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The new U.S. fiscal year brought fresh visa numbers — but not a fresh start for everyone. October 2026 delivered important changes across family-sponsored and employment-based Green Card categories, including significant movement in some family queues and new cut-off dates for employment-based applicants. Here is what changed, who benefited, and what the October Visa Bulletin actually meant for people waiting for U.S. permanent residence. October 2026 U.S. Visa Bulletin: EB-2

The October 2026 Visa Bulletin, Fully Decoded The State Department published the October 2026 Visa Bulletin on October 1, opening fiscal year 2027. We pulled the numbers below directly from the official bulletin text on travel.state.gov, Volume XI, Number 19, cross-checked against USCIS’s own filing-chart determination, not from a summary of a summary. Where other coverage of this bulletin disagrees on a date, and some does, it is almost always because one source is quoting t

Status: not yet published. As of September 28, 2026, we found no report that the October bulletin has been released. The last direct check of the State Department’s Visa Bulletin page we could verify was September 25, when it still listed September as the current bulletin and marked the next one "Coming Soon." This page is updated the moment the October bulletin appears. October 2026 Visa Bulletin Still Not Out Every green card applicant in the United States and abroad knows

Your EB-3 Philippines Window Is Still Open. The State Department Just Said It Won't Stay That Way. July 3, 2026 | United States | Green Card | Philippines | EB-3 | Visa Bulletin EB-3 Philippines held at August 1, 2023 in July — but the State Department warned retrogression or unavailability is coming before September 30. EB-1 Philippines is Current right now. Here's your action plan before the window closes. If you are a Filipino professional waiting for your EB-3 green card,

June 20, 2026 | Breaking News | United States June 2026 Visa Bulletin: Steep Retrogression for India EB-1 and EB-2 — What You Need to Do Now The U.S. Department of State's June 2026 Visa Bulletin brought sharp retrogression for Indian nationals in both the EB-1 and EB-2 employment-based green card categories — with a combined setback of more than 14 months for applicants who held current dates in May. The State Department has warned that further retrogression, or even making