USCIS Employment-Based Final Action Dates for June 2026

For June 2026, employment-based adjustment applicants must use the Final Action Dates chart, not the Dates for Filing chart. That is the operative point before any priority date is compared: USCIS required Final Action Dates for employment-based filings for a third consecutive month, so a more generous filing-date cutoff elsewhere in the Visa Bulletin does not by itself permit an adjustment filing in June.

This article is a news-and-analysis reference for legal professionals, and it steps outside Lex Machina Review’s usual legal AI coverage. The official State Department Visa Bulletin PDF could not be directly crawled for this review, so the cutoff dates below are reported only where they were cross-verified across multiple immigration law firm summaries that were consistent to the day level. The available sources do not provide every employment-based country/category value, and the table marks those gaps rather than filling them with unsupported dates. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

June 2026 employment-based Final Action Dates

Use this table as the first pass for checking June 2026 employment-based Final Action Dates. The June USCIS chart designation was confirmed through AILA’s June 2026 filing-date library page and law firm references to USCIS’s announcement; USCIS’s standing filing-chart page explains that applicants must use the chart USCIS designates for the relevant month. [9][10]

The missing entries in that table are not minor from a practice-management perspective. They mean this article should not be used as a substitute for the official Visa Bulletin or counsel’s file-specific review. The entries that are shown, however, are the entries that drove the June bulletin’s practical consequences: India EB-1, India EB-2, EB-3 India, EB-3 China, EB-2 China, the all-chargeability EB-2 and EB-3 lines, and EB-5 unreserved and set-aside availability.

The India EB-2 cutoff moved backward by roughly ten and a half months

The most disruptive line in June is EB-2 India. The Final Action Date moved from July 15, 2014, in May to September 1, 2013, in June, a retrogression of roughly ten and a half months. For a file sitting in that interval, the result is not a theoretical delay: the priority date that looked actionable under the May Final Action chart is no longer actionable under the June Final Action chart. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Morgan Lewis reported a separate State Department confirmation dated May 22, 2026, that the FY2026 annual visa issuance limit for India EB-2 had been reached. On that source’s account, no further immigrant visas are expected to issue in India EB-2 until FY2027 begins on October 1, 2026. [3]

That distinction matters for anyone explaining the bulletin internally. Retrogression is the visible chart movement; exhaustion of the annual limit is the practical stop sign for visa issuance. A June applicant with an India EB-2 priority date after September 1, 2013, is outside the Final Action cutoff. But even for planning conversations around later summer movement, the reported State Department limit exhaustion sharply narrows what can responsibly be assumed before the new fiscal year.

India EB-1 also retrogressed, and it cannot be treated as a footnote

India EB-1 moved from April 1, 2023, in May to December 15, 2022, in June, a retrogression of about three and a half months. It is smaller than the EB-2 India correction, but it still changes real file outcomes for beneficiaries whose priority dates fall between those two cutoffs. [1][2][3][4][6][8]

The all-chargeability EB-1 line remained current for countries other than India and China, based on the supplied summaries. That contrast is likely to produce some confused internal communications unless country of chargeability is checked before category-level conclusions are made. A statement that “EB-1 is current” is not accurate for India in June 2026.

Final Action Dates control June filings

USCIS’s June chart designation is the filing trap in this bulletin. Because USCIS required the Final Action Dates chart for all employment-based adjustment filings in June 2026, applicants cannot rely on the Dates for Filing chart for employment-based adjustment submission in that month. AILA’s June 2026 page preserved the relevant USCIS designation, and the broader USCIS chart page describes the agency’s monthly process for telling applicants which chart to use. [9][10]

This was the third consecutive month in which USCIS declined to use the Dates for Filing chart for employment-based filings. The operational effect is straightforward: if a priority date is later than the applicable June Final Action Date, the case is not made eligible for June adjustment filing merely because the Dates for Filing chart is more favorable.

EB-3 India and China moved forward, but only modestly

The June bulletin did contain forward movement in EB-3. India EB-3 advanced by one month, from November 15, 2013, to December 15, 2013. China EB-3 advanced by six weeks, from June 15, 2021, to August 1, 2021. [1][2][3][4][5][7][8]

Those advances are useful for a narrow group of files, but they do not offset the larger India EB-1 and EB-2 setbacks. The all-chargeability EB-3 cutoff remained June 1, 2024, according to the supplied summaries, so the movement is concentrated in the India and China EB-3 lines rather than a general category-wide opening. [1][5][7]

Stable lines still need chart-specific checking

EB-2 China remained at October 1, 2020, with no month-over-month movement. EB-2 for all chargeability areas except India and China remained current. EB-1 for all chargeability areas except India and China also remained current. [1][2][3][4][5][7][8]

EB-5 is split. EB-5 Unreserved showed a November 1, 2016, Final Action Date for China and remained current for other countries, including India. EB-5 set-asides for Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure remained current for all countries. [1][5][7][8]

State Department warnings run through the end of FY2026

The State Department warning language reported in the supplied summaries is not limited to the June chart. Further retrogression or an “unavailable” designation was identified as possible before September 30, 2026, for India EB-1, India EB-2, China EB-2, Philippines EB-3, and India EB-5 Unreserved. [1][3][6][8]

That warning should be read as conditional visa-control language, not as a guaranteed forecast. It does, however, mark the categories where late-FY2026 availability could worsen. For India EB-2, the May 22 limit-exhaustion confirmation gives the warning a more concrete consequence: no further issuance in that category is expected until the fiscal year resets on October 1, 2026. [3]

For June 2026, the narrow practical conclusion is this: employment-based applicants must use Final Action Dates; India EB-1 and EB-2 are the defining setbacks; India EB-2 visa issuance is exhausted for FY2026; and affected priority dates should be checked against the official USCIS chart designation and current professional guidance before anyone assumes filing or approval eligibility.

References

1. United States: June 2026 Visa Bulletin – Significant Retrogression for EB-2 India, Moderate Retrogression for EB-1 India, and Modest Advancement for EB-3 India and EB-3 China, Fragomen
2. USCIS Requires Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Filings in June 2026, Ogletree Deakins
3. US Department of State Releases June 2026 Visa Bulletin, Morgan Lewis
4. June 2026 Visa Bulletin, Murthy Law Firm
5. United States | June 2026 Visa Bulletin: India and China slightly advance in EB-3 category per Final Action Dates, BAL
6. June 2026 Visa Bulletin: Sharp Retrogression for India EB-1 and EB-2 Signals Mounting Pressure, WR Immigration
7. June 2026 Immigrant Visa Bulletin: Overall Stability in Employment-Based Final Action Dates, Meltzer Hellrung
8. June 2026 Employment-Based Visa Bulletin Updates, WSM Immigration
9. USCIS Adjustment of Status Filing Dates for June 2026, AILA
10. Adjustment of Status Filing Charts from the Visa Bulletin, USCIS