The U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the November 2026 visa bulletin. The Visa Bulletin provides an update on the availability of immigrant visas for both consular processing and adjustment of status applications for the month of November 2026. The bulletin includes both the Final Action Dates and the Dates for Filing for employment-based and Family-Based immigrant visa categories. In addition, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces each month which chart applicants should use to file their Adjustment of Status (AOS) applications.
USCIS announced that for employment-based adjustment of status for November 2026, applicants must file using the Dates for Filing Chart (Chart B) for both employment and family-based visa applicants.
Here’s what changed, and what didn’t, in the November 2026 bulletin.
Employment-Based Categories
In the EB-1 category, dates for filing for all countries won’t change from last month. The Final action date for China will advance by one month to August 1, 2023. All other countries won’t change.
In the EB-2 category, the dates for filing for all countries won’t change from last month. The final action dates for China and India won’t change from last month. The cutoff dates for all other countries will advance by three months to April 1, 2025.
In the EB-3 category, the dates for filing for all countries other than China and India won’t change from last month. The final action date for China will advance by two weeks to January 22, 2022. The cutoff date for India will advance three weeks to January 22, 2014. The cutoff date for the Philippines won’t change from last month. The final action dates for all other countries will advance one month to June 15, 2024.
In the EB-3 other workers category, the dates for filing for China, India, and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The dates for filing for all other countries will advance by one month to July 1, 2022. The final action dates for all other countries will advance by five months to June 1, 2022.
In the EB-4 category, the dates for filing for all countries won’t change from last month. The final action dates for all countries won’t change from last month.
Family-Based Categories
USCIS has directed family-based applicants to the Dates for Filing chart for November this year.
F-1 (unmarried sons and daughters, 21 or older, of U.S. citizens): Dates for filing for Mexico and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The dates for filing for all other countries will advance by one year to February 1, 2021.
The final action date for Mexico will advance by two weeks to September 22, 2008. The final action date for the Philippines won’t change from last month. Finally, the final action dates for all other countries will advance by one year to January 22, 2021.
F-2A (spouses and unmarried children under 21 of green card holders): Dates for filing for all countries remain current.
The final action date for Mexico will advance by one month to April 22, 2026. The final action dates will advance by one month to October 22, 2026.
F-2B (unmarried children 21 or older of green card holders): The dates for filing for Mexico and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The dates for filing for all other countries will advance by one year to September 1, 2020.
The final action dates for Mexico and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The final action dates for all other countries will advance by one year to August 22, 2020.
F-3 (married children of U.S. citizens): The cutoff dates for Mexico and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The cutoff dates for all other countries will advance by one year to November 1, 2015.
The final action dates for Mexico and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The final action dates for all other countries will advance by one year to October 22, 2015.
F-4 (siblings of U.S. citizens): The cutoff dates for India, Mexico, and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The cutoff dates for all other countries will advance by one year to November 1, 2012.
The final action dates for India, Mexico, and the Philippines won’t change from last month. The final action dates for all other countries will advance by one year to October 22, 2012.
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