Category History

EB-2 approval dates for most countries

EB-2 — Second Preference: Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability

(advanced 3 months) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Apr 1, 2025
Net movement: 11 years 2 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 4 weeks forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
EB-2 · Most countries: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Apr 1, 2025 20172019202120232025 20262013 Apr 1, 2025
Approval date Filing date C = Current
Cutoff Apr 2025, Nov 2026 bulletin: 19 months behind19 months behindCutoff Apr 2025Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for EB-2 Most countries, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 11 years 2 months, from February 1, 2014 to April 1, 2025 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 20 advanced, 3 moved back, and 99 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 85 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at April 1, 2025; the most recent change came in November 2026, when it advanced 3 months. Across 43 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 4 weeks per bulletin, leaving out one exceptional jump. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for EB-2 Most countries, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 3 years 3 months, from December 1, 2022 to March 15, 2026 — about 4 weeks forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 7 advanced and 123 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 93 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at March 15, 2026; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it stopped being open to everyone (now March 15, 2026).

Bulletin by bulletin

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FY22October 2021: open to everyoneNovember 2021: open to everyoneDecember 2021: open to everyoneJanuary 2022: open to everyoneFebruary 2022: open to everyoneMarch 2022: open to everyoneApril 2022: open to everyoneMay 2022: open to everyoneJune 2022: open to everyoneJuly 2022: open to everyoneAugust 2022: open to everyoneSeptember 2022: open to everyoneFY21October 2020: open to everyoneNovember 2020: open to everyoneDecember 2020: open to everyoneJanuary 2021: open to everyoneFebruary 2021: open to everyoneMarch 2021: open to everyoneApril 2021: open to everyoneMay 2021: open to everyoneJune 2021: open to everyoneJuly 2021: open to everyoneAugust 2021: open to everyoneSeptember 2021: open to everyoneFY20October 2019: open to everyoneNovember 2019: open to everyoneDecember 2019: open to everyoneJanuary 2020: open to everyoneFebruary 2020: open to everyoneMarch 2020: open to everyoneApril 2020: open to everyoneMay 2020: open to everyoneJune 2020: open to everyoneJuly 2020: open to everyoneAugust 2020: open to everyoneSeptember 2020: open to everyoneFY19October 2018: open to everyoneNovember 2018: open to everyoneDecember 2018: open to everyoneJanuary 2019: open to everyoneFebruary 2019: open to everyoneMarch 2019: open to everyoneApril 2019: open to everyoneMay 2019: open to everyoneJune 2019: open to everyoneJuly 2019: open to everyoneAugust 2019: advancedSeptember 2019: advancedFY18October 2017: open to everyoneNovember 2017: open to everyoneDecember 2017: open to everyoneJanuary 2018: open to everyoneFebruary 2018: open to everyoneMarch 2018: open to everyoneApril 2018: open to everyoneMay 2018: open to everyoneJune 2018: open to everyoneJuly 2018: open to everyoneAugust 2018: open to everyoneSeptember 2018: advancedFY17October 2016: open to everyoneNovember 2016: open to everyoneDecember 2016: open to everyoneJanuary 2017: open to everyoneFebruary 2017: open to everyoneMarch 2017: open to everyoneApril 2017: open to everyoneMay 2017: open to everyoneJune 2017: open to everyoneJuly 2017: open to everyoneAugust 2017: advancedSeptember 2017: advancedFY16October 2015: open to everyoneNovember 2015: open to everyoneDecember 2015: open to everyoneJanuary 2016: open to everyoneFebruary 2016: open to everyoneMarch 2016: open to everyoneApril 2016: open to everyoneMay 2016: open to everyoneJune 2016: open to everyoneJuly 2016: open to everyoneAugust 2016: advancedSeptember 2016: held
