VisaBacklog

F3 India Green Card Wait Time

Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens, chargeability India. Every Visa Bulletin from December 2001 to September 2026.

Final action date
Oct 22, 2014
September 2026 bulletin
Date for filing
Nov 1, 2014
September 2026
Current backlog
11.9 yr
bulletin month minus cutoff date
Pace, last 12 bulletins
+98 d
average movement per bulletin
Projected wait
5.2 yr
at the last 24 bulletins’ pace

How the F3 India cutoff date has moved

2000200520102015202020252001-122026-09
F3 India final action dates, December 2001 to September 2026. The solid line is the published cutoff date. The dashed line is the bulletin's own month, so the vertical distance between them is the size of the backlog at that moment. Months shown as Current or Unavailable have no cutoff date and are skipped.

The last twelve bulletins

BulletinFinal action dateMovedDate for filing
September 2026 Oct 22, 2014 +920 days Nov 1, 2014
July 2026 Apr 15, 2012 +60 days Dec 8, 2012
June 2026 Feb 15, 2012 no movement Dec 8, 2012
May 2026 Feb 15, 2012 +55 days Dec 8, 2012
April 2026 Dec 22, 2011 +105 days Nov 22, 2012
March 2026 Sep 8, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012
February 2026 Sep 8, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012
January 2026 Sep 8, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012
December 2025 Sep 8, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012
November 2025 Sep 8, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012
October 2025 Sep 8, 2011 +38 days Jul 22, 2012
September 2025 Aug 1, 2011 no movement Jul 22, 2012

When this category went backwards

The cutoff date for F3 India has retrogressed 2 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.

BulletinFromToDays lost
September 2018Jun 15, 2006May 1, 2006 -45
January 2011Jun 1, 2002Jan 1, 2001 -516

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.

This bulletin as published.

Backlog years, pace and projections are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page. Corrections: [email protected].

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