Visa Bulletin for F1

All Other Countries: January 22, 2020. China: January 22, 2020. India: January 22, 2020. Mexico: September 8, 2008. Philippines: November 1, 2013.

Compared with the September 2026 bulletin, the Final Action Date for Mexico advanced 8 months and Philippines advanced 6 months. The other areas did not change.

No single country can use more than 7% of the family and employment preference visas available each year. The Visa Bulletin lists China, India, Mexico and the Philippines separately because their demand is high enough to reach that limit, so their cutoffs can fall behind. When demand is below the limit, their dates usually match All Other Countries.

Chargeability normally follows your country of birth, not your citizenship or where you live. A spouse can use the other spouse's country of birth if it has an earlier cutoff and they immigrate together, which is called cross-chargeability.

It depends on how you apply. The National Visa Center uses Dates for Filing to invite consular processing applicants to submit documents, and a visa is issued only once the Final Action Date passes your priority date. For adjustment of status inside the U.S., USCIS announces each month which chart it accepts for Form I-485 on its Adjustment of Status Filing Charts page.