advanced · 20held · 19moved back · 3open to everyone · 8Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Apr 1, 2025 (advanced 3 months)
October 2026Jan 1, 2025 (was open to everyone)
September 2026C (no change)
August 2026C (no change)
July 2026C (no change)
June 2026C (no change)
May 2026C (no change)
April 2026C (was Oct 15, 2024)
March 2026Oct 15, 2024 (advanced 6 months)
February 2026Apr 1, 2024 (no change)
January 2026Apr 1, 2024 (advanced 2 months)
December 2025Feb 1, 2024 (advanced 2 months)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Dec 1, 2023 (no change)
October 2025Dec 1, 2023 (advanced 3 months)
September 2025Sep 1, 2023 (no change)
August 2025Sep 1, 2023 (moved back 1 month)
July 2025Oct 15, 2023 (no change)
June 2025Oct 15, 2023 (advanced 4 months)
May 2025Jun 22, 2023 (no change)
April 2025Jun 22, 2023 (advanced 1 month)
March 2025May 15, 2023 (advanced 1 month)
February 2025Apr 1, 2023 (no change)
January 2025Apr 1, 2023 (advanced 2 weeks)
December 2024Mar 15, 2023 (no change)
November 2024Mar 15, 2023 (no change)
October 2024Mar 15, 2023 (no change)
September 2024Mar 15, 2023 (no change)
August 2024Mar 15, 2023 (no change)
July 2024Mar 15, 2023 (advanced 2 months)
June 2024Jan 15, 2023 (no change)
May 2024Jan 15, 2023 (no change)
April 2024Jan 15, 2023 (advanced 2 months)
March 2024Nov 22, 2022 (advanced 1 week)
February 2024Nov 15, 2022 (advanced 2 weeks)
January 2024Nov 1, 2022 (advanced 4 months)
December 2023Jul 15, 2022 (no change)
November 2023Jul 15, 2022 (advanced 1 week)
October 2023Jul 8, 2022 (advanced 1 week)
September 2023Jul 1, 2022 (advanced 3 months)
August 2023Apr 1, 2022 (advanced 2 months)
July 2023Feb 15, 2022 (no change)
June 2023Feb 15, 2022 (no change)
May 2023Feb 15, 2022 (moved back 5 months)
April 2023Jul 1, 2022 (moved back 4 months)
March 2023Nov 1, 2022 (no change)
February 2023Nov 1, 2022 (no change)
January 2023Nov 1, 2022 (no change)
December 2022Nov 1, 2022 (was open to everyone)
November 2022C (no change)
October 2022C (no change)
September 2022C (no change)
August 2022C (no change)
July 2022C (no change)
June 2022C (no change)
May 2022C (no change)
April 2022C (no change)
March 2022C (no change)
February 2022C (no change)
January 2022C (no change)
December 2021C (no change)
November 2021C (no change)
October 2021C (no change)
September 2021C (no change)
August 2021C (no change)
July 2021C (no change)
June 2021C (no change)
May 2021C (no change)
April 2021C (no change)
March 2021C (no change)
February 2021C (no change)
January 2021C (no change)
December 2020C (no change)
November 2020C (no change)
October 2020C (no change)
September 2020C (no change)
August 2020C (no change)
July 2020C (no change)
June 2020C (no change)
May 2020C (no change)
April 2020C (no change)
March 2020C (no change)
February 2020C (no change)
January 2020C (no change)
December 2019C (no change)
November 2019C (no change)
October 2019C (was Jan 1, 2018)
September 2019Jan 1, 2018 (advanced 12 months)
August 2019Jan 1, 2017 (was open to everyone)
July 2019C (no change)
June 2019C (no change)
May 2019C (no change)
April 2019C (no change)
March 2019C (no change)
February 2019C (no change)
January 2019C (no change)
December 2018C (no change)
November 2018C (no change)
October 2018C (was Jan 1, 2013)
September 2018Jan 1, 2013 (was open to everyone)
August 2018C (no change)
July 2018C (no change)
June 2018C (no change)
May 2018C (no change)
April 2018C (no change)
March 2018C (no change)
February 2018C (no change)
January 2018C (no change)
December 2017C (no change)
November 2017C (no change)
October 2017C (was Jan 1, 2016)
September 2017Jan 1, 2016 (advanced 9 months)
August 2017Apr 1, 2015 (was open to everyone)
July 2017C (no change)
June 2017C (no change)
May 2017C (no change)
April 2017C (no change)
March 2017C (no change)
February 2017C (no change)
January 2017C (no change)
December 2016C (no change)
November 2016C (no change)
October 2016C (was Feb 1, 2014)
September 2016Feb 1, 2014 (no change)
August 2016Feb 1, 2014 (was open to everyone)
July 2016C (no change)
June 2016C (no change)
May 2016C (no change)
April 2016C (no change)
March 2016C (no change)
February 2016C (no change)
January 2016C (no change)
December 2015C (no change)
November 2015C (no change)
October 2015C

C = Current. U = Unavailable.

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