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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

EB-5 Unreserved India priority date: Dec 1, 2023 in October 2026

The EB-5 Unreserved India final action date is Dec 1, 2023, the date for filing May 1, 2024. 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, 2023no change this month
Date for filingMay 1, 2024reaches final action in ~12 mo
Wait at the front2.8 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years12.2months of dates per year
Since 2003

EB-5 Unreserved India: 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 2012September 20153.7 years
January 2013September 20152.7 years
January 2014September 20151.7 years
January 2015September 20150.7 years
January 2016January 2016no wait
January 2017January 2017no wait
January 2018January 2018no wait
January 2019January 2019no wait
January 2020July 20200.5 years
January 2021January 2021no wait
January 2022January 2022no wait
January 2023October 20263.7 years
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 India moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October28 %6 %13.0 mo18
November6 %0 %16 d18
December11 %0 %4.9 mo19
January16 %0 %10.0 mo19
February6 %0 %4.0 mo18
March5 %5 %51 d19
April5 %5 %2.3 mo19
May6 %6 %9.0 mo18
June6 %6 %3.0 mo17
July6 %6 %6.0 mo17
August6 %6 %6.5 mo16
September6 %0 %34.6 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-5 Unreserved India month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Dec 1, 2023May 1, 20242.8 yr
September 2026UnavailableMay 1, 2024–
August 2026UnavailableMay 1, 2024–
July 2026UnavailableMay 1, 2024–
June 2026May 1, 2022May 1, 20244.1 yr
May 2026May 1, 2022May 1, 20244.0 yr
April 2026May 1, 2022May 1, 20243.9 yr
March 2026May 1, 2022May 1, 20243.8 yr
February 2026May 1, 2022May 1, 20243.8 yr
January 2026May 1, 2022+10.0 moMay 1, 20243.7 yr
December 2025Jul 1, 2021+4.9 moApr 1, 20224.4 yr
November 2025Feb 1, 2021Apr 1, 20224.7 yr
October 2025Feb 1, 2021+14.6 moApr 1, 20224.7 yr
September 2025Nov 15, 2019Apr 1, 20225.8 yr
August 2025Nov 15, 2019+6.5 moApr 1, 20225.7 yr
July 2025May 1, 2019Apr 1, 20226.2 yr
June 2025May 1, 2019Apr 1, 20226.1 yr
May 2025May 1, 2019−6.0 moApr 1, 20226.0 yr
April 2025Nov 1, 2019−26.0 moApr 1, 20225.4 yr
March 2025Jan 1, 2022Apr 1, 20223.2 yr
February 2025Jan 1, 2022Apr 1, 20223.1 yr
January 2025Jan 1, 2022Apr 1, 20223.0 yr
December 2024Jan 1, 2022Apr 1, 20222.9 yr
November 2024Jan 1, 2022Apr 1, 20222.8 yr
October 2024Jan 1, 2022+13.0 moApr 1, 20222.7 yr
September 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.8 yr
August 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.7 yr
July 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.6 yr
June 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.5 yr
May 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.4 yr
April 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.3 yr
March 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.2 yr
February 2024Dec 1, 2020Apr 1, 20223.2 yr
January 2024Dec 1, 2020+23.6 moApr 1, 20223.1 yr
December 2023Dec 15, 2018Apr 1, 20225.0 yr
November 2023Dec 15, 2018Apr 1, 20224.9 yr

What this means if you are in the EB-5 Unreserved India 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 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 (12.2 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 1.0 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 7 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 12 months later.

Every EB-5 Unreserved India retrogression since 2003

FAQ

EB-5 Unreserved India questions

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

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the EB-5 Unreserved India final action date is Dec 1, 2023 and the date for filing is May 1, 2024. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the EB-5 Unreserved India wait?

The cut-off is 2.8 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2023 became current in October 2026, after 3.7 years. Priority dates from 2024 on are still waiting.

How fast does EB-5 Unreserved India move?

34.0 mo/yr over the last year, 20.4 mo/yr over three years, 12.2 mo/yr over five and 10.9 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

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

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (28 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (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 India, a date for filing has taken a median of 12 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 27 months in 39 bulletins since October 2015; 10 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has EB-5 Unreserved India ever retrogressed?

7 times since 2003, most recently in May 2025 (6.0 mo back). The largest was 33.8 mo in October 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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