Category History

EB-4 Religious Workers China approval dates

EB-4 — Religious Workers — Fourth Preference: Religious Workers

(no change) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Dec 15, 2022
Net movement: 6 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 2 months back / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
EB-4 Religious Workers · China: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Dec 15, 2022 20172019202120232025 20252018 Dec 15, 2022
Approval date Filing date 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 Religious Workers China, 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, 7 advanced, 3 moved back, and 77 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 65 months and paused in 36 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 24 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved back about 2 months 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 Religious Workers China, 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, 7 advanced, 2 moved back, and 119 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 86 months and paused in 3 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: pausedNovember 2025: pausedDecember 2025: advancedJanuary 2026: advancedFebruary 2026: pausedMarch 2026: advancedApril 2026: advancedMay 2026: heldJune 2026: heldJuly 2026: advancedAugust 2026: advancedSeptember 2026: advancedFY25October 2024: pausedNovember 2024: advancedDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: pausedFebruary 2025: advancedMarch 2025: moved backApril 2025: pausedMay 2025: pausedJune 2025: pausedJuly 2025: pausedAugust 2025: pausedSeptember 2025: pausedFY24October 2023: pausedNovember 2023: advancedDecember 2023: pausedJanuary 2024: advancedFebruary 2024: heldMarch 2024: advancedApril 2024: pausedMay 2024: advancedJune 2024: heldJuly 2024: advancedAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: pausedNovember 2022: open to everyoneDecember 2022: advancedJanuary 2023: pausedFebruary 2023: advancedMarch 2023: moved backApril 2023: moved backMay 2023: heldJune 2023: heldJuly 2023: heldAugust 2023: heldSeptember 2023: held
Show all 12 years
FY22October 2021: pausedNovember 2021: open to everyoneDecember 2021: open to everyoneJanuary 2022: open to everyoneFebruary 2022: open to everyoneMarch 2022: pausedApril 2022: pausedMay 2022: open to everyoneJune 2022: open to everyoneJuly 2022: open to everyoneAugust 2022: open to everyoneSeptember 2022: open to everyoneFY21October 2020: pausedNovember 2020: open to everyoneDecember 2020: open to everyoneJanuary 2021: pausedFebruary 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: pausedNovember 2019: open to everyoneDecember 2019: pausedJanuary 2020: pausedFebruary 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: pausedNovember 2018: open to everyoneDecember 2018: open to everyoneJanuary 2019: pausedFebruary 2019: pausedMarch 2019: pausedApril 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: pausedFebruary 2018: pausedMarch 2018: open to everyoneApril 2018: pausedMay 2018: open to everyoneJune 2018: open to everyoneJuly 2018: open to everyoneAugust 2018: open to everyoneSeptember 2018: open to everyoneFY17October 2016: pausedNovember 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: pausedJune 2017: open to everyoneJuly 2017: open to everyoneAugust 2017: open to everyoneSeptember 2017: open to everyoneFY16October 2015: pausedNovember 2015: open to everyoneDecember 2015: open to everyoneJanuary 2016: pausedFebruary 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 · 16held · 14moved back · 3open to everyone · 1paused · 16Counts 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 (reopened)
February 2026U (was Jan 1, 2021)
January 2026Jan 1, 2021 (advanced 4 months)
December 2025Sep 1, 2020 (reopened)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025U (no change)
October 2025U (no change)
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 (reopened)
January 2025U (was Jan 1, 2021)
December 2024Jan 1, 2021 (no change)
November 2024Jan 1, 2021 (reopened)
October 2024U (was Jan 1, 2021)
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 (reopened)
April 2024U (was Dec 1, 2019)
March 2024Dec 1, 2019 (advanced 7 months)
February 2024May 15, 2019 (no change)
January 2024May 15, 2019 (reopened)
December 2023U (was Jan 1, 2019)
November 2023Jan 1, 2019 (reopened)
October 2023U (was Sep 1, 2018)
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 (reopened)
January 2023U (was Jun 22, 2022)
December 2022Jun 22, 2022 (was open to everyone)
November 2022C (was paused)
October 2022U (was open to everyone)
September 2022C (no change)
August 2022C (no change)
July 2022C (no change)
June 2022C (no change)
May 2022C (was paused)
April 2022U (no change)
March 2022U (was open to everyone)
February 2022C (no change)
January 2022C (no change)
December 2021C (no change)
November 2021C (was paused)
October 2021U (was open to everyone)
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 (was paused)
January 2021U (was open to everyone)
December 2020C (no change)
November 2020C (was paused)
October 2020U (was open to everyone)
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 (was paused)
January 2020U (no change)
December 2019U (was open to everyone)
November 2019C (was paused)
October 2019U (no change)
September 2019U (was open to everyone)
August 2019C (no change)
July 2019C (no change)
June 2019C (no change)
May 2019C (no change)
April 2019C (was paused)
March 2019U (no change)
February 2019U (no change)
January 2019U (was open to everyone)
December 2018C (no change)
November 2018C (was paused)
October 2018U (was open to everyone)
September 2018C (no change)
August 2018C (no change)
July 2018C (no change)
June 2018C (no change)
May 2018C (was paused)
April 2018U (was open to everyone)
March 2018C (was paused)
February 2018U (no change)
January 2018U (was open to everyone)
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 (was paused)
May 2017U (was open to everyone)
April 2017C (no change)
March 2017C (no change)
February 2017C (no change)
January 2017C (no change)
December 2016C (no change)
November 2016C (was paused)
October 2016U (was open to everyone)
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 (was paused)
January 2016U (was open to everyone)
December 2015C (no change)
November 2015C (was paused)
October 2015U

C = Current. U = Unavailable.

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