Particle.news
Download on the App Store
10 ARTICLES
·
4w ago

April 2026 Visa Bulletin Opens Filing Window as USCIS Adopts Chart B. USCIS

USCIS will use the Dates for Filing chart in April to widen adjustment eligibility, with a State Department warning that retrogression may be required later in the fiscal year.

FILE - People arrive before the start of a naturalization ceremony at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Miami Field Office in Miami, Aug. 17, 2018. Authorities say lottery bids for highly-educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year, claiming success against people who were "gaming the system" by submitting multiple, sometimes dubious, applications to unfairly increase their chances. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Image
Image
US April Visa Bulletin 2026: Major advances in family, employment-based Green Card timelines for India; Details here

Overview

  • EB-2 and EB-3 for Rest of World are current for filing in April, and the F2A category is current for filing across all countries.
  • Final action cutoffs advance in key areas, including EB-2 India to July 15, 2014, EB-1 China and India to April 1, 2023, EB-3 Rest of World to June 1, 2024, and EB-4 to July 15, 2022.
  • For India, EB-2 and EB-3 filing dates align at January 15, 2015, eliminating any filing advantage from EB-2-to-EB-3 downgrades this month.
  • Officials attribute the broader advances in part to reduced consular visa issuances following recent administration actions, with a caution that future demand could trigger cutbacks.
  • Visa movement remains constrained by statutory limits, including a minimum of 140,000 employment-based numbers, 226,000 family-sponsored numbers, and 7% per-country caps.