The monthly US Visa Bulletin helps family-sponsored and employment-based applicants track visa availability and application eligibility.

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The US State Department has released its October 2026 Visa Bulletin, the first of fiscal year 2027. Every month, hundreds of Indian professionals read the Visa Bulletin as a report card after waiting ...

Foreign nationals and their sponsoring US employers or US family members have been closely monitoring the monthly releases of the US Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for the past year to ...

The US Department of State’s September 2026 Visa Bulletin sets out the latest cut-off dates for Indian applicants across family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visa categories. The bulletin ...

The November 2026 Visa Bulletin brings limited employment-based progress for Indians.

At first glance, the September 2026 Visa Bulletin can look remarkably uneventful. Several employment-based cut-off dates did not move. Some categories remain current. Others remain backlogged in ways ...

The November US Visa Bulletin brings significant progress for Indian family-sponsored green-card applicants, with F1, F2B and F3 dates advancing by one year. F2A moved ahead by one month.