to compare against The Final Action Dates cut-off in the July 2026 bulletin is 1 January 2014. A priority date earlier than that has been reached.

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

Enter a priority date to compare it against the July 2026 cut-off of 1 January 2014.

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 47 days forward about 15.7 days forward
Last 6 bulletins January 2026 – July 2026 6 of 6 carried a measurable move 47 days forward about 7.8 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 254 days forward about 21.2 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 · 284 published bulletins · cut-offs from 1 January 1999 to 1 January 2014
Final Action Dates: Other Workers, India, December 2001 – July 2026 Final Action Dates for Other Workers, India, December 2001 – July 2026. 235 of 284 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 January 1999 to 1 January 2014. Current (no backlog) in 32 months. Unavailable (no visas issued) in 17 months. 11 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. 4 breaks in the line where months are missing; the line is never drawn across them. C Current — no backlog: December 2001 to November 2002 (12 bulletins) Current — no backlog: July 2003 to February 2005 (20 bulletins) 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 State published a bulletin, but did not list this category: December 2002 to June 2003. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: March 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: September 2009 to November 2009. The line is not drawn across it. No bulletin in the public record: October 2012. The line is not drawn across it. Retrogressed June 2005: 1 July 2001 back to 1 January 1999 (912 days backward) Retrogressed May 2006: 1 October 2001 back to 1 October 2000 (365 days backward) Retrogressed February 2009: 15 March 2003 back to 15 October 2001 (516 days backward) Retrogressed April 2009: 15 October 2001 back to 1 March 2001 (228 days backward) Retrogressed December 2013: 22 September 2003 back to 1 September 2003 (21 days backward) Retrogressed October 2015: 22 December 2004 back to 8 March 2004 (289 days backward) Retrogressed September 2018: 1 January 2009 back to 1 January 2003 (2,192 days backward) Retrogressed August 2019: 1 July 2009 back to 1 January 2006 (1,277 days backward) Retrogressed September 2019: 1 January 2006 back to 1 July 2005 (184 days backward) Retrogressed November 2021: 1 January 2014 back to 15 January 2012 (717 days backward) Retrogressed July 2023: 15 June 2012 back to 1 January 2009 (1,261 days backward) U Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2005 to September 2005 (3 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: June 2006 to September 2006 (4 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: May 2007 Unavailable — no visas issued: July 2007 to September 2007 (3 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: August 2008 to September 2008 (2 bulletins) Unavailable — no visas issued: May 2009 to August 2009 (4 bulletins) 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Every published cut-off is on the line above; the table below lists every month it moved.

