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F3 Mexico approval dates

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(advanced 2 weeks) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Jul 15, 2001
Net movement: 7 years 1 month ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 2 weeks forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
F3 · Mexico: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Jul 15, 2001 20172019202120232025 20021994 May 2018: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jul 2018: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Aug 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jul 2023: Largest advance since 2021 in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jan 2024: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)May 2024: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jul 15, 2001
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year
Cutoff Jul 2001, Nov 2026 bulletin: 25 years 4 months behind25 years 4 months behindCutoff Jul 2001Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for F3 Mexico, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 7 years 1 month, from June 8, 1994 to July 15, 2001 — about 3 weeks forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 74 advanced, 2 moved back, and 57 held unchanged. As of November 2026 it is listed at July 15, 2001; the most recent change came in November 2026, when it advanced 2 weeks. Across 133 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 2 weeks per bulletin, leaving out 7 exceptional jumps. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for F3 Mexico, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 7 years 7 months, from May 1, 1995 to December 1, 2002 — about 3 weeks forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 24 advanced and 109 held unchanged. As of November 2026 it is listed at December 1, 2002; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it advanced 17 months.

Bulletin by bulletin

ONDJFMAMJJASFY27October 2026: heldNovember 2026: advancedFY26October 2025: advancedNovember 2025: advancedDecember 2025: heldJanuary 2026: heldFebruary 2026: heldMarch 2026: heldApril 2026: heldMay 2026: heldJune 2026: heldJuly 2026: advancedAugust 2026: advancedSeptember 2026: heldFY25October 2024: advancedNovember 2024: advancedDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: advancedFebruary 2025: heldMarch 2025: heldApril 2025: advancedMay 2025: heldJune 2025: heldJuly 2025: advancedAugust 2025: heldSeptember 2025: heldFY24October 2023: advancedNovember 2023: advancedDecember 2023: heldJanuary 2024: advancedFebruary 2024: heldMarch 2024: heldApril 2024: heldMay 2024: advancedJune 2024: advancedJuly 2024: advancedAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: heldNovember 2022: advancedDecember 2022: moved backJanuary 2023: heldFebruary 2023: heldMarch 2023: heldApril 2023: heldMay 2023: heldJune 2023: heldJuly 2023: advancedAugust 2023: heldSeptember 2023: held
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FY22October 2021: heldNovember 2021: heldDecember 2021: advancedJanuary 2022: advancedFebruary 2022: heldMarch 2022: heldApril 2022: heldMay 2022: heldJune 2022: heldJuly 2022: advancedAugust 2022: heldSeptember 2022: heldFY21October 2020: heldNovember 2020: heldDecember 2020: heldJanuary 2021: advancedFebruary 2021: advancedMarch 2021: advancedApril 2021: advancedMay 2021: advancedJune 2021: advancedJuly 2021: advancedAugust 2021: advancedSeptember 2021: advancedFY20October 2019: advancedNovember 2019: heldDecember 2019: heldJanuary 2020: advancedFebruary 2020: advancedMarch 2020: advancedApril 2020: advancedMay 2020: advancedJune 2020: advancedJuly 2020: advancedAugust 2020: advancedSeptember 2020: advancedFY19October 2018: heldNovember 2018: heldDecember 2018: heldJanuary 2019: heldFebruary 2019: heldMarch 2019: advancedApril 2019: advancedMay 2019: advancedJune 2019: advancedJuly 2019: moved backAugust 2019: advancedSeptember 2019: heldFY18October 2017: advancedNovember 2017: advancedDecember 2017: advancedJanuary 2018: advancedFebruary 2018: advancedMarch 2018: heldApril 2018: advancedMay 2018: advancedJune 2018: advancedJuly 2018: advancedAugust 2018: heldSeptember 2018: advancedFY17October 2016: advancedNovember 2016: advancedDecember 2016: advancedJanuary 2017: advancedFebruary 2017: heldMarch 2017: advancedApril 2017: advancedMay 2017: advancedJune 2017: advancedJuly 2017: advancedAugust 2017: advancedSeptember 2017: heldFY16October 2015: no comparisonNovember 2015: advancedDecember 2015: advancedJanuary 2016: advancedFebruary 2016: advancedMarch 2016: advancedApril 2016: advancedMay 2016: advancedJune 2016: advancedJuly 2016: heldAugust 2016: heldSeptember 2016: advanced
advanced · 18held · 31moved back · 1Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Jul 15, 2001 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2026Jul 1, 2001 (no change)
September 2026Jul 1, 2001 (no change)
August 2026Jul 1, 2001 (advanced 1 month)
July 2026Jun 1, 2001 (advanced 1 month)
June 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
May 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
April 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
March 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
February 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
January 2026May 1, 2001 (no change)
December 2025May 1, 2001 (no change)
Show all 134 bulletins
BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025May 1, 2001 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2025Apr 15, 2001 (advanced 2 months)
September 2025Feb 1, 2001 (no change)
