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EB-1 Visa Bulletin priority dates: China

People with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and some multinational managers, born in mainland China. Newest bulletin: November 2026.

Final Action Date

Aug 1, 2023

+1 month since Oct

Date for Filing

Jul 1, 2024

same as in Oct

Your priority date must be earlier than the Final Action Date to get your visa or green card, and earlier than the Date for Filing to send your documents to the National Visa Center (NVC).

Special cases:
What is my priority date?

Your priority date is usually the day USCIS received your I-130 or I-140 petition, or, when you needed a labor certification, the day it was filed. It is on your I-797 notice.

Source: the November 2026 Visa Bulletin.

How fast the line moves

People at the front of the line have waited about 3 years.

In the last year, the Final Action Date moved forward 7 months.

Details

The line can stand still for months, jump forward, or move back. It often moves back in summer and forward again in October.

The November 2025 bulletin’s Final Action Date was Dec 22, 2022.

The November 2021 bulletin’s Final Action Date was Current.

  • Final Action Dates
  • Dates for Filing
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Source: the State Department’s monthly Visa Bulletins. A gap is a month the category was current or unavailable.