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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-3 India priority date: Jan 1, 2014 in October 2026

The EB-3 India final action date is Jan 1, 2014, the date for filing Jan 15, 2015. 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 dateJan 1, 2014no change this month
Date for filingJan 15, 2015reaches final action in ~7 mo
Wait at the front12.7 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years0.0months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-3 India: final action date and date for filing

2000200520102015200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 2005July 20072.5 years
January 2006July 20071.5 years
January 2007July 20070.5 years
January 2008April 201810.2 years
January 2009December 20189.9 years
January 2010October 202010.7 years
January 2011May 202110.3 years
January 2012July 20219.5 years
January 2013August 20218.6 years
January 2014still waiting12.7 years so far
January 2015still waiting11.7 years so far
January 2016still waiting10.7 years so far
January 2017still waiting9.7 years so far
January 2018still waiting8.7 years so far
January 2019still waiting7.7 years so far
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 India moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October68 %5 %14 d19
November41 %5 %7 d22
December57 %4 %10 d23
January61 %4 %17 d23
February64 %0 %14 d22
March65 %0 %30 d23
April74 %0 %31 d23
May73 %0 %23 d22
June62 %0 %21 d21
July80 %5 %30 d20
August68 %11 %31 d19
September42 %11 %3.3 mo19

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 India month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Jan 1, 2014Jan 15, 201512.7 yr
September 2026Jan 1, 2014Jan 15, 201512.7 yr
August 2026Jan 1, 2014Jan 15, 201512.6 yr
July 2026Jan 1, 2014+17 dJan 15, 201512.5 yr
June 2026Dec 15, 2013+30 dJan 15, 201512.5 yr
May 2026Nov 15, 2013Jan 15, 201512.5 yr
April 2026Nov 15, 2013Jan 15, 201512.4 yr
March 2026Nov 15, 2013Aug 15, 201412.3 yr
February 2026Nov 15, 2013Aug 15, 201412.2 yr
January 2026Nov 15, 2013+54 dAug 15, 201412.1 yr
December 2025Sep 22, 2013+31 dAug 15, 201412.2 yr
November 2025Aug 22, 2013Aug 15, 201412.2 yr
October 2025Aug 22, 2013+3.0 moAug 15, 201412.1 yr
September 2025May 22, 2013Jun 8, 201312.3 yr
August 2025May 22, 2013+30 dJun 8, 201312.2 yr
July 2025Apr 22, 2013+7 dJun 8, 201312.2 yr
June 2025Apr 15, 2013Jun 8, 201312.1 yr
May 2025Apr 15, 2013+14 dJun 8, 201312.0 yr
April 2025Apr 1, 2013+59 dJun 8, 201312.0 yr
March 2025Feb 1, 2013+48 dJun 8, 201312.1 yr
February 2025Dec 15, 2012+14 dJun 8, 201312.1 yr
January 2025Dec 1, 2012+23 dJun 8, 201312.1 yr
December 2024Nov 8, 2012+7 dJun 8, 201312.1 yr
November 2024Nov 1, 2012Jun 8, 201312.0 yr
October 2024Nov 1, 2012+10 dJun 8, 201311.9 yr
September 2024Oct 22, 2012Nov 1, 201211.9 yr
August 2024Oct 22, 2012+30 dNov 1, 201211.8 yr
July 2024Sep 22, 2012+31 dOct 1, 201211.8 yr
June 2024Aug 22, 2012+7 dSep 15, 201211.8 yr
May 2024Aug 15, 2012Sep 15, 201211.7 yr
April 2024Aug 15, 2012+45 dSep 15, 201211.6 yr
March 2024Jul 1, 2012Aug 1, 201211.7 yr
February 2024Jul 1, 2012+30 dAug 1, 201211.6 yr
January 2024Jun 1, 2012+31 dAug 1, 201211.6 yr
December 2023May 1, 2012Aug 1, 201211.6 yr
November 2023May 1, 2012Aug 1, 201211.5 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-3 India line

EB-3 is the employment-based category for skilled workers (two years of training or experience) and professionals with a bachelor's degree. People charged to India – normally those born there – have their own column because demand from India 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 (0.0 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about many 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 7 months later.

Every EB-3 India retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-3 India questions

What is the EB-3 India priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-3 India final action date is Jan 1, 2014 and the date for filing is Jan 15, 2015. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-3 India wait?

The cut-off is 12.7 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2013 became current in August 2021, after 8.6 years. Priority dates from 2014 on are still waiting.

How fast does EB-3 India move?

4.3 mo/yr over the last year, 6.9 mo/yr over three years, 0.0 mo/yr over five and 10.6 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-3 India usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in July bulletins (80 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (11 %). 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 India, a date for filing has taken a median of 7 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 25 months in 114 bulletins since October 2015; 19 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-3 India ever retrogressed?

9 times since 2003, most recently in July 2023 (41.4 mo back). The largest was 72.0 mo in September 2018.

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Other EB-3 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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