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October 2026 Visa Bulletin Delivers Major Green-Card Date Gains
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- The U.S. State Department released the October 2026 Visa Bulletin, granting major gains for some green-card applicants.
- India’s EB-2 employment-based category reopened with a final action date of November 1, 2013.
- China’s EB-3 advanced from January 8, 2022, to April 1, 2024.
- EB-2 final action dates for most countries, Mexico and the Philippines changed from Current to January 1, 2025.
- India’s EB-1 category advanced from October 15, 2022, to February 1, 2023.
