Category History

EB-4 Philippines approval dates

EB-4 — Fourth Preference: Certain Special Immigrants

(no change) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Dec 15, 2022
Net movement: 6 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 2 weeks back / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
EB-4 · Philippines: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Dec 15, 2022 20172019202120232025 20252018 Apr 2026: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Dec 15, 2022
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year C = Current U = Unavailable
Cutoff Dec 2022, Nov 2026 bulletin: 3 years 11 months behind3 years 11 months behindCutoff Dec 2022Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for EB-4 Philippines, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 6 months, from June 22, 2022 to December 15, 2022 — about 4 days forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 12 advanced, 3 moved back, and 113 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 85 months and paused in 7 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at December 15, 2022; the most recent change came in September 2026, when it advanced 2 months. Across 40 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved back about 2 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-4 Philippines, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 2 years 5 months, from July 22, 2022 to January 1, 2025 — about 3 weeks forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 9 advanced, 2 moved back, and 121 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 86 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at January 1, 2025; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it advanced 2 years.

Bulletin by bulletin

ONDJFMAMJJASFY27October 2026: heldNovember 2026: heldFY26October 2025: advancedNovember 2025: heldDecember 2025: advancedJanuary 2026: advancedFebruary 2026: heldMarch 2026: advancedApril 2026: advancedMay 2026: heldJune 2026: heldJuly 2026: advancedAugust 2026: advancedSeptember 2026: advancedFY25October 2024: heldNovember 2024: heldDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: heldFebruary 2025: heldMarch 2025: moved backApril 2025: pausedMay 2025: pausedJune 2025: pausedJuly 2025: pausedAugust 2025: pausedSeptember 2025: pausedFY24October 2023: advancedNovember 2023: heldDecember 2023: heldJanuary 2024: advancedFebruary 2024: heldMarch 2024: advancedApril 2024: advancedMay 2024: heldJune 2024: heldJuly 2024: advancedAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: open to everyoneNovember 2022: open to everyoneDecember 2022: advancedJanuary 2023: heldFebruary 2023: heldMarch 2023: moved backApril 2023: moved backMay 2023: heldJune 2023: heldJuly 2023: heldAugust 2023: heldSeptember 2023: held
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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: open to everyoneSeptember 2019: pausedFY18October 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: open to everyoneFY17October 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: open to everyoneSeptember 2017: open to everyoneFY16October 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: open to everyoneSeptember 2016: open to everyone
advanced · 14held · 25moved back · 3open to everyone · 2paused · 6Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Dec 15, 2022 (no change)
October 2026Dec 15, 2022 (no change)
September 2026Dec 15, 2022 (advanced 2 months)
August 2026Oct 15, 2022 (advanced 1 month)
July 2026Sep 15, 2022 (advanced 2 months)
June 2026Jul 15, 2022 (no change)
May 2026Jul 15, 2022 (no change)
April 2026Jul 15, 2022 (advanced 12 months)
March 2026Jul 15, 2021 (advanced 6 months)
February 2026Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
January 2026Jan 1, 2021 (advanced 4 months)
December 2025Sep 1, 2020 (advanced 2 months)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Jul 1, 2020 (no change)
October 2025Jul 1, 2020 (reopened)
September 2025U (no change)
August 2025U (no change)
July 2025U (no change)
June 2025U (no change)
May 2025U (no change)
April 2025U (was Aug 1, 2019)
March 2025Aug 1, 2019 (moved back 17 months)
February 2025Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
January 2025Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
December 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
November 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
October 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
September 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
August 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
July 2024Jan 1, 2021 (advanced 2 months)
June 2024Nov 1, 2020 (no change)
May 2024Nov 1, 2020 (no change)
April 2024Nov 1, 2020 (advanced 11 months)
March 2024Dec 1, 2019 (advanced 7 months)
February 2024May 15, 2019 (no change)
January 2024May 15, 2019 (advanced 4 months)
December 2023Jan 1, 2019 (no change)
November 2023Jan 1, 2019 (no change)
October 2023Jan 1, 2019 (advanced 4 months)
September 2023Sep 1, 2018 (no change)
August 2023Sep 1, 2018 (no change)
July 2023Sep 1, 2018 (no change)
June 2023Sep 1, 2018 (no change)
May 2023Sep 1, 2018 (no change)
April 2023Sep 1, 2018 (moved back 3 years 5 months)
March 2023Feb 1, 2022 (moved back 5 months)
February 2023Jun 22, 2022 (no change)
January 2023Jun 22, 2022 (no change)
December 2022Jun 22, 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 paused)
September 2019U (was open to everyone)
August 2019C (no change)
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 (no change)
September 2018C (no change)
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 (no change)
September 2017C (no change)
August 2017C (no change)
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 (no change)
September 2016C (no change)
August 2016C (no change)
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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