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F3 Philippines approval dates

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(no change) in the November 2026 bulletin

This month: Jul 22, 2006
Net movement: 12 years 10 months ahead
Typical pace, jumps excluded: about 1 month forward / bulletin
Bulletins tracked: 134
F3 · Philippines: cutoff dates from Oct 2015 to Nov 2026, now Jul 22, 2006 20172019202120232025 20061993 Mar 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Apr 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jul 2019: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)Apr 2020: Largest single-bulletin advance in our archive (since Oct 2015)May 2025: Largest advance since 2020 in our archive (since Oct 2015)Jul 22, 2006
Approval date Filing date Largest move in our archive (since Oct 2015), or since a named year
Cutoff Jul 2006, Nov 2026 bulletin: 20 years 3 months behind20 years 3 months behindCutoff Jul 2006Nov 2026 bulletin

This archive holds 134 bulletins of the approval date (from the official Final Action Dates chart) for F3 Philippines, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 12 years 10 months, from October 1, 1993 to July 22, 2006 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month.

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Month to month, 77 advanced and 56 held unchanged. As of November 2026 it is listed at July 22, 2006; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it advanced 5 months. Across 133 measured changes in the archive, the approval date cutoff typically moved forward about 1 month per bulletin, leaving out 5 exceptional jumps. This archive holds 134 bulletins of the filing date (from the official Dates for Filing chart) for F3 Philippines, from October 2015 to November 2026. Over that span the cutoff date advanced 11 years 3 months, from August 1, 1995 to October 22, 2006 — about 1 month forward per bulletin month. Month to month, 42 advanced, 1 moved back, and 90 held unchanged. As of November 2026 it is listed at October 22, 2006; the most recent change came in October 2026, when it advanced 2 months.

Bulletin by bulletin

ONDJFMAMJJASFY27October 2026: advancedNovember 2026: heldFY26October 2025: advancedNovember 2025: heldDecember 2025: advancedJanuary 2026: advancedFebruary 2026: heldMarch 2026: heldApril 2026: advancedMay 2026: advancedJune 2026: heldJuly 2026: advancedAugust 2026: heldSeptember 2026: heldFY25October 2024: heldNovember 2024: heldDecember 2024: heldJanuary 2025: advancedFebruary 2025: heldMarch 2025: advancedApril 2025: advancedMay 2025: advancedJune 2025: heldJuly 2025: advancedAugust 2025: heldSeptember 2025: advancedFY24October 2023: heldNovember 2023: heldDecember 2023: heldJanuary 2024: heldFebruary 2024: heldMarch 2024: heldApril 2024: heldMay 2024: advancedJune 2024: advancedJuly 2024: advancedAugust 2024: heldSeptember 2024: heldFY23October 2022: heldNovember 2022: heldDecember 2022: heldJanuary 2023: heldFebruary 2023: heldMarch 2023: heldApril 2023: heldMay 2023: heldJune 2023: heldJuly 2023: heldAugust 2023: heldSeptember 2023: held
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FY22October 2021: heldNovember 2021: heldDecember 2021: heldJanuary 2022: heldFebruary 2022: heldMarch 2022: heldApril 2022: heldMay 2022: heldJune 2022: heldJuly 2022: heldAugust 2022: heldSeptember 2022: heldFY21October 2020: heldNovember 2020: heldDecember 2020: heldJanuary 2021: advancedFebruary 2021: heldMarch 2021: advancedApril 2021: advancedMay 2021: advancedJune 2021: advancedJuly 2021: heldAugust 2021: heldSeptember 2021: heldFY20October 2019: advancedNovember 2019: advancedDecember 2019: advancedJanuary 2020: advancedFebruary 2020: advancedMarch 2020: advancedApril 2020: advancedMay 2020: advancedJune 2020: advancedJuly 2020: advancedAugust 2020: advancedSeptember 2020: advancedFY19October 2018: advancedNovember 2018: advancedDecember 2018: advancedJanuary 2019: advancedFebruary 2019: advancedMarch 2019: advancedApril 2019: advancedMay 2019: advancedJune 2019: advancedJuly 2019: advancedAugust 2019: advancedSeptember 2019: advancedFY18October 2017: advancedNovember 2017: advancedDecember 2017: advancedJanuary 2018: advancedFebruary 2018: heldMarch 2018: advancedApril 2018: heldMay 2018: advancedJune 2018: advancedJuly 2018: advancedAugust 2018: advancedSeptember 2018: advancedFY17October 2016: advancedNovember 2016: advancedDecember 2016: advancedJanuary 2017: advancedFebruary 2017: advancedMarch 2017: heldApril 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: advancedSeptember 2016: advanced
advanced · 16held · 34Counts cover the years shown above.

