EB4 All Chargeability Priority Date
April 2026 Visa Bulletin
Cutoff Date
Jul 15, 2022
Backlog
~3.7 yrs
Movement
+1 yr
Filing Date
Jan 1, 2023
Country
Family-Sponsored
Employment-Based
Final Action Dates
April 2026 cutoff: July 15, 2022
Dates for Filing
April 2026 cutoff: January 1, 2023
When will my date be current?
Enter your priority date to estimate when it will become current based on historical advancement rates. The range shows best-case and worst-case scenarios from the last 3 years of data.
EB4 All Chargeability: Advancement Pace
Rolling 6-month average of how fast the cutoff date moves each month. Above the dashed line means dates are advancing; below means retrogression. Currently advancing at 4.1 mo/month.
EB4 All Chargeability: Filing vs Final Action Gap
Shows how far ahead the "Dates for Filing" cutoff is compared to the Final Action date. A larger gap means you can file your I-485 earlier relative to when your green card will actually be processed. Currently 6 months apart.
EB4: Country Comparison
Compares how the cutoff date for this category has moved across all chargeability areas over the last 3 years. All is highlighted with a thicker line. Higher on the chart means a more recent (better) priority date.
Fiscal Year Progress
Net priority date movement per U.S. government fiscal year (Oct–Sep). Green bars mean dates moved forward overall; red means net retrogression. “fwd” and “ret” count the individual months with forward or backward movement.
Recent History
Month-by-month cutoff dates for the last 12 bulletins. The movement figure shows how much the date changed from the prior month.
| Bulletin | Final Action | Change | Filing Date | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026Latest | Jul 15, 2022 | +12 mo | Jan 1, 2023 | no change |
| Mar 2026 | Jul 15, 2021 | +6.4 mo | Jan 1, 2023 | +21.6 mo |
| Feb 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | no change | Mar 15, 2021 | no change |
| Jan 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | +4 mo | Mar 15, 2021 | +0.9 mo |
| Dec 2025 | Sep 1, 2020 | +2 mo | Feb 15, 2021 | no change |
| Nov 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | no change | Feb 15, 2021 | no change |
| Oct 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | +11 mo | Feb 15, 2021 | +0.5 mo |
| Mar 2025 | Aug 1, 2019 | -17 mo | Feb 1, 2021 | no change |
| Feb 2025 | Jan 1, 2021 | no change | Feb 1, 2021 | no change |
| Jan 2025 | Jan 1, 2021 | no change | Feb 1, 2021 | no change |
| Dec 2024 | Jan 1, 2021 | no change | Feb 1, 2021 | no change |
| Nov 2024 | Jan 1, 2021 | no change | Feb 1, 2021 | no change |
EB-4 - Special Immigrants Priority Date for All Chargeability
April 2026 Visa Bulletin
Jul 15, 2022
Jan 1, 2023
~3.7 years
+1.5 yrs
The April 2026 visa bulletin sets the EB-4 - Special Immigrants final action date for All Chargeability at Jul 15, 2022. The dates for filing cutoff is Jan 1, 2023. The charts above show historical priority date trends, backlog estimates, and monthly movement graphs for this category.
The current wait for EB-4 - Special Immigrants All Chargeability applicants is about 3.7 years from priority date to visa availability. Applicants with priority dates before Jan 1, 2023 can file I-485 adjustment of status, which has a backlog of about 3.2 years.
Over the past 12 months, the EB-4 - Special Immigrants final action date for All Chargeability has moved +1.5 yrs. Forward movement means the backlog is shrinking.