This tool does not estimate how long a priority date will take to become current, because the Sep 2026 bulletin is the only reviewed month in this build: a single data point cannot establish a trend, and even a real trend of a few months is not a reliable forecast, since cutoffs can advance, hold, or retrogress from one bulletin to the next.
A large calendar gap between a priority date and a cutoff describes a distance between two dates, not a number of years of waiting. This application will not divide that distance by a recent rate of movement to produce a countdown.
What to check instead
- The current cutoff for your category and country on this site, sourced to the published bulletin.
- The Department of State's bulletin archive for the actual month-to-month movement in your category.
- USCIS's chart-selection announcement for the current month.
Related pages
Department of State: September 2026 Visa Bulletin travel.state.gov
Department of State: latest Visa Bulletin travel.state.gov
USCIS: applicable adjustment-of-status filing chart www.uscis.gov
USCIS: visa availability and priority dates www.uscis.gov
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