The State Department has just released the February 2026 Visa Bulletin. USCIS has confirmed that it will continue to use the date for filing chart to determine when foreign nationals can apply for an adjustment of status for all visa categories.
Key updates include:
- Almost no movement across employment-based filing dates. EB-3 for Mexico, Philippines, and all other countries advanced by 92 days.
- Final action dates for EB-1 and EB-2 remain the same.
- EB-3 final action dates for China and India have not changed. Mexico, Philippines, and all other countries moved forward by five weeks.
- EB-4 and EB-5 final action dates remain the same.
- Almost no movement across family-based final action dates. Mexico moved by 112 days for F1 and by 92 days for F2B.
- All F2A filing dates advanced by 31 days.
- F1 and F2B filing dates for Mexico also moved up by three months.
This is a developing story. We’ll continue to update this article as more updates come out.
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Caryl Espinoza Jaen is a Nicaraguan-born staff writer for Manifest Law. As a writer, he strives to cover complex topics like immigration policy with clarity, accuracy, and precision.
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