August 2025Feb 1, 2001 (no change)
July 2025Feb 1, 2001 (advanced 2 weeks)
June 2025Jan 15, 2001 (no change)
May 2025Jan 15, 2001 (no change)
April 2025Jan 15, 2001 (advanced 2 months)
March 2025Nov 22, 2000 (no change)
February 2025Nov 22, 2000 (no change)
January 2025Nov 22, 2000 (advanced 1 month)
December 2024Oct 22, 2000 (no change)
November 2024Oct 22, 2000 (advanced 2 months)
October 2024Aug 22, 2000 (advanced 6 months)
September 2024Mar 1, 2000 (no change)
August 2024Mar 1, 2000 (no change)
July 2024Mar 1, 2000 (advanced 3 months)
June 2024Dec 1, 1999 (advanced 4 months)
May 2024Jul 22, 1999 (advanced 10 months)
April 2024Sep 8, 1998 (no change)
March 2024Sep 8, 1998 (no change)
February 2024Sep 8, 1998 (no change)
January 2024Sep 8, 1998 (advanced 6 months)
December 2023Mar 22, 1998 (no change)
November 2023Mar 22, 1998 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2023Mar 8, 1998 (advanced 2 months)
September 2023Jan 15, 1998 (no change)
August 2023Jan 15, 1998 (no change)
July 2023Jan 15, 1998 (advanced 2 months)
June 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
May 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
April 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
March 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
February 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
January 2023Nov 1, 1997 (no change)
December 2022Nov 1, 1997 (moved back 2 weeks)
November 2022Nov 15, 1997 (advanced 1 month)
October 2022Oct 15, 1997 (no change)
September 2022Oct 15, 1997 (no change)
August 2022Oct 15, 1997 (no change)
July 2022Oct 15, 1997 (advanced 1 month)
June 2022Sep 15, 1997 (no change)
May 2022Sep 15, 1997 (no change)
April 2022Sep 15, 1997 (no change)
March 2022Sep 15, 1997 (no change)
February 2022Sep 15, 1997 (no change)
January 2022Sep 15, 1997 (advanced 2 months)
December 2021Jul 15, 1997 (advanced 2 months)
November 2021May 15, 1997 (no change)
October 2021May 15, 1997 (no change)
September 2021May 15, 1997 (advanced 3 weeks)
August 2021Apr 22, 1997 (advanced 1 month)
July 2021Mar 8, 1997 (advanced 4 months)
June 2021Nov 15, 1996 (advanced 1 month)
May 2021Oct 15, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
April 2021Oct 1, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
March 2021Sep 15, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
February 2021Sep 1, 1996 (advanced 1 week)
January 2021Aug 22, 1996 (advanced 3 weeks)
December 2020Aug 1, 1996 (no change)
November 2020Aug 1, 1996 (no change)
October 2020Aug 1, 1996 (no change)
September 2020Aug 1, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
August 2020Jul 15, 1996 (advanced 1 week)
July 2020Jul 8, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
June 2020Jun 22, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
May 2020Jun 8, 1996 (advanced 1 month)
April 2020May 8, 1996 (advanced 1 month)
March 2020Apr 8, 1996 (advanced 2 weeks)
February 2020Mar 22, 1996 (advanced 3 weeks)
January 2020Mar 1, 1996 (advanced 1 week)
December 2019Feb 22, 1996 (no change)
November 2019Feb 22, 1996 (no change)
October 2019Feb 22, 1996 (advanced 3 months)
September 2019Dec 1, 1995 (no change)
August 2019Dec 1, 1995 (advanced 5 months)
July 2019Jul 1, 1995 (moved back 8 months)
June 2019Feb 22, 1996 (advanced 1 week)
May 2019Feb 15, 1996 (advanced 1 week)
April 2019Feb 8, 1996 (advanced 3 weeks)
March 2019Jan 15, 1996 (advanced 3 weeks)
February 2019Dec 22, 1995 (no change)
January 2019Dec 22, 1995 (no change)
December 2018Dec 22, 1995 (no change)
November 2018Dec 22, 1995 (no change)
October 2018Dec 22, 1995 (no change)
September 2018Dec 22, 1995 (advanced 3 weeks)
August 2018Dec 1, 1995 (no change)
July 2018Dec 1, 1995 (advanced 2 months)
June 2018Oct 1, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
May 2018Sep 1, 1995 (advanced 2 months)
April 2018Jul 8, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
March 2018Jun 22, 1995 (no change)
February 2018Jun 22, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
January 2018Jun 15, 1995 (advanced 3 weeks)
December 2017May 22, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
November 2017May 8, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2017Apr 22, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
September 2017Apr 8, 1995 (no change)
August 2017Apr 8, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
July 2017Mar 22, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
June 2017Feb 22, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
May 2017Jan 22, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
April 2017Jan 8, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
March 2017Dec 22, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
February 2017Dec 15, 1994 (no change)
January 2017Dec 15, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
December 2016Dec 8, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
November 2016Dec 1, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
October 2016Nov 22, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
September 2016Nov 15, 1994 (advanced 3 weeks)
August 2016Oct 22, 1994 (no change)
July 2016Oct 22, 1994 (no change)
June 2016Oct 22, 1994 (advanced 2 weeks)
May 2016Oct 8, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
April 2016Oct 1, 1994 (advanced 2 weeks)
March 2016Sep 15, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
February 2016Sep 8, 1994 (advanced 1 month)
January 2016Aug 1, 1994 (advanced 3 weeks)
December 2015Jul 8, 1994 (advanced 3 weeks)
November 2015Jun 15, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
October 2015Jun 8, 1994

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