June 2026 Visa Bulletin: Retrogression Hits India, China EB-2 on Watch
USCIS determined that, for June 2026, applicants in all family-sponsored preference categories must use the Dates for Filing chart, and applicants in all employment-based preference categories must use the Final Action Dates chart.
Final Action Dates for June 2026
EB-1
- China: April 1, 2023
- India: December 15, 2022
- All other countries: Current
EB-2
- China: September 1, 2021
- India: September 1, 2013
- All other countries: Current
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
- China: August 1, 2021
- India: December 15, 2013
- Philippines: August 1, 2023
- All other countries: June 1, 2024
EB-3 Other Workers
- China: April 1, 2019
- India: December 15, 2013
- Philippines: November 1, 2021
- All other countries: February 1, 2022
EB-4
- All countries: July 15, 2022
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
- China: September 22, 2016
- India: May 1, 2022
- All other countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
- Rural: Current for all countries
- High Unemployment: Current for all countries
- Infrastructure: Current for all countries
India: EB-1 and EB-2 Retrogress
The headline changes this month is the retrogression of India’s EB-1 and EB-2 Final Action Dates.
For Chinese-born EB-2 applicants whose priority dates are current or close to it, the prudent reading of this bulletin is to treat the June numbers as a window that may not stay open. Filing now, where eligible, is preferable to assuming the same dates will be available later in the fiscal year.
Family-Based Categories: F2A Stays Current, Modest Movement Elsewhere
On the family-sponsored side, the June bulletin shows a mix of small advances and holdovers. Most importantly for adjustment filers, the F2A filing date, spouses and children of permanent residents remains current for all countries, allowing eligible applicants to file regardless of priority date.
For India, the family-based filing dates track the worldwide chart except for F4, where the India filing date is December 15, 2006.
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