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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-4 Rest of world priority date: Dec 15, 2022 in October 2026

The EB-4 Rest of world final action date is Dec 15, 2022, the date for filing Jan 1, 2025. 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 dateDec 15, 2022no change this month
Date for filingJan 1, 2025reaches final action in ~6 mo
Wait at the front3.8 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years1.5months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-4 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 2019January 2019no wait
January 2020January 2020no wait
January 2021January 2021no wait
January 2022January 2022no wait
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-4 Rest of world moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October10 %0 %9.0 mo20
November0 %0 %–22
December4 %4 %2.0 mo23
January9 %0 %4.4 mo23
February0 %0 %–22
March9 %9 %6.6 mo23
April9 %5 %12.0 mo22
May0 %0 %–21
June0 %0 %–21
July9 %0 %2.0 mo22
August5 %0 %30 d21
September5 %0 %2.0 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-4 Rest of world month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Dec 15, 2022Jan 1, 20253.8 yr
September 2026Dec 15, 2022+2.0 moJan 1, 20233.7 yr
August 2026Oct 15, 2022+30 dJan 1, 20233.8 yr
July 2026Sep 15, 2022+2.0 moJan 1, 20233.8 yr
June 2026Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 20233.9 yr
May 2026Jul 15, 2022Jan 1, 20233.8 yr
April 2026Jul 15, 2022+12.0 moJan 1, 20233.7 yr
March 2026Jul 15, 2021+6.4 moJan 1, 20234.6 yr
February 2026Jan 1, 2021Mar 15, 20215.1 yr
January 2026Jan 1, 2021+4.0 moMar 15, 20215.0 yr
December 2025Sep 1, 2020+2.0 moFeb 15, 20215.2 yr
November 2025Jul 1, 2020Feb 15, 20215.3 yr
October 2025Jul 1, 2020Feb 15, 20215.3 yr
September 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
August 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
July 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
June 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
May 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
April 2025UnavailableFeb 1, 2021–
March 2025Aug 1, 2019−17.0 moFeb 1, 20215.6 yr
February 2025Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20214.1 yr
January 2025Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20214.0 yr
December 2024Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20213.9 yr
November 2024Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20213.8 yr
October 2024Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20213.7 yr
September 2024Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20213.7 yr
August 2024Jan 1, 2021Feb 1, 20213.6 yr
July 2024Jan 1, 2021+2.0 moFeb 1, 20213.5 yr
June 2024Nov 1, 2020Dec 1, 20203.6 yr
May 2024Nov 1, 2020Dec 1, 20203.5 yr
April 2024Nov 1, 2020+11.0 moDec 1, 20203.4 yr
March 2024Dec 1, 2019+6.6 moJan 1, 20204.2 yr
February 2024May 15, 2019Sep 1, 20194.7 yr
January 2024May 15, 2019+4.4 moSep 1, 20194.6 yr
December 2023Jan 1, 2019Mar 1, 20194.9 yr
November 2023Jan 1, 2019Mar 1, 20194.8 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-4 Rest of world line

EB-4 is the employment-based category for special immigrants: religious workers, special immigrant juveniles, certain broadcasters, Afghan and Iraqi translators, retired international organisation employees and others. 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.

At the speed of the last five years (1.5 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 8.0 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 4 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 6 months later.

Every EB-4 Rest of world retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-4 Rest of world questions

What is the EB-4 Rest of world priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-4 Rest of world final action date is Dec 15, 2022 and the date for filing is Jan 1, 2025. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-4 Rest of world wait?

The cut-off is 3.8 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2022 became current in January 2022, after 0.0 years. Priority dates from 2023 on are still waiting.

How fast does EB-4 Rest of world move?

29.5 mo/yr over the last year, 16.3 mo/yr over three years, 1.5 mo/yr over five and 1.5 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-4 Rest of world usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (10 % of years) and gone backwards most often in March (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-4 Rest of world, a date for filing has taken a median of 6 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 43 months in 39 bulletins since October 2015; 8 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-4 Rest of world ever retrogressed?

4 times since 2003, most recently in March 2025 (17.0 mo back). The largest was 41.0 mo in April 2023.

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Other EB-4 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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