The Department of State has released the March 2026 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In March 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 March 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 and China will advance to December 1, 2023. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Date for Filing for India will advance to November 1, 2014 and the Date for Filing for China remains January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries is current under the March 2026 visa bulletin.
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 advance to January 15, 2024.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries will advance to January 1, 2023.. Additionally, the Certain Religious EB-4 category for nationals of all countries will advance to January 1, 2023.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will remain at May 1, 2024, and China will advance to October 1, 2016. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current for all countries.