Visa categories, green card pathways, priority dates, adjustment of status, consular processing, and the filing and processing changes that affect them.
Visas & Green Cards
India's EB-2 green card allocation exhausted through September 2026, freezing processing for one million applicants facing 12+ year waits.
September 17, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
EB-4 employment-based visa dates advanced two months in September 2026, the only employment-based category to move forward that month.
September 17, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
However, this does not mean the time it takes to *approve* a family petition has shortened—the underlying processing times remain unchanged, creating an...
September 16, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
Mexico's family visas face a 25-year backlog while most other countries advance. The per-country cap is the structural cause.
September 16, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
The State Department rolled 46,000 unused family-sponsored green card numbers into employment-based visas for 2026, but demand outpaced even the expanded supply.
September 10, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
Family visa priority dates jumped nearly two years in September 2026 due to suspended operations and policy-driven reduced issuance, opening processing windows for millions.
September 10, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
September's family-preference visa dates surged by years, but gains may reverse in October and barely touched Mexico and Philippines nationals.
September 10, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
Family green card priority dates advanced up to 2+ years in September 2026, with September 30 filing deadline to use available fiscal year allocations.
September 9, 2026
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F2B priority date advanced 20 months to August 2019, but beneficiaries still face 5–7-year waits and cannot marry during the process.
September 9, 2026
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F3 priority dates jumped 29 months in September 2026, making thousands of applicants newly eligible to file for green cards.
September 9, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
F1 category just advanced 13 months, but capacity limits and country variation mean your timeline depends on nationality and consular workload.
September 8, 2026
Visas & Green Cards
Family green card wait times fell by 13 to 29 months in September 2026 as priority dates advanced for siblings, children, and spouses of…
September 8, 2026
