The Department of State has released the January 2026 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In January 2026, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Preference chart.
To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application in January 2026, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than that listed on the Dates for Filing chart.
The EB-1 Date for Filing for India advanced to August 1, 2023, and the Date for Filing for China is August 1, 2023. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Date for Filing for India remains December 1, 2013 and the Date for Filing for China is January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries is October 15, 2024.
The EB-3 Professional/Skilled Worker Date for Filing for India will remain at August 15, 2014, and the Date for Filing for China will remain at January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries will remain at July 1, 2023.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries will advance one month to March 15, 2021. Additionally, the Certain Religious EB-4 category has become available with a priority date of March 15, 2021.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will advance to May 1, 2024, and China will advance to August 22, 2016. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current for all countries.