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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

F3 Mexico priority date: Jul 1, 2001 in October 2026

The F3 Mexico final action date is Jul 1, 2001, the date for filing Dec 1, 2002. 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 dateJul 1, 2001no change this month
Date for filingDec 1, 2002reaches final action in ~35 mo
Wait at the front25.3 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years9.9months of dates per year
Since 2003

F3 Mexico: final action date and date for filing

198019902000200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 2004still waiting22.7 years so far
January 2005still waiting21.7 years so far
January 2006still waiting20.7 years so far
January 2007still waiting19.7 years so far
January 2008still waiting18.7 years so far
January 2009still waiting17.7 years so far
January 2010still waiting16.7 years so far
January 2011still waiting15.7 years so far
January 2012still waiting14.7 years so far
January 2013still waiting13.7 years so far
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 F3 Mexico moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October74 %0 %52 d23
November73 %0 %16 d22
December52 %0 %23 d23
January65 %0 %24 d23
February52 %0 %31 d23
March61 %9 %14 d23
April70 %4 %16 d23
May57 %4 %14 d23
June55 %0 %21 d22
July65 %17 %28 d23
August35 %9 %31 d23
September43 %0 %23 d23

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

F3 Mexico month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Jul 1, 2001Dec 1, 200225.3 yr
September 2026Jul 1, 2001Jul 15, 200125.2 yr
August 2026Jul 1, 2001+30 dJul 15, 200125.1 yr
July 2026Jun 1, 2001+31 dJul 15, 200125.1 yr
June 2026May 1, 2001Jul 15, 200125.1 yr
May 2026May 1, 2001Jul 15, 200125.0 yr
April 2026May 1, 2001Jul 1, 200124.9 yr
March 2026May 1, 2001Jul 1, 200124.8 yr
February 2026May 1, 2001Jul 1, 200124.8 yr
January 2026May 1, 2001Jul 1, 200124.7 yr
December 2025May 1, 2001Jul 1, 200124.6 yr
November 2025May 1, 2001+16 dJul 1, 200124.5 yr
October 2025Apr 15, 2001+2.4 moJun 15, 200124.5 yr
September 2025Feb 1, 2001Jun 15, 200124.6 yr
August 2025Feb 1, 2001Jun 15, 200124.5 yr
July 2025Feb 1, 2001+17 dJun 15, 200124.4 yr
June 2025Jan 15, 2001Jun 15, 200124.4 yr
May 2025Jan 15, 2001Jun 15, 200124.3 yr
April 2025Jan 15, 2001+54 dJun 15, 200124.2 yr
March 2025Nov 22, 2000Jun 15, 200124.3 yr
February 2025Nov 22, 2000Jun 15, 200124.2 yr
January 2025Nov 22, 2000+31 dJun 15, 200124.1 yr
December 2024Oct 22, 2000Jun 15, 200124.1 yr
November 2024Oct 22, 2000+2.0 moJun 15, 200124.0 yr
October 2024Aug 22, 2000+5.7 moJun 15, 200124.1 yr
September 2024Mar 1, 2000Jun 15, 200124.5 yr
August 2024Mar 1, 2000Jun 15, 200124.4 yr
July 2024Mar 1, 2000+3.0 moJun 15, 200124.3 yr
June 2024Dec 1, 1999+4.3 moJun 15, 200124.5 yr
May 2024Jul 22, 1999+10.4 moJun 15, 200124.8 yr
April 2024Sep 8, 1998Jun 15, 200125.6 yr
March 2024Sep 8, 1998Jun 15, 200125.5 yr
February 2024Sep 8, 1998Jun 15, 200125.4 yr
January 2024Sep 8, 1998+5.6 moJun 15, 200125.3 yr
December 2023Mar 22, 1998Jun 15, 200125.7 yr
November 2023Mar 22, 1998Jun 15, 200125.6 yr

What this means if you are in the F3 Mexico line

F3 is the family-sponsored category for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. 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 (9.9 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 1.2 years to clear; the last twelve months were slower than that. The table of real waits above shows what that has meant for earlier filers. The line has gone backwards 10 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 35 months later.

Every F3 Mexico retrogression since 2003

FAQ

F3 Mexico questions

What is the F3 Mexico priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the F3 Mexico final action date is Jul 1, 2001 and the date for filing is Dec 1, 2002. It did not move from the previous bulletin.

How long is the F3 Mexico wait?

The cut-off is 25.3 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Priority dates from 2004 on are still waiting.

How fast does F3 Mexico move?

2.5 mo/yr over the last year, 13.5 mo/yr over three years, 9.9 mo/yr over five and 7.9 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does F3 Mexico usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (74 % of years) and gone backwards most often in July (17 %). 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 F3 Mexico, a date for filing has taken a median of 35 months to become the final action date (between 2 and 72 months in 127 bulletins since October 2015; 6 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has F3 Mexico ever retrogressed?

10 times since 2003, most recently in July 2019 (7.8 mo back). The largest was 153.4 mo in August 2006.

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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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