  • Published cut-off date
  • Retrogression — the cut-off moved backward (11)
  • C — Current: no backlog. Not a date, so it is not on the line
  • U — Unavailable: no visas issued. Not a date either
  • No bulletin in the public record — the line stops rather than crossing it
  • State published a bulletin but did not list this category
Final Action Dates — the 24 most recent of 164 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 120 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
July 202615 December 20131 January 2014Advanced17 days
June 202615 November 201315 December 2013Advanced30 days
January 202622 September 201315 November 2013Advanced54 days
December 202522 August 201322 September 2013Advanced31 days
October 202522 May 201322 August 2013Advanced92 days
August 202522 April 201322 May 2013Advanced30 days
July 202515 April 201322 April 2013Advanced7 days
May 20251 April 201315 April 2013Advanced14 days
April 20251 February 20131 April 2013Advanced59 days
March 202515 December 20121 February 2013Advanced48 days
February 20251 December 201215 December 2012Advanced14 days
January 20258 November 20121 December 2012Advanced23 days
December 20241 November 20128 November 2012Advanced7 days
October 202422 October 20121 November 2012Advanced10 days
August 202422 September 201222 October 2012Advanced30 days
July 202422 August 201222 September 2012Advanced31 days
June 202415 August 201222 August 2012Advanced7 days
April 20241 July 201215 August 2012Advanced45 days
February 20241 June 20121 July 2012Advanced30 days
January 20241 May 20121 June 2012Advanced31 days
October 20231 January 20091 May 2012Advanced1,216 days
July 202315 June 20121 January 2009Retrogressed1,261 days
December 20221 April 201215 June 2012Advanced75 days
October 202215 February 20121 April 2012Advanced46 days
Show the earlier 140 changes — back to December 2002
The remaining 140 bulletins in which the Final Action Dates cut-off changed, newest first, back to December 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
August 202215 January 201215 February 2012Advanced31 days
November 20211 January 201415 January 2012Retrogressed717 days
September 20211 July 20131 January 2014Advanced184 days
August 20211 January 20131 July 2013Advanced181 days
July 20211 November 20111 January 2013Advanced427 days
June 20211 February 20111 November 2011Advanced273 days
May 20211 September 20101 February 2011Advanced153 days
April 20211 July 20101 September 2010Advanced62 days
March 20211 April 20101 July 2010Advanced91 days
February 202122 March 20101 April 2010Advanced10 days
January 202115 March 201022 March 2010Advanced7 days
December 20201 March 201015 March 2010Advanced14 days
November 202015 January 20101 March 2010Advanced45 days
October 20201 October 200915 January 2010Advanced106 days
August 20201 June 20091 October 2009Advanced122 days
July 20201 April 20091 June 2009Advanced61 days
June 20201 March 20091 April 2009Advanced31 days
May 202022 January 20091 March 2009Advanced38 days
April 202015 January 200922 January 2009Advanced7 days
March 20208 January 200915 January 2009Advanced7 days
February 20201 January 20098 January 2009Advanced7 days
October 20191 July 20051 January 2009Advanced1,280 days
September 20191 January 20061 July 2005Retrogressed184 days
August 20191 July 20091 January 2006Retrogressed1,277 days
May 201922 June 20091 July 2009Advanced9 days
April 201922 May 200922 June 2009Advanced31 days
March 201922 April 200922 May 2009Advanced30 days
February 20191 March 200922 April 2009Advanced52 days
December 20181 January 20091 March 2009Advanced59 days
October 20181 January 20031 January 2009Advanced2,192 days
September 20181 January 20091 January 2003Retrogressed2,192 days
August 20181 November 20081 January 2009Advanced61 days
July 20181 May 20081 November 2008Advanced184 days
May 20181 February 20081 May 2008Advanced90 days
April 20181 January 20071 February 2008Advanced396 days
March 20181 December 20061 January 2007Advanced31 days
February 20181 November 20061 December 2006Advanced30 days
January 201815 October 20061 November 2006Advanced17 days
September 201715 July 200615 October 2006Advanced92 days
August 201715 February 200615 July 2006Advanced150 days
July 201715 May 200515 February 2006Advanced276 days
June 201725 March 200515 May 2005Advanced51 days
May 201724 March 200525 March 2005Advanced1 day
April 201722 March 200524 March 2005Advanced2 days
February 201715 March 200522 March 2005Advanced7 days
December 20168 March 200515 March 2005Advanced7 days
November 20161 March 20058 March 2005Advanced7 days
October 201615 February 20051 March 2005Advanced14 days
September 20168 November 200415 February 2005Advanced99 days
August 201622 October 20048 November 2004Advanced17 days
July 201622 September 200422 October 2004Advanced30 days
June 20161 September 200422 September 2004Advanced21 days
May 20168 August 20041 September 2004Advanced24 days
April 201615 July 20048 August 2004Advanced24 days
March 201615 June 200415 July 2004Advanced30 days
