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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-3 Other Workers China priority date: Oct 1, 2019 in October 2026

The EB-3 Other Workers China final action date is Oct 1, 2019, the date for filing Oct 1, 2020. It moved forward 5.0 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 dateOct 1, 2019+5.0 mo
Date for filingOct 1, 2020reaches final action in ~10 mo
Wait at the front7.0 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years23.2months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-3 Other Workers China: final action date and date for filing

20002010202020062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 2006November 20137.8 years
January 2007November 20136.8 years
January 2008November 20135.8 years
January 2009November 20134.8 years
January 2010November 20133.8 years
January 2011December 20132.9 years
January 2012January 20142.0 years
January 2013December 20229.9 years
January 2014March 20239.2 years
January 2015May 20238.3 years
January 2016January 20248.0 years
January 2017April 20258.2 years
January 2018January 20268.0 years
January 2019April 20267.2 years
January 2020still waiting6.7 years so far
January 2021still waiting5.7 years so far
January 2022still waiting4.7 years so far
January 2023still waiting3.7 years so far
January 2024still waiting2.7 years so far
January 2025still waiting1.7 years so far

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-3 Other Workers China moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October59 %0 %5.0 mo17
November60 %0 %3.0 mo20
December57 %0 %3.0 mo21
January57 %0 %5.7 mo21
February43 %5 %31 d21
March50 %5 %31 d22
April59 %5 %31 d22
May50 %5 %52 d20
June32 %11 %2.0 mo19
July33 %6 %2.0 mo18
August29 %12 %31 d17
September24 %0 %2.8 mo17

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-3 Other Workers China month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Oct 1, 2019+5.0 moOct 1, 20207.0 yr
September 2026May 1, 2019Oct 1, 20197.3 yr
August 2026May 1, 2019+30 dOct 1, 20197.3 yr
July 2026Apr 1, 2019Oct 1, 20197.2 yr
June 2026Apr 1, 2019+59 dOct 1, 20197.2 yr
May 2026Feb 1, 2019Oct 1, 20197.2 yr
April 2026Feb 1, 2019+55 dOct 1, 20197.2 yr
March 2026Dec 8, 2018Oct 1, 20197.2 yr
February 2026Dec 8, 2018Oct 1, 20197.2 yr
January 2026Dec 8, 2018+12.0 moOct 1, 20197.1 yr
December 2025Dec 8, 2017+7 dOct 1, 20188.0 yr
November 2025Dec 1, 2017Oct 1, 20187.9 yr
October 2025Dec 1, 2017+7.0 moOct 1, 20187.8 yr
September 2025May 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.3 yr
August 2025May 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.3 yr
July 2025May 1, 2017+30 dJan 1, 20188.2 yr
June 2025Apr 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.2 yr
May 2025Apr 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.1 yr
April 2025Apr 1, 2017+3.0 moJan 1, 20188.0 yr
March 2025Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.2 yr
February 2025Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.1 yr
January 2025Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20188.0 yr
December 2024Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20187.9 yr
November 2024Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20187.8 yr
October 2024Jan 1, 2017Jan 1, 20187.7 yr
September 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.7 yr
August 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.6 yr
July 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.5 yr
June 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.4 yr
May 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.3 yr
April 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.2 yr
March 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.2 yr
February 2024Jan 1, 2017Jun 1, 20177.1 yr
January 2024Jan 1, 2017+12.0 moJun 1, 20177.0 yr
December 2023Jan 1, 2016Jun 1, 20177.9 yr
November 2023Jan 1, 2016Jun 1, 20177.8 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-3 Other Workers China line

EB-3 Other Workers is the employment-based category for workers in jobs that need less than two years of training or experience. People charged to China – normally those born there – have their own column because demand from China 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 (23.2 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 0.5 years to clear. 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 10 months later.

Every EB-3 Other Workers China retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-3 Other Workers China questions

What is the EB-3 Other Workers China priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-3 Other Workers China final action date is Oct 1, 2019 and the date for filing is Oct 1, 2020. It moved forward 5.0 mo from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-3 Other Workers China wait?

The cut-off is 7.0 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2019 became current in April 2026, after 7.2 years. Priority dates from 2020 on are still waiting.

How fast does EB-3 Other Workers China move?

22.0 mo/yr over the last year, 15.4 mo/yr over three years, 23.2 mo/yr over five and 17.7 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-3 Other Workers China usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in November bulletins (60 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (12 %). 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-3 Other Workers China, a date for filing has taken a median of 10 months to become the final action date (between 0 and 59 months in 132 bulletins since October 2015; 1 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-3 Other Workers China ever retrogressed?

9 times since 2003, most recently in August 2017 (30.4 mo back). The largest was 117.0 mo in June 2014.

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Other EB-3 Other Workers 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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