The Department of State has released the April 2026 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In April 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 April 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 remains December 1, 2023. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Date for Filing for India will advance by two and a half months, to January 15, 2015. The Date for Filing for China remains January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries will remain current under the April 2026 visa bulletin.
The EB-3 Professional/Skilled Worker Date for Filing for India will advance by five months to January 15, 2015. The Date for Filing for China remains January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for the Philippines remains January 1, 2024. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries except India, China, and Philippines will advance by over fourteen months and become current.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries remains January 1, 2023. Additionally, the Certain Religious EB-4 category for nationals of all countries will remain at January 1, 2023.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will remain at May 1, 2022, and China will advance by two weeks to September 1, 2016. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will also remain current for all countries.