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October 2026 Visa Bulletin · every bulletin since 2003

F4 India priority date: Dec 15, 2006 in October 2026

The F4 India final action date is Dec 15, 2006, the date for filing Feb 1, 2007. It moved forward 44 d 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, 2006+44 d
Date for filingFeb 1, 2007reaches final action in ~19 mo
Wait at the front19.8 yrbulletin month minus cut-off
Speed, 5 years3.0months of dates per year
Since 2003

F4 India: final action date and date for filing

1990199520002005200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242026
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 201814.1 years
January 2005May 202015.3 years
January 2006May 202418.3 years
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 F4 India moves, and when it falls back

Bulletin monthMoved forwardRetrogressedTypical advanceYears counted
October83 %0 %31 d23
November73 %0 %31 d22
December70 %0 %45 d23
January83 %0 %31 d23
February70 %4 %24 d23
March78 %0 %30 d23
April83 %0 %24 d23
May74 %0 %31 d23
June64 %5 %38 d22
July78 %0 %23 d23
August70 %0 %31 d23
September65 %4 %45 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

F4 India month by month

BulletinFinal action dateDate for filingWait
October 2026Dec 15, 2006+44 dFeb 1, 200719.8 yr
September 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.8 yr
August 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.7 yr
July 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.7 yr
June 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.6 yr
May 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.5 yr
April 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.4 yr
March 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.3 yr
February 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.3 yr
January 2026Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.2 yr
December 2025Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.1 yr
November 2025Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200619.0 yr
October 2025Nov 1, 2006Dec 15, 200618.9 yr
September 2025Nov 1, 2006Dec 1, 200618.8 yr
August 2025Nov 1, 2006+3.8 moDec 1, 200618.7 yr
July 2025Jul 8, 2006+23 dDec 1, 200619.0 yr
June 2025Jun 15, 2006Dec 1, 200619.0 yr
May 2025Jun 15, 2006Oct 1, 200618.9 yr
April 2025Jun 15, 2006+2.2 moOct 1, 200618.8 yr
March 2025Apr 8, 2006Aug 15, 200618.9 yr
February 2025Apr 8, 2006Aug 15, 200618.8 yr
January 2025Apr 8, 2006+31 dAug 15, 200618.7 yr
December 2024Mar 8, 2006Aug 1, 200618.7 yr
November 2024Mar 8, 2006+7 dAug 1, 200618.7 yr
October 2024Mar 1, 2006+38 dJun 15, 200618.6 yr
September 2024Jan 22, 2006Jun 15, 200618.6 yr
August 2024Jan 22, 2006Jun 15, 200618.5 yr
July 2024Jan 22, 2006+7 dJun 15, 200618.4 yr
June 2024Jan 15, 2006Jun 15, 200618.4 yr
May 2024Jan 15, 2006+31 dJun 15, 200618.3 yr
April 2024Dec 15, 2005Apr 8, 200618.3 yr
March 2024Dec 15, 2005+30 dFeb 22, 200618.2 yr
February 2024Nov 15, 2005Feb 22, 200618.2 yr
January 2024Nov 15, 2005+38 dFeb 22, 200618.1 yr
December 2023Oct 8, 2005Feb 22, 200618.1 yr
November 2023Oct 8, 2005Feb 22, 200618.1 yr

What this means if you are in the F4 India line

F4 is the family-sponsored category for brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens who are 21 or older. 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 (3.0 mo/yr), each year of priority dates takes about 4.0 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 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 19 months later.

Every F4 India retrogression since 2003

FAQ

F4 India questions

What is the F4 India priority date now?

In the October 2026 Visa Bulletin the F4 India final action date is Dec 15, 2006 and the date for filing is Feb 1, 2007. It moved forward 44 d from the previous bulletin.

How long is the F4 India wait?

The cut-off is 19.8 years behind the bulletin month, which is what people reaching the front now have waited. Looking back, a priority date of January 2006 became current in May 2024, after 18.3 years. Priority dates from 2007 on are still waiting.

How fast does F4 India move?

1.4 mo/yr over the last year, 4.9 mo/yr over three years, 3.0 mo/yr over five and 4.8 mo/yr over ten (months of priority dates cleared per year; 12 keeps pace with time).

In which months does F4 India usually move?

Since 2003 it has moved forward most often in October bulletins (83 % of years) and gone backwards most often in June (5 %). 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 F4 India, a date for filing has taken a median of 19 months to become the final action date (between 1 and 42 months in 132 bulletins since October 2015; 1 filing dates have not been reached yet).

Has F4 India ever retrogressed?

3 times since 2003, most recently in September 2017 (20.7 mo back). The largest was 30.6 mo in June 2016.

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Other F4 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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