Category History

F2A India approval dates

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(advanced 1 month) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Oct 22, 2026
Net movement: 12 years 6 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 3 weeks forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
F2A · India: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Oct 22, 2026 20172019202120232025 20262014 Jan 2018: Largest advance since 2016 in our archive (since Oct 2015)Apr 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)May 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Sep 2023: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Oct 2023: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Oct 2025: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Aug 2026: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Oct 22, 2026
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year C = Current
Cutoff Oct 2026, Nov 2026 bulletin: within three months of the bulletin dateWithin three months of the bulletin dateCutoff Oct 2026Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for F2A India, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 12 years 6 months, from April 15, 2014 to October 22, 2026 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 59 advanced, 1 moved back, and 71 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 45 months. As of November 2026 it is listed at October 22, 2026; the most recent change came in November 2026, when it advanced 1 month. Across 87 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 3 weeks per bulletin, leaving out 6 exceptional jumps. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for F2A India, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 11 years, from March 1, 2015 to February 22, 2026 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 49 advanced and 81 held unchanged. The category was open to everyone in 25 months. As of November 2026 it is open to everyone; the most recent change came in April 2026, when it opened to everyone.

Bulletin by bulletin

ONDJFMAMJJASFY27October 2026: advancedNovember 2026: advancedFY26October 2025: advancedNovember 2025: heldDecember 2025: heldJanuary 2026: heldFebruary 2026: heldMarch 2026: heldApril 2026: heldMay 2026: advancedJune 2026: advancedJuly 2026: heldAugust 2026: advancedSeptember 2026: advancedFY25October 2024: advancedNovember 2024: advancedDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: heldFebruary 2025: heldMarch 2025: heldApril 2025: heldMay 2025: heldJune 2025: heldJuly 2025: advancedAugust 2025: heldSeptember 2025: heldFY24October 2023: advancedNovember 2023: heldDecember 2023: heldJanuary 2024: advancedFebruary 2024: advancedMarch 2024: advancedApril 2024: advancedMay 2024: advancedJune 2024: advancedJuly 2024: heldAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: open to everyoneNovember 2022: open to everyoneDecember 2022: open to everyoneJanuary 2023: open to everyoneFebruary 2023: open to everyoneMarch 2023: open to everyoneApril 2023: advancedMay 2023: heldJune 2023: heldJuly 2023: heldAugust 2023: moved backSeptember 2023: advanced
Show all 12 years
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: advancedNovember 2018: advancedDecember 2018: advancedJanuary 2019: advancedFebruary 2019: advancedMarch 2019: advancedApril 2019: advancedMay 2019: advancedJune 2019: advancedJuly 2019: open to everyoneAugust 2019: open to everyoneSeptember 2019: open to everyoneFY18October 2017: advancedNovember 2017: advancedDecember 2017: advancedJanuary 2018: advancedFebruary 2018: advancedMarch 2018: advancedApril 2018: advancedMay 2018: advancedJune 2018: advancedJuly 2018: advancedAugust 2018: advancedSeptember 2018: heldFY17October 2016: advancedNovember 2016: advancedDecember 2016: advancedJanuary 2017: advancedFebruary 2017: advancedMarch 2017: advancedApril 2017: advancedMay 2017: advancedJune 2017: advancedJuly 2017: advancedAugust 2017: advancedSeptember 2017: advancedFY16October 2015: no comparisonNovember 2015: advancedDecember 2015: advancedJanuary 2016: advancedFebruary 2016: advancedMarch 2016: advancedApril 2016: advancedMay 2016: advancedJune 2016: advancedJuly 2016: advancedAugust 2016: heldSeptember 2016: held
advanced · 19held · 24moved back · 1open to everyone · 6Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Oct 22, 2026 (advanced 1 month)
October 2026Sep 22, 2026 (advanced 1 month)
