The February 2026 visa bulletin has been published. USCIS will be accepting cases in February based on dates for filing, not on final action, for employment-based cases. Changes are as follows for both charts. If a change is not listed here, the date remains the same.
Dates for Filing
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from July 1, 2023, to October 1, 2023.
- Mexico: moved from July 1, 2023, to October 1, 2023.
- Philippines: moved from July 1, 2023, to October 1, 2023.
Certain Religious Workers
- Rest of World: moved Mach 15, 2021, to Unauthorized
- China: moved Mach 15, 2021, to Unauthorized
- India: moved Mach 15, 2021, to Unauthorized
- Mexico: moved Mach 15, 2021, to Unauthorized
- Philippines: moved Mach 15, 2021, to Unauthorized
Final Action
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from April 22, 2023, to June 1, 2023.
- Mexico: moved from April 22, 2023, to June 1, 2023.
- Philippines: moved from April 22, 2023, to June 1, 2023.
Certain Religious workers
- Rest of World: moved from January 1, 2021, to Unauthorized.
- China: moved from January 1, 2021, to Unauthorized.
- India: moved from January 1, 2021, to Unauthorized.
- Mexico: moved from January 1, 2021, to Unauthorized.
- Philippines: moved from January 1, 2021, to Unauthorized.