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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

F2A Mexico priority date: Mar 22, 2026 in October 2026

The F2A Mexico final action date is Mar 22, 2026, the date for filing Current. It moved forward 7.0 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 dateMar 22, 2026+7.0 mo
Date for filingCurrentreaches final action in ~11 mo
Wait at the front0.5 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years19.9months of dates per year
Since 2003

F2A Mexico: final action date and date for filing

200020102020200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 2004February 20106.1 years
January 2005May 20105.3 years
January 2006June 20104.4 years
January 2007July 20103.5 years
January 2008August 20102.6 years
January 2009October 20101.7 years
January 2010November 20100.8 years
January 2011May 20132.3 years
January 2012August 20131.6 years
January 2013August 20130.6 years
January 2014September 20151.7 years
January 2015November 20161.8 years
January 2016February 20182.1 years
January 2017April 20192.2 years
January 2018July 20191.5 years
January 2019July 20190.5 years
January 2020January 2020no wait
January 2021January 2021no wait
January 2022January 2022no wait
January 2023January 2023no wait
January 2024August 20262.6 years
January 2025August 20261.6 years

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 F2A Mexico moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October77 %0 %47 d22
November59 %0 %38 d22
December57 %0 %38 d23
January65 %4 %42 d23
February61 %0 %47 d23
March65 %4 %30 d23
April65 %4 %2.0 mo23
May65 %0 %2.0 mo23
June64 %5 %2.0 mo22
July64 %0 %2.5 mo22
August59 %9 %47 d22
September50 %0 %3.0 mo22

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

F2A Mexico month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Mar 22, 2026+7.0 moCurrent0.5 yr
September 2026Aug 22, 2025+31 dCurrent1.0 yr
August 2026Jul 22, 2025+18.7 moCurrent1.0 yr
July 2026Jan 1, 2024Current2.5 yr
June 2026Jan 1, 2024+5.0 moCurrent2.4 yr
May 2026Aug 1, 2023+5.9 moCurrent2.7 yr
April 2026Feb 1, 2023Current3.2 yr
March 2026Feb 1, 2023Feb 22, 20263.1 yr
February 2026Feb 1, 2023Jan 22, 20263.0 yr
January 2026Feb 1, 2023Dec 22, 20252.9 yr
December 2025Feb 1, 2023Nov 22, 20252.8 yr
November 2025Feb 1, 2023Oct 22, 20252.7 yr
October 2025Feb 1, 2023+12.0 moSep 22, 20252.7 yr
September 2025Feb 1, 2022Jun 1, 20253.6 yr
August 2025Feb 1, 2022Apr 1, 20253.5 yr
July 2025Feb 1, 2022+8.6 moMar 1, 20253.4 yr
June 2025May 15, 2021Feb 1, 20254.0 yr
May 2025May 15, 2021Feb 1, 20254.0 yr
April 2025May 15, 2021Oct 15, 20243.9 yr
March 2025May 15, 2021Jul 15, 20243.8 yr
February 2025May 15, 2021Jul 15, 20243.7 yr
January 2025May 15, 2021+30 dJul 15, 20243.6 yr
December 2024Apr 15, 2021Jul 15, 20243.6 yr
November 2024Apr 15, 2021+38 dJul 15, 20243.5 yr
October 2024Mar 8, 2021+35 dJul 15, 20243.6 yr
September 2024Feb 1, 2021Jun 15, 20243.6 yr
August 2024Feb 1, 2021Jun 15, 20243.5 yr
July 2024Feb 1, 2021Nov 1, 20233.4 yr
June 2024Feb 1, 2021+2.8 moSep 1, 20233.3 yr
May 2024Nov 8, 2020+2.8 moSep 1, 20233.5 yr
April 2024Aug 15, 2020+2.0 moSep 1, 20233.6 yr
March 2024Jun 15, 2020+4.4 moSep 1, 20233.7 yr
February 2024Feb 1, 2020+3.4 moSep 1, 20234.0 yr
January 2024Oct 22, 2019+8.6 moSep 1, 20234.2 yr
December 2023Feb 1, 2019Sep 1, 20234.8 yr
November 2023Feb 1, 2019Sep 1, 20234.7 yr

What this means if you are in the F2A Mexico line

F2A is the family-sponsored category for spouses and unmarried children under 21 of permanent residents. People charged to Mexico – normally those born there – have their own column because demand from Mexico 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 (19.9 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 0.6 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 6 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 F2A Mexico retrogression since 2003

FAQ

F2A Mexico questions

What is the F2A Mexico priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the F2A Mexico final action date is Mar 22, 2026 and the date for filing is Current. It moved forward 7.0 mo from the previous bulletin.

How long is the F2A Mexico wait?

The cut-off is 0.5 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2025 became current in August 2026, after 1.6 years.

How fast does F2A Mexico move?

37.6 mo/yr over the last year, 29.4 mo/yr over three years, 19.9 mo/yr over five and 13.6 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does F2A Mexico usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (77 % of years) and gone backwards most often in August (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 F2A Mexico, a date for filing has taken a median of 11 months to become the final action date (between 0 and 33 months in 109 bulletins since October 2015).

Has F2A Mexico ever retrogressed?

6 times since 2003, most recently in August 2023 (26.0 mo back). The largest was 59.0 mo in January 2011.

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Other F2A 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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