The Department of State has released the February 2026 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In February 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 February 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 remain at August 1, 2023. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Date for Filing for India remains December 1, 2023 and the Date for Filing for China remains January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries will advance to 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 advance to October 1, 2023.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries will remain at March 15, 2021. Additionally, the Certain Religious EB-4 category will become unavailable.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will remain at May 1, 2024, and China will remain at 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.