November 2026 Visa Bulletin: family dates jump a full year, EB-⁠2 up 3 months

The November 2026 Visa Bulletin is the second of fiscal year 2027, and it is a big month for families. Most family-sponsored final action dates move forward by a full year for applicants from everywhere except Mexico and the Philippines. Employment-based categories gain ground too, with worldwide EB-⁠2 up three months and the EB-⁠3 "other workers" line up five.

The short version

• Family, most countries: F1, F2B, F3 and F4 final action dates all move forward one year. F2A moves one month, to Oct 22, 2026.
• Worldwide EB-⁠2: final action moves from Jan 1, 2025 to Apr 1, 2025, up three months.
• Worldwide EB-⁠3: final action moves from May 15, 2024 to Jun 15, 2024. Other workers jump five months, to Jun 1, 2022.
• China: EB-⁠1 moves a month, to Aug 1, 2023. EB-⁠3 moves two weeks, to Jan 22, 2022.
• India: EB-⁠3 and other workers move three weeks, to Jan 22, 2014. EB-⁠1, EB-⁠2 and EB-⁠5 hold.
• Dates for filing: the family chart moves a year in the same categories. The employment chart barely changes.

Family-sponsored: final action dates

These dates apply to applicants from all countries except Mexico and the Philippines (China and India share them this month, except India in F4):

• F1 (unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens): Jan 22, 2020 → Jan 22, 2021, up one year.
• F2A (spouses and children of permanent residents): Sep 22, 2026 → Oct 22, 2026, up one month.
• F2B (unmarried sons and daughters of permanent residents): Aug 22, 2019 → Aug 22, 2020, up one year.
• F3 (married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens): Oct 22, 2014 → Oct 22, 2015, up one year.
• F4 (brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens): Oct 22, 2011 → Oct 22, 2012, up one year. India holds at Dec 15, 2006.

Mexico: F1 moves two weeks to Sep 22, 2008, F2A a month to Apr 22, 2026, and F3 two weeks to Jul 15, 2001. F2B and F4 hold.

Philippines: F2A moves to Oct 22, 2026. Every other family category holds.

Family-sponsored: dates for filing

• F1: Feb 1, 2020 → Feb 1, 2021
• F2A: stays Current
• F2B: Sep 1, 2019 → Sep 1, 2020
• F3: Nov 1, 2014 → Nov 1, 2015
• F4: Nov 1, 2011 → Nov 1, 2012 (India holds at Feb 1, 2007)

Mexico and the Philippines hold in every family category on this chart.

Employment-based: final action dates

All countries except those listed

• EB-⁠1: Current
• EB-⁠2: Jan 1, 2025 → Apr 1, 2025
• EB-⁠3: May 15, 2024 → Jun 15, 2024
• Other workers: Jan 1, 2022 → Jun 1, 2022
• EB-⁠4 and certain religious workers: hold at Dec 15, 2022
• EB-⁠5: Current

China

• EB-⁠1: Jul 1, 2023 → Aug 1, 2023
• EB-⁠2: holds at Oct 1, 2021
• EB-⁠3: Jan 8, 2022 → Jan 22, 2022
• Other workers: holds at Oct 1, 2019
• EB-⁠5 unreserved: holds at Dec 1, 2016

India

• EB-⁠1: holds at Feb 1, 2023
• EB-⁠2: holds at Nov 1, 2013
• EB-⁠3 and other workers: Jan 1, 2014 → Jan 22, 2014
• EB-⁠5 unreserved: holds at Dec 1, 2023

Mexico and the Philippines

Mexico follows the worldwide dates in EB-⁠2 (Apr 1, 2025), EB-⁠3 (Jun 15, 2024) and other workers (Jun 1, 2022). The Philippines moves in EB-⁠2 to Apr 1, 2025 and holds in EB-⁠3 (Aug 15, 2023) and other workers (Jan 1, 2022).

Employment-based: dates for filing

Almost nothing moves. The only change is other workers for all countries except those listed and Mexico, from Jun 1, 2022 to Jul 1, 2022. Worldwide EB-⁠2 stays at Mar 15, 2026 and EB-⁠3 at Aug 1, 2024.

Which chart can you file with?

Each month USCIS says whether adjustment of status applicants use the final action chart or the dates for filing chart. Check the USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Charts page for November before you send an I-⁠485.

What this means for you

• Your priority date is earlier than the final action date for your category and country: a visa number is available this month, and your case can move to a decision.
• Your priority date falls in the year the family categories just gained: this is the month your case may become current. Keep your documents and civil records ready, and watch for notices from USCIS or the National Visa Center.
• Your date is still later: big family jumps can slow down or reverse later in the fiscal year, so do not read one month as a trend.

ImmigraMate checks every new bulletin against your priority date and shows how far your date has to go. Add your category and priority date in the app to follow it month by month.