EB-1 India Green Card Wait Time
Priority Workers, chargeability India. Every Visa Bulletin from December 2001 to September 2026.
How the EB-1 India cutoff date has moved
The last twelve bulletins
| Bulletin | Final action date | Moved | Date for filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | Oct 15, 2022 | no movement | Dec 1, 2023 |
| July 2026 | Oct 15, 2022 | -61 days | Dec 1, 2023 |
| June 2026 | Dec 15, 2022 | -107 days | Dec 1, 2023 |
| May 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | no movement | Dec 1, 2023 |
| April 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | +31 days | Dec 1, 2023 |
| March 2026 | Mar 1, 2023 | +28 days | Dec 1, 2023 |
| February 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | no movement | Aug 1, 2023 |
| January 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | +323 days | Aug 1, 2023 |
| December 2025 | Mar 15, 2022 | +28 days | Apr 15, 2023 |
| November 2025 | Feb 15, 2022 | no movement | Apr 15, 2023 |
| October 2025 | Feb 15, 2022 | no movement | Apr 15, 2023 |
| September 2025 | Feb 15, 2022 | no movement | Apr 15, 2022 |
When this category went backwards
The cutoff date for EB-1 India has retrogressed 5 times in the published record. A retrogression means the State Department pulled the date back, so people who were about to become eligible went back into the queue.
| Bulletin | From | To | Days lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2026 | Dec 15, 2022 | Oct 15, 2022 | -61 |
| June 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | Dec 15, 2022 | -107 |
| August 2023 | Feb 1, 2022 | Jan 1, 2012 | -3684 |
| September 2019 | Jan 1, 2015 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| June 2019 | Feb 22, 2017 | Jan 1, 2015 | -783 |
Where these numbers come from
Final action dates and dates for filing are taken from the monthly Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Each bulletin is parsed into a machine-readable record and checked against the published page before it is committed, so the series here is the bulletin's own wording, not a restatement of it. The movement and backlog columns are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page.
Source
Every date on this page comes from the September 2026 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Nothing here is estimated, interpolated or filled in, and the designations Current and Unavailable are reproduced exactly as printed.
Backlog years, pace and projections are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page. Corrections: [email protected].
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