September 2026Aug 22, 2026 (advanced 1 month)
August 2026Jul 22, 2026 (advanced 19 months)
July 2026Jan 1, 2025 (no change)
June 2026Jan 1, 2025 (advanced 5 months)
May 2026Aug 1, 2024 (advanced 6 months)
April 2026Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
March 2026Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
February 2026Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
January 2026Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
December 2025Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Feb 1, 2024 (no change)
October 2025Feb 1, 2024 (advanced 17 months)
September 2025Sep 1, 2022 (no change)
August 2025Sep 1, 2022 (no change)
July 2025Sep 1, 2022 (advanced 8 months)
June 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
May 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
April 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
March 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
February 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
January 2025Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
December 2024Jan 1, 2022 (no change)
November 2024Jan 1, 2022 (advanced 1 month)
October 2024Nov 22, 2021 (advanced 1 week)
September 2024Nov 15, 2021 (no change)
August 2024Nov 15, 2021 (no change)
July 2024Nov 15, 2021 (no change)
June 2024Nov 15, 2021 (advanced 5 months)
May 2024Jun 1, 2021 (advanced 9 months)
April 2024Sep 8, 2020 (advanced 3 months)
March 2024Jun 22, 2020 (advanced 4 months)
February 2024Feb 8, 2020 (advanced 3 months)
January 2024Nov 1, 2019 (advanced 9 months)
December 2023Feb 8, 2019 (no change)
November 2023Feb 8, 2019 (no change)
October 2023Feb 8, 2019 (advanced 13 months)
September 2023Jan 1, 2018 (advanced 3 months)
August 2023Oct 8, 2017 (moved back 2 years 11 months)
July 2023Sep 8, 2020 (no change)
June 2023Sep 8, 2020 (no change)
May 2023Sep 8, 2020 (no change)
April 2023Sep 8, 2020 (was open to everyone)
March 2023C (no change)
February 2023C (no change)
January 2023C (no change)
December 2022C (no change)
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 (no change)
September 2019C (no change)
August 2019C (no change)
July 2019C (was Jul 15, 2017)
June 2019Jul 15, 2017 (advanced 2 months)
May 2019May 15, 2017 (advanced 2 months)
April 2019Mar 1, 2017 (advanced 2 months)
March 2019Jan 8, 2017 (advanced 1 month)
February 2019Dec 1, 2016 (advanced 3 weeks)
January 2019Nov 8, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
December 2018Oct 8, 2016 (advanced 3 weeks)
November 2018Sep 15, 2016 (advanced 3 weeks)
October 2018Aug 22, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
September 2018Jul 22, 2016 (no change)
August 2018Jul 22, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
July 2018Jun 22, 2016 (advanced 2 weeks)
June 2018Jun 8, 2016 (advanced 1 week)
May 2018Jun 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
April 2018May 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
March 2018Mar 22, 2016 (advanced 3 weeks)
February 2018Mar 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
January 2018Feb 1, 2016 (advanced 1 month)
December 2017Dec 22, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
November 2017Nov 15, 2015 (advanced 3 weeks)
October 2017Oct 22, 2015 (advanced 3 weeks)
September 2017Oct 1, 2015 (advanced 1 week)
August 2017Sep 22, 2015 (advanced 2 weeks)
July 2017Sep 8, 2015 (advanced 3 weeks)
June 2017Aug 15, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
May 2017Jul 15, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
April 2017Jun 8, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
March 2017May 8, 2015 (advanced 3 weeks)
February 2017Apr 15, 2015 (advanced 3 weeks)
January 2017Mar 22, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
December 2016Feb 22, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
November 2016Jan 22, 2015 (advanced 1 month)
October 2016Dec 22, 2014 (advanced 1 month)
September 2016Nov 15, 2014 (no change)
August 2016Nov 15, 2014 (no change)
July 2016Nov 15, 2014 (advanced 1 week)
June 2016Nov 8, 2014 (advanced 1 week)
May 2016Nov 1, 2014 (advanced 1 week)
April 2016Oct 22, 2014 (advanced 1 month)
March 2016Sep 22, 2014 (advanced 3 weeks)
February 2016Sep 1, 2014 (advanced 1 month)
January 2016Aug 1, 2014 (advanced 2 months)
December 2015Jun 15, 2014 (advanced 1 month)
November 2015May 15, 2014 (advanced 1 month)
October 2015Apr 15, 2014

C = Current. U = Unavailable.

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