EB-2 month by month
Where a priority date sat in each of the 36 bulletins from October 2023 to September 2026.
EB-2: Advanced degree or exceptional ability.
The record for this category
Everything below is drawn from the published issues and is shown before anything is entered. The tool underneath adds one thing to it: where a particular priority date sat in each of those issues.
| Country | Final Action Dates | Dates for Filing | Moved, 12 mo | Longest freeze | Backward steps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All chargeability areas except those listed | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | 13.5 in 6 mo | 5 mo | 1 |
| China, mainland born | 01 Sep 2021 | 01 Jan 2022 | 8.5 in 12 mo | 8 mo | 0 |
| India | U (unavailable, no numbers being issued) | 15 Jan 2015 | 8 in 9 mo | 5 mo | 1 |
| Mexico | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | 13.5 in 6 mo | 5 mo | 1 |
| Philippines | C (current, no wait) | C (current, no wait) | 13.5 in 6 mo | 5 mo | 1 |
How far the countries have drifted apart, and how strongly the October reset shows up here, are set out on the category page.
Backward steps on record
The table above counts them by country column: 4 backward steps in this category over the whole record. Each one is dated and named, with the dates it moved between, on the category page.
How the movement is distributed
Counted over the 36 issues published here and all 5 country columns of this category, on the Final Action Dates chart. One comparison is one column between two consecutive issues.
Both issues carried a cut-off in 154 of those comparisons: the cut-off moved forward in 69 of them, stood still in 81, and moved backwards in 4. The same steps by size, ignoring direction: no movement in 81, a month or less (31 days or fewer) in 23, one to three months (32 to 92 days) in 37, and more than three months (over 92 days) in 13.
The longest unbroken advance ran 5 issues in a row, December 2024 to April 2025, for India, gaining 5.6 months of cut-off across that stretch. The largest single advance on record is 10 months, for India, in April 2026.
The widest the columns of this category have ever stood apart in one issue is 133 months, in March 2026, with India behind All areas, Mexico and Philippines and 1 country column somewhere between the two. In September 2026 fewer than two columns in this category carry a cut-off, so there is no gap to measure in the newest issue.
Where one priority date sat
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Transcribed from the Visa Bulletin published by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs. How this data is checked · Movement and pace for EB-2