Know when employment-based priority dates move, and when they go backward
A free email after each monthly Visa Bulletin: which employment-based dates moved, which went backward, and how often the coming month has gone wrong before.
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September in the record
In 4 of 24 Septembers on record, at least one of the 20 employment-based series moved backward. For one category and country the odds are much lower.
In force now: EB-2, India: the fiscal-year visa limit was reached on 22 May 2026. No immigrant visas or green-card approvals in this category until 1 October 2026, even if the Visa Bulletin still shows a date. State Department notice
Oct 1: new fiscal-year quota
What each email covers
- Dates that moved forward — by category and country.
- Dates that moved backward — and by how many days.
- The risk for next month — how often that month has seen retrogression for your country, from every bulletin since 2001.
Every number comes from the official Visa Bulletin archive at travel.state.gov.