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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-2 Mexico priority date: Jan 1, 2025 in October 2026

The EB-2 Mexico final action date is Jan 1, 2025, the date for filing Mar 15, 2026. It retrogressed 20.0 mo 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 dateJan 1, 2025−20.0 mo
Date for filingMar 15, 2026reaches final action in ~5 mo
Wait at the front1.7 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years6.8months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-2 Mexico: 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 2019January 2019no wait
January 2020January 2020no wait
January 2021January 2021no wait
January 2022January 2022no wait
January 2023April 20241.2 years
January 2024December 20251.9 years
January 2025April 20261.2 years

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-2 Mexico moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October35 %4 %21.0 mo23
November9 %0 %10.0 mo22
December4 %0 %2.0 mo23
January13 %0 %2.0 mo23
February5 %0 %14 d22
March13 %0 %44 d23
April13 %4 %54 d23
May0 %4 %–23
June5 %0 %3.8 mo22
July4 %4 %59 d23
August5 %18 %45 d22
September14 %5 %9.0 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-2 Mexico month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Jan 1, 2025−20.0 moMar 15, 20261.7 yr
September 2026CurrentCurrentnone
August 2026CurrentCurrentnone
July 2026CurrentCurrentnone
June 2026CurrentCurrentnone
May 2026CurrentCurrentnone
April 2026Current+17.5 moCurrentnone
March 2026Oct 15, 2024+6.5 moCurrent1.4 yr
February 2026Apr 1, 2024Oct 15, 20241.8 yr
January 2026Apr 1, 2024+2.0 moOct 15, 20241.8 yr
December 2025Feb 1, 2024+2.0 moJul 15, 20241.8 yr
November 2025Dec 1, 2023Jul 15, 20241.9 yr
October 2025Dec 1, 2023+3.0 moJul 15, 20241.8 yr
September 2025Sep 1, 2023Nov 15, 20232.0 yr
August 2025Sep 1, 2023−44 dNov 15, 20231.9 yr
July 2025Oct 15, 2023Nov 15, 20231.7 yr
June 2025Oct 15, 2023+3.8 moNov 15, 20231.6 yr
May 2025Jun 22, 2023Aug 1, 20231.9 yr
April 2025Jun 22, 2023+38 dAug 1, 20231.8 yr
March 2025May 15, 2023+44 dAug 1, 20231.8 yr
February 2025Apr 1, 2023Aug 1, 20231.8 yr
January 2025Apr 1, 2023+17 dAug 1, 20231.8 yr
December 2024Mar 15, 2023Aug 1, 20231.7 yr
November 2024Mar 15, 2023Aug 1, 20231.6 yr
October 2024Mar 15, 2023Aug 1, 20231.5 yr
September 2024Mar 15, 2023Mar 22, 20231.5 yr
August 2024Mar 15, 2023Mar 22, 20231.4 yr
July 2024Mar 15, 2023+59 dMar 22, 20231.3 yr
June 2024Jan 15, 2023Feb 15, 20231.4 yr
May 2024Jan 15, 2023Feb 15, 20231.3 yr
April 2024Jan 15, 2023+54 dFeb 15, 20231.2 yr
March 2024Nov 22, 2022+7 dFeb 15, 20231.3 yr
February 2024Nov 15, 2022+14 dFeb 15, 20231.2 yr
January 2024Nov 1, 2022+3.6 moFeb 15, 20231.2 yr
December 2023Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 20231.4 yr
November 2023Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 20231.3 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-2 Mexico line

EB-2 is the employment-based category for professionals with an advanced degree, people of exceptional ability, and National Interest Waiver applicants. People charged to Mexico – normally those born there – have their own column because demand from Mexico is above the 7 % per-country limit. Your green card can be approved in the month the final action date passes your priority date.

At the speed of the last five years (6.8 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 1.8 years to clear; the last twelve months were faster than that. The table of real waits above shows what that has meant for earlier filers. The line has gone backwards 9 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 5 months later.

Every EB-2 Mexico retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-2 Mexico questions

What is the EB-2 Mexico priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-2 Mexico final action date is Jan 1, 2025 and the date for filing is Mar 15, 2026. It went back 20.0 mo from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-2 Mexico wait?

The cut-off is 1.7 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2025 became current in April 2026, after 1.2 years.

How fast does EB-2 Mexico move?

13.1 mo/yr over the last year, 10.2 mo/yr over three years, 6.8 mo/yr over five and 12.8 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-2 Mexico usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (35 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (18 %). 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-2 Mexico, a date for filing has taken a median of 5 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 16 months in 39 bulletins since October 2015; 1 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-2 Mexico ever retrogressed?

9 times since 2003, most recently in October 2026 (20.0 mo back). The largest was 67.0 mo in September 2018.

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Other EB-2 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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