February 201615 May 200415 June 2004Advanced31 days
January 201622 April 200415 May 2004Advanced23 days
December 20151 April 200422 April 2004Advanced21 days
November 20158 March 20041 April 2004Advanced24 days
October 201522 December 20048 March 2004Retrogressed289 days
September 20151 June 200422 December 2004Advanced204 days
August 20151 February 20041 June 2004Advanced121 days
July 201522 January 20041 February 2004Advanced10 days
June 201515 January 200422 January 2004Advanced7 days
May 20158 January 200415 January 2004Advanced7 days
April 20151 January 20048 January 2004Advanced7 days
March 201522 December 20031 January 2004Advanced10 days
February 201515 December 200322 December 2003Advanced7 days
January 20151 December 200315 December 2003Advanced14 days
December 201422 November 20031 December 2003Advanced9 days
November 201415 November 200322 November 2003Advanced7 days
October 20148 November 200315 November 2003Advanced7 days
August 20141 November 20038 November 2003Advanced7 days
July 201415 October 20031 November 2003Advanced17 days
June 20141 October 200315 October 2003Advanced14 days
May 201415 September 20031 October 2003Advanced16 days
March 20141 September 200315 September 2003Advanced14 days
December 201322 September 20031 September 2003Retrogressed21 days
September 201322 January 200322 September 2003Advanced243 days
July 20138 January 200322 January 2003Advanced14 days
June 201322 December 20028 January 2003Advanced17 days
May 20138 December 200222 December 2002Advanced14 days
April 201322 November 20028 December 2002Advanced16 days
March 201315 November 200222 November 2002Advanced7 days
February 20138 November 200215 November 2002Advanced7 days
January 20131 November 20028 November 2002Advanced7 days
December 201222 October 20021 November 2002Advanced10 days
November 2012 over 2 months, from the September 2012 bulletin — no bulletin was published for October 20128 October 200222 October 2002Advanced14 days
September 20121 October 20028 October 2002Advanced7 days
August 201222 September 20021 October 2002Advanced9 days
July 201215 September 200222 September 2002Advanced7 days
June 20128 September 200215 September 2002Advanced7 days
May 20121 September 20028 September 2002Advanced7 days
April 201222 August 20021 September 2002Advanced10 days
March 201215 August 200222 August 2002Advanced7 days
February 20121 August 200215 August 2002Advanced14 days
January 201222 July 20021 August 2002Advanced10 days
December 201115 June 200222 July 2002Advanced37 days
November 20118 June 200215 June 2002Advanced7 days
October 20111 June 20028 June 2002Advanced7 days
August 20111 May 20021 June 2002Advanced31 days
July 201122 April 20021 May 2002Advanced9 days
June 201115 April 200222 April 2002Advanced7 days
May 20118 April 200215 April 2002Advanced7 days
April 201115 March 20028 April 2002Advanced24 days
March 201122 February 200215 March 2002Advanced21 days
February 20111 February 200222 February 2002Advanced21 days
January 201122 January 20021 February 2002Advanced10 days
November 201015 January 200222 January 2002Advanced7 days
October 20101 January 200215 January 2002Advanced14 days
August 20101 June 20011 January 2002Advanced214 days
January 20101 May 20011 June 2001Advanced31 days
December 2009 over 4 months, from the August 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for September 2009, October 2009, November 2009Unavailable1 May 2001Became available again
May 20091 March 2001UnavailableBecame Unavailable
April 2009 over 2 months, from the February 2009 bulletin — no bulletin was published for March 200915 October 20011 March 2001Retrogressed228 days
February 200915 March 200315 October 2001Retrogressed516 days
January 200915 January 200315 March 2003Advanced59 days
November 20081 January 200315 January 2003Advanced14 days
October 2008Unavailable1 January 2003Became available again
August 20081 January 2003UnavailableBecame Unavailable
May 20081 March 20021 January 2003Advanced306 days
April 20081 January 20021 March 2002Advanced59 days
March 20081 October 20011 January 2002Advanced92 days
October 2007Unavailable1 October 2001Became available again
July 20071 October 2001UnavailableBecame Unavailable
June 2007Unavailable1 October 2001Became available again
May 20071 October 2001UnavailableBecame Unavailable
December 20061 May 20011 October 2001Advanced153 days
November 20061 January 20011 May 2001Advanced120 days
October 2006Unavailable1 January 2001Became available again
June 20061 October 2000UnavailableBecame Unavailable
May 20061 October 20011 October 2000Retrogressed365 days
February 20061 April 20011 October 2001Advanced183 days
January 20061 October 20001 April 2001Advanced182 days
October 2005Unavailable1 October 2000Became available again
July 20051 January 1999UnavailableBecame Unavailable
June 20051 July 20011 January 1999Retrogressed912 days
March 2005Current1 July 2001Retrogressed from Current
July 2003not publishedCurrentFirst published
December 2002Currentnot publishedLeft the chart

