EB-5 High Unemployment
Targeted employment area set-aside, 10 percent
Movement, all areas
Final Action Dates across the 36 published months.
This category has fewer than two dated months in the published range, so there is no movement to plot. A category that is current or unavailable has no cut-off to chart.
By country of chargeability
| Area | Final Action Dates | Dates for Filing | Since August | Pace, 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All chargeability areas except those listed | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | no move | - |
| China, mainland born | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | no move | - |
| India | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | no move | - |
| Mexico | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | no move | - |
| Philippines | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | no move | - |
Questions this page answers
- Why does EB-5 High Unemployment take so long?
- The published range does not contain a dated series for this category in the all-areas column, so no pace can be measured from it.
- Does a cut-off ever move backwards?
- Yes. A cut-off can retrogress when demand for a category exceeds what remains of the annual limit. Any month where that happened is marked on the table below.
- When will a particular priority date be reached?
- That cannot be answered from the bulletin. Past pace is a record of what happened, not a schedule, and this site publishes no prediction.
Current values from the September 2026 bulletin, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. Movement computed across 36 published months, 12 for the headline pace.