Every bulletin

BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2026Jul 22, 2006 (no change)
October 2026Jul 22, 2006 (advanced 5 months)
September 2026Feb 22, 2006 (no change)
August 2026Feb 22, 2006 (no change)
July 2026Feb 22, 2006 (advanced 3 months)
June 2026Nov 22, 2005 (no change)
May 2026Nov 22, 2005 (advanced 5 months)
April 2026Jul 1, 2005 (advanced 4 months)
March 2026Mar 1, 2005 (no change)
February 2026Mar 1, 2005 (no change)
January 2026Mar 1, 2005 (advanced 4 months)
December 2025Nov 1, 2004 (advanced 1 month)
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BulletinCutoff dateChange
November 2025Sep 22, 2004 (no change)
October 2025Sep 22, 2004 (advanced 5 months)
September 2025May 1, 2004 (advanced 5 months)
August 2025Dec 1, 2003 (no change)
July 2025Dec 1, 2003 (advanced 2 months)
June 2025Sep 22, 2003 (no change)
May 2025Sep 22, 2003 (advanced 6 months)
April 2025Mar 22, 2003 (advanced 2 months)
March 2025Jan 22, 2003 (advanced 2 months)
February 2025Nov 8, 2002 (no change)
January 2025Nov 8, 2002 (advanced 2 months)
December 2024Sep 8, 2002 (no change)
November 2024Sep 8, 2002 (no change)
October 2024Sep 8, 2002 (no change)
September 2024Sep 8, 2002 (no change)
August 2024Sep 8, 2002 (no change)
July 2024Sep 8, 2002 (advanced 2 weeks)
June 2024Aug 22, 2002 (advanced 3 weeks)
May 2024Aug 1, 2002 (advanced 2 months)
April 2024Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
March 2024Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
February 2024Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
January 2024Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
December 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
November 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
October 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
September 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
August 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
July 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
June 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
May 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
April 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
March 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
February 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
January 2023Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
December 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
November 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
October 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
September 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
August 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
July 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
June 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
May 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
April 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
March 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
February 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
January 2022Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
December 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
November 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
October 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
September 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
August 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
July 2021Jun 8, 2002 (no change)
June 2021Jun 8, 2002 (advanced 1 month)
May 2021May 1, 2002 (advanced 1 month)
April 2021Apr 1, 2002 (advanced 3 weeks)
March 2021Mar 8, 2002 (advanced 1 week)
February 2021Mar 1, 2002 (no change)
January 2021Mar 1, 2002 (advanced 2 weeks)
December 2020Feb 15, 2002 (no change)
November 2020Feb 15, 2002 (no change)
October 2020Feb 15, 2002 (no change)
September 2020Feb 15, 2002 (advanced 3 months)
August 2020Nov 15, 2001 (advanced 3 months)
July 2020Aug 15, 2001 (advanced 4 months)
June 2020Apr 15, 2001 (advanced 5 months)
May 2020Nov 15, 2000 (advanced 6 months)
April 2020May 15, 2000 (advanced 7 months)
March 2020Oct 1, 1999 (advanced 5 months)
February 2020May 1, 1999 (advanced 4 months)
January 2020Jan 1, 1999 (advanced 4 months)
December 2019Sep 1, 1998 (advanced 3 months)
November 2019Jun 1, 1998 (advanced 2 months)
October 2019Apr 1, 1998 (advanced 2 months)
September 2019Feb 1, 1998 (advanced 4 months)
August 2019Oct 1, 1997 (advanced 2 months)
July 2019Aug 1, 1997 (advanced 6 months)
June 2019Feb 1, 1997 (advanced 4 months)
May 2019Oct 8, 1996 (advanced 4 months)
April 2019Jun 1, 1996 (advanced 5 months)
March 2019Jan 1, 1996 (advanced 4 months)
February 2019Aug 22, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
January 2019Jul 22, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
December 2018Jul 8, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
November 2018Jun 22, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
October 2018Jun 8, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
September 2018Jun 1, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
August 2018May 1, 1995 (advanced 2 weeks)
July 2018Apr 15, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
June 2018Apr 8, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
May 2018Apr 1, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
April 2018Mar 22, 1995 (no change)
March 2018Mar 22, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
February 2018Mar 15, 1995 (no change)
January 2018Mar 15, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
December 2017Mar 8, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
November 2017Mar 1, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
October 2017Feb 22, 1995 (advanced 1 week)
September 2017Feb 15, 1995 (advanced 3 weeks)
August 2017Jan 22, 1995 (advanced 1 month)
July 2017Dec 15, 1994 (advanced 2 months)
June 2017Oct 8, 1994 (advanced 2 weeks)
May 2017Sep 22, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
April 2017Sep 15, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
March 2017Sep 8, 1994 (no change)
February 2017Sep 8, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
January 2017Sep 1, 1994 (advanced 2 weeks)
December 2016Aug 15, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
November 2016Aug 8, 1994 (advanced 1 month)
October 2016Jul 8, 1994 (advanced 3 weeks)
September 2016Jun 15, 1994 (advanced 3 months)
August 2016Mar 15, 1994 (advanced 2 weeks)
July 2016Mar 1, 1994 (advanced 1 month)
June 2016Feb 1, 1994 (advanced 1 week)
May 2016Jan 22, 1994 (advanced 1 month)
April 2016Dec 22, 1993 (advanced 2 weeks)
March 2016Dec 8, 1993 (advanced 2 weeks)
February 2016Nov 22, 1993 (advanced 3 weeks)
January 2016Nov 1, 1993 (advanced 1 week)
December 2015Oct 22, 1993 (advanced 2 weeks)
November 2015Oct 8, 1993 (advanced 1 week)
October 2015Oct 1, 1993

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