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 15 January 2015. 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 January 2015.

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 153 days forward about 25.5 days forward
Last 12 bulletins July 2025 – July 2026 12 of 12 carried a measurable move 586 days forward about 48.8 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 July 2005 to 15 January 2015
Dates for Filing: Other Workers, India, October 2015 – July 2026 Dates for Filing for Other Workers, India, October 2015 – July 2026. 130 of 130 published bulletins carry a dated cut-off, ranging from 1 July 2005 to 15 January 2015. 4 retrogressions (the cut-off moving backward) are marked. C 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Retrogressed October 2019: 1 April 2010 back to 1 February 2010 (59 days backward) Retrogressed December 2020: 1 January 2015 back to 1 January 2014 (365 days backward) Retrogressed October 2021: 1 March 2014 back to 8 January 2014 (52 days backward) Retrogressed November 2021: 8 January 2014 back to 22 January 2012 (717 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 (4)
Dates for Filing — the 24 most recent of 28 bulletins in which this cut-off changed, newest first. Months in which it held steady are not listed: it held in 102 of the published bulletins. Direction is shown by the ↑ / ↓ glyph and the word, never by colour alone.
Bulletin From To What changed
April 202615 August 201415 January 2015Advanced153 days
October 20258 June 201315 August 2014Advanced433 days
November 20241 June 20138 June 2013Advanced7 days
October 20241 November 20121 June 2013Advanced212 days
August 20241 October 20121 November 2012Advanced31 days
July 202415 September 20121 October 2012Advanced16 days
April 20241 August 201215 September 2012Advanced45 days
December 20221 July 20121 August 2012Advanced31 days
October 202222 February 20121 July 2012Advanced130 days
August 202222 January 201222 February 2012Advanced31 days
November 20218 January 201422 January 2012Retrogressed717 days
October 20211 March 20148 January 2014Retrogressed52 days
September 20211 February 20141 March 2014Advanced28 days
July 20211 January 20141 February 2014Advanced31 days
December 20201 January 20151 January 2014Retrogressed365 days
October 20201 February 20101 January 2015Advanced1,795 days
October 20191 April 20101 February 2010Retrogressed59 days
January 20191 January 20101 April 2010Advanced90 days
December 20181 October 20091 January 2010Advanced92 days
October 20181 May 20091 October 2009Advanced153 days
July 20181 September 20081 May 2009Advanced242 days
May 20181 April 20081 September 2008Advanced153 days
April 20181 January 20081 April 2008Advanced91 days
October 20171 January 20071 January 2008Advanced365 days
Show the earlier 4 changes — back to October 2015
The remaining 4 bulletins in which the Dates for Filing cut-off changed, newest first, back to October 2015.
Bulletin From To What changed
August 20171 October 20061 January 2007Advanced92 days
July 201722 April 20061 October 2006Advanced162 days
May 20171 July 200522 April 2006Advanced295 days
October 2015not published1 July 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 India has its own column

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

The two charts are not interchangeable

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

What Current and Unavailable mean

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

Retrogression: the cut-off can move backward

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

Frequently asked questions

What is the Other Workers priority date cut-off for India in the July 2026 Visa Bulletin?
The Final Action Dates cut-off is 1 January 2014 and the Dates for Filing cut-off is 15 January 2015. State printed those cells as "01JAN14" and "15JAN15". A priority date earlier than 1 January 2014 has been reached in the Final Action chart.
What is the difference between Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for Other Workers?
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 Other Workers and India in the July 2026 bulletin they read 1 January 2014 and 15 January 2015 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 Other Workers cut-off for India ever moved backward?
Yes. Moving backward is called retrogression, and it happens when more people apply in a category than the annual limit allows, forcing State to pull the cut-off back to an earlier date. This combination has retrogressed 22 times in the published record — 18 in the Final Action Dates chart and 4 in the Dates for Filing chart. The largest was in September 2018, when the Final Action cut-off moved back from 1 January 2009 to 1 January 2003 — 2,192 days, or about 6.0 years, in a single bulletin.
When will a priority date in Other Workers become current for India?
Nobody can tell you that, and this site does not claim to. What can be measured is the pace: over the trailing published bulletins the Final Action Dates cut-off has advanced by an average of about 21.2 days per bulletin. The tool on this page projects the published cut-off of 1 January 2014 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 Other Workers 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 284 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 414 published cut-off cells for Other Workers / India and 192 recorded changes across both charts. Each cell is stored with the exact text State printed for it (the 01JAN14 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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