Visa Bulletin Movement Report — India
The Visa Bulletin Movement Report is AllVisaUpdates' monthly record of how India's cut-off dates in the U.S. Department of State's Visa Bulletin changed from one edition to the next — every employment-based and family-sponsored category, in both the Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing charts. It exists so that journalists, researchers and other websites can cite one stable page, by name, for what actually moved in a given month.
Current edition: Visa Bulletin for November 2026 · India column · Checked by AllVisaUpdates on 7 November 2026
How this report is compiled
Method. Each month, AllVisaUpdates transcribes the India column of the new bulletin exactly as the State Department prints it, then compares it cell by cell with the previous edition. A date that moved later is recorded as advanced; a date that moved earlier is recorded as retrogressed; “C” (current) and “U” (unavailable) are compared on the same scale the bulletin itself uses. The tables below are the same tables the tracker prints, markers included — the two pages are rendered from one data file and cannot disagree.
Limitations. The dates are the State Department's published cut-off dates — the queue positions at which visa numbers can be used — not a reading of any individual case. A moved date changes who can be processed; it is not a promise about when any one applicant will be reached. This report describes editions that have been published, in full and on the record; it does not look forward, and it offers no view on what a future bulletin will say.
Movement between editions
Movement tracking begins with the December 2026 edition — the first report will compare it against November 2026. Until two editions exist side by side there is no movement to report, and this page does not invent any: the November 2026 edition below is the baseline every future movement is measured against.
The current edition in full
Employment-Based — Final Action Dates
| Category | India |
|---|---|
| EB-1 — Priority Workers | 01 FEB 23 |
| EB-2 — Advanced Degrees / Exceptional Ability | 01 NOV 13 |
| EB-3 — Skilled Workers & Professionals | 22 JAN 14 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 JAN 14 |
| EB-4 — Certain Special Immigrants | 15 DEC 22 |
| EB-5 Unreserved | 01 DEC 23 |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: Rural (20%) | C |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: High Unemployment (10%) | C |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: Infrastructure (2%) | C |
Employment-Based — Dates for Filing
| Category | India |
|---|---|
| EB-1 — Priority Workers | 01 JUL 24 |
| EB-2 — Advanced Degrees / Exceptional Ability | 15 JAN 15 |
| EB-3 — Skilled Workers & Professionals | 15 JAN 15 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 JAN 15 |
| EB-4 — Certain Special Immigrants | 01 JAN 25 |
| EB-5 Unreserved | 01 MAY 24 |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: Rural (20%) | C |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: High Unemployment (10%) | C |
| EB-5 Set-Aside: Infrastructure (2%) | C |
Family-Sponsored — Final Action Dates
| Category | India |
|---|---|
| F1 — Unmarried Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens | 22 JAN 21 |
| F2A — Spouses & Children of Permanent Residents | 22 OCT 26 |
| F2B — Unmarried Sons & Daughters (21+) of Permanent Residents | 22 AUG 20 |
| F3 — Married Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens | 22 OCT 15 |
| F4 — Brothers & Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens | 15 DEC 06 |
Family-Sponsored — Dates for Filing
| Category | India |
|---|---|
| F1 — Unmarried Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens | 01 FEB 21 |
| F2A — Spouses & Children of Permanent Residents | C |
| F2B — Unmarried Sons & Daughters (21+) of Permanent Residents | 01 SEP 20 |
| F3 — Married Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens | 01 NOV 15 |
| F4 — Brothers & Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens | 01 FEB 07 |
Archive of editions
Every edition this report has covered, newest first. The archive begins with the November 2026 edition — the first edition AllVisaUpdates published — and a new entry is added each month when the new bulletin is verified. Past entries are never rewritten.
- November 2026 edition — the official bulletin (PDF) · Checked by AllVisaUpdates on 7 November 2026
Figures: U.S. Department of State — Visa Bulletin — November 2026 (PDF), checked by AllVisaUpdates on 7 November 2026.
For the working tables with the guide to reading them, See the live tracker tables.
General information only. This guide is based on official sources publicly available and checked on the date shown on this page. Visa rules change, and consular and USCIS officers decide every case on its own facts — nothing here is a confirmation or a guarantee for your individual case, and this is not legal advice. Always confirm the current requirement on the official page linked in this guide before you act, and consider a qualified immigration attorney for your specific situation.