EB-4 Mexico Green Card Wait Time
Certain Special Immigrants, chargeability Mexico. Every Visa Bulletin from December 2001 to September 2026.
How the EB-4 Mexico cutoff date has moved
The last twelve bulletins
| Bulletin | Final action date | Moved | Date for filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | Dec 15, 2022 | ▲ +91 days | Jan 1, 2023 |
| July 2026 | Sep 15, 2022 | ▲ +62 days | Jan 1, 2023 |
| June 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | no movement | Jan 1, 2023 |
| May 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | no movement | Jan 1, 2023 |
| April 2026 | Jul 15, 2022 | ▲ +365 days | Jan 1, 2023 |
| March 2026 | Jul 15, 2021 | ▲ +195 days | Jan 1, 2023 |
| February 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | no movement | Mar 15, 2021 |
| January 2026 | Jan 1, 2021 | ▲ +122 days | Mar 15, 2021 |
| December 2025 | Sep 1, 2020 | ▲ +62 days | Feb 15, 2021 |
| November 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | no movement | Feb 15, 2021 |
| October 2025 | Jul 1, 2020 | - | Feb 15, 2021 |
| September 2025 | Unavailable | - | Feb 1, 2021 |
When this category went backwards
The cutoff date for EB-4 Mexico has retrogressed 7 times in the published record. A retrogression means the State Department pulled the date back, so people who were about to become eligible went back into the queue.
| Bulletin | From | To | Days lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Aug 1, 2019 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| March 2025 | Jan 1, 2021 | Aug 1, 2019 | ▼ -519 days |
| April 2023 | Aug 1, 2020 | Sep 1, 2018 | ▼ -700 days |
| March 2023 | Sep 15, 2020 | Aug 1, 2020 | ▼ -45 days |
| September 2019 | Jul 1, 2016 | Unavailable | became unavailable |
| July 2019 | Oct 1, 2018 | Jul 1, 2016 | ▼ -822 days |
| July 2018 | Oct 22, 2016 | Feb 8, 2016 | ▼ -257 days |
Where these numbers come from
Final action dates and dates for filing are taken from the monthly Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Each bulletin is parsed into a machine-readable record and checked against the published page before it is committed, so the series here is the bulletin's own wording, not a restatement of it. The movement and backlog columns are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page.
Source
Every date on this page comes from the September 2026 Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State. Nothing here is estimated, interpolated or filled in, and the designations Current and Unavailable are reproduced exactly as printed.
Backlog years, pace and projections are arithmetic on those dates and are described on the methodology page. Corrections: data@visabacklog.com.
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