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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-5 Unreserved China priority date: Dec 1, 2016 in October 2026

The EB-5 Unreserved China final action date is Dec 1, 2016, the date for filing Mar 1, 2021. 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 1, 2016no change this month
Date for filingMar 1, 2021reaches final action in ~11 mo
Wait at the front9.8 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years2.5months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-5 Unreserved China: final action date and date for filing

2010202020062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 2006January 2006no wait
January 2007January 2007no wait
January 2008January 2008no wait
January 2009January 2009no wait
January 2010January 2010no wait
January 2011January 2011no wait
January 2012September 20153.7 years
January 2013September 20152.7 years
January 2014January 20162.0 years
January 2015March 20205.2 years
January 2016December 20215.9 years
January 2017December 20214.9 years
January 2018December 20213.9 years
January 2019December 20212.9 years
January 2020December 20211.9 years
January 2021December 20210.9 years
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-5 Unreserved China moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October39 %6 %16 d18
November25 %0 %14 d16
December41 %0 %14 d17
January41 %0 %17 d17
February24 %0 %7 d17
March28 %0 %16 d18
April22 %6 %17 d18
May35 %0 %21 d17
June38 %6 %10 d16
July18 %0 %54 d17
August31 %0 %14 d16
September35 %0 %7 d17

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-5 Unreserved China month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Dec 1, 2016Mar 1, 20219.8 yr
September 2026Dec 1, 2016Mar 1, 20179.7 yr
August 2026Dec 1, 2016Mar 1, 20179.7 yr
July 2026Dec 1, 2016+2.3 moMar 1, 20179.6 yr
June 2026Sep 22, 2016Mar 1, 20179.7 yr
May 2026Sep 22, 2016+21 dMar 1, 20179.6 yr
April 2026Sep 1, 2016+17 dOct 1, 20169.6 yr
March 2026Aug 15, 2016Oct 1, 20169.5 yr
February 2026Aug 15, 2016Aug 22, 20169.5 yr
January 2026Aug 15, 2016+31 dAug 22, 20169.4 yr
December 2025Jul 15, 2016+7.2 moJul 22, 20169.4 yr
November 2025Dec 8, 2015Jul 1, 20169.9 yr
October 2025Dec 8, 2015Jul 1, 20169.8 yr
September 2025Dec 8, 2015Oct 1, 20169.7 yr
August 2025Dec 8, 2015+22.5 moOct 1, 20169.6 yr
July 2025Jan 22, 2014Oct 1, 201611.4 yr
June 2025Jan 22, 2014Oct 1, 201611.4 yr
May 2025Jan 22, 2014Oct 1, 201611.3 yr
April 2025Jan 22, 2014−29.7 moOct 1, 201611.2 yr
March 2025Jul 15, 2016Oct 1, 20168.6 yr
February 2025Jul 15, 2016Oct 1, 20168.6 yr
January 2025Jul 15, 2016Oct 1, 20168.5 yr
December 2024Jul 15, 2016Oct 1, 20168.4 yr
November 2024Jul 15, 2016Oct 1, 20168.3 yr
October 2024Jul 15, 2016+7.0 moOct 1, 20168.2 yr
September 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.7 yr
August 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.6 yr
July 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.5 yr
June 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.5 yr
May 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.4 yr
April 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.3 yr
March 2024Dec 15, 2015Jan 1, 20178.2 yr
February 2024Dec 15, 2015+7 dJan 1, 20178.1 yr
January 2024Dec 8, 2015+2.2 moJan 1, 20178.1 yr
December 2023Oct 1, 2015Jan 1, 20178.2 yr
November 2023Oct 1, 2015Jan 1, 20178.1 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-5 Unreserved China line

EB-5 Unreserved is the employment-based category for investors outside the set-aside areas, including regional center investments (C5, T5, I5, R5). 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 (2.5 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 4.9 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 3 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 11 months later.

Every EB-5 Unreserved China retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-5 Unreserved China questions

What is the EB-5 Unreserved China priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-5 Unreserved China final action date is Dec 1, 2016 and the date for filing is Mar 1, 2021. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-5 Unreserved China wait?

The cut-off is 9.8 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-5 Unreserved China move?

11.8 mo/yr over the last year, 4.8 mo/yr over three years, 2.5 mo/yr over five and 3.3 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does EB-5 Unreserved China usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in December bulletins (41 % of years) and gone backwards most often in June (6 %). 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-5 Unreserved China, a date for filing has taken a median of 11 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 52 months in 108 bulletins since October 2015; 18 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-5 Unreserved China ever retrogressed?

3 times since 2003, most recently in April 2025 (29.7 mo back). The largest was 77.3 mo in June 2022.

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Other EB-5 Unreserved 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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