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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-1 Rest of world priority date: Current in October 2026

The EB-1 Rest of world final action date is Current, the date for filing Current. No movement this month. Below: the real wait of every filing year, the months in which this line moves, and every bulletin since 2003.

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Final action dateCurrentno change this month
Date for filingCurrentreaches final action in ~8 mo
Wait at the frontnonebulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years17.2months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-1 Rest of world: final action date and date for filing

20102020200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
Final action dateDate for filing

Cut-off date (y) in each month's bulletin (x). The gap between the lines is how early you can file before approval is possible.

Real waits

How long people with each priority date waited

Priority dateBecame currentWait
January 2004January 2004no wait
January 2005January 2005no wait
January 2006January 2006no wait
January 2007January 2007no wait
January 2008January 2008no wait
January 2009January 2009no wait
January 2010January 2010no wait
January 2011January 2011no wait
January 2012January 2012no wait
January 2013January 2013no wait
January 2014January 2014no wait
January 2015January 2015no wait
January 2016January 2016no wait
January 2017January 2017no wait
January 2018January 2018no wait
January 2019March 20201.2 years
January 2020May 20200.3 years
January 2021January 2021no wait
January 2022January 2022no wait
January 2023January 2023no wait
January 2024January 2024no wait
January 2025January 2025no wait

The first bulletin in which the final action date passed 1 January of that year. Counted from the filing date: a line that was current when the petition was filed shows “no wait”.

By month of the year

When EB-1 Rest of world moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October17 %0 %9.0 mo23
November5 %0 %40 d22
December9 %0 %3.0 mo23
January9 %0 %3.0 mo23
February9 %0 %2.0 mo22
March9 %0 %3.0 mo23
April9 %0 %3.0 mo23
May9 %0 %11.0 mo22
June5 %0 %52 d22
July0 %0 %–23
August5 %9 %31 d22
September9 %0 %15.0 mo22

Share of bulletins for that month, since 2003, in which the final action date advanced or went back; typical advance = the median of the months it moved. In fiscal-year order (October first).

36 months

EB-1 Rest of world month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026CurrentCurrentnone
September 2026CurrentCurrentnone
August 2026CurrentCurrentnone
July 2026CurrentCurrentnone
June 2026CurrentCurrentnone
May 2026CurrentCurrentnone
April 2026CurrentCurrentnone
March 2026CurrentCurrentnone
February 2026CurrentCurrentnone
January 2026CurrentCurrentnone
December 2025CurrentCurrentnone
November 2025CurrentCurrentnone
October 2025CurrentCurrentnone
September 2025CurrentCurrentnone
August 2025CurrentCurrentnone
July 2025CurrentCurrentnone
June 2025CurrentCurrentnone
May 2025CurrentCurrentnone
April 2025CurrentCurrentnone
March 2025CurrentCurrentnone
February 2025CurrentCurrentnone
January 2025CurrentCurrentnone
December 2024CurrentCurrentnone
November 2024CurrentCurrentnone
October 2024CurrentCurrentnone
September 2024CurrentCurrentnone
August 2024CurrentCurrentnone
July 2024CurrentCurrentnone
June 2024CurrentCurrentnone
May 2024CurrentCurrentnone
April 2024CurrentCurrentnone
March 2024CurrentCurrentnone
February 2024CurrentCurrentnone
January 2024CurrentCurrentnone
December 2023CurrentCurrentnone
November 2023CurrentCurrentnone

What this means if you are in the EB-1 Rest of world line

EB-1 is the employment-based category for people of extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, multinational executives and managers. This page covers every country without a column of its own in the Visa Bulletin – all except mainland China, India, Mexico and the Philippines. Your green card can be approved in the month the final action date passes your priority date.

The line is current now, so a priority date of any age qualifies this month. The line has gone backwards 2 times since 2003 – most often near the end of the fiscal year – so a date that is close is not safe until it is passed.

When the date for filing passes your priority date and USCIS accepts chart B that month, you can file the I-485 and get a work permit and travel document while you wait; for this line the final action date has then arrived a median of 8 months later.

Every EB-1 Rest of world retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-1 Rest of world questions

What is the EB-1 Rest of world priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-1 Rest of world final action date is Current and the date for filing is Current. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-1 Rest of world wait?

EB-1 Rest of world is current: there is no queue this month.

How fast does EB-1 Rest of world move?

– over the last year, – over three years, 17.2 mo/yr over five and 17.1 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-1 Rest of world usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (17 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (9 %). October is the start of the fiscal year, when new visa numbers arrive.

How long after the date for filing does the final action date catch up?

For EB-1 Rest of world, a date for filing has taken a median of 8 months to become the final action date (between 4 and 13 months in 14 bulletins since October 2015).

Has EB-1 Rest of world ever retrogressed?

2 times since 2003, most recently in August 2019 (21.7 mo back). The largest was 26.0 mo in August 2018.

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Other EB-1 lines and categories

Source: U.S. Department of State, Visa Bulletin (travel.state.gov), every monthly bulletin since 2003, parsed by 77.today. A bulletin can be revised after release; the State Department's page is the binding text. Not legal advice.

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