Visa Bulletin for F1 All Other Countries

The F1 All Other Countries Final Action Date is January 22, 2020. Applicants with a priority date earlier than that can be approved for a visa or green card.

The F1 All Other Countries Dates for Filing is February 1, 2020. Applicants with a priority date earlier than that can submit documents to the National Visa Center once it invites them, and can file Form I-485 if USCIS accepts this chart for the month.

No. Neither the Final Action Date nor Dates for Filing changed from the September 2026 bulletin.

The F1 All Other Countries Final Action Date, January 22, 2020, is 6.7 years behind the October 2026 bulletin month. It advanced 3.2 years over the past 12 months, about 3 months per bulletin. Past movement does not predict future movement.

No. The Final Action Date has not retrogressed in the past 12 months. Retrogression happens when demand exceeds the visas left in the fiscal year.

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.

All Other Countries covers applicants chargeable to any country except China, India, Mexico and the Philippines. The Visa Bulletin prints it as All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed, often called Rest of World or ROW. Chargeability normally follows country of birth, not citizenship.