In the November Visa Bulletin, the second of the 2026 fiscal year, the Department of State (DoS) kept the EB-5 final action and filing dates the same in the Unreserved and set-aside application categories.
For Indian petitioners who are Unreserved, the Final Action Date remains Feb. 1, 2021. The filing date for Indian applicants stood at Apr. 1, 2022.
Meanwhile, Dec. 8, 2015, remains the final action date for Chinese EB-5 applicants in the Unreserved category. Their filing date remains July 1, 2016.
Both dates for applicants from the Rest of the World (ROW) countries in the EB-5 set-aside categories and the Unreserved EB-5 visa remain current.
There is also no sign of a backlog in set-asides that the DOS cautioned in early 2025.
Why the Visa Bulletin is important for EB-5 investors?
The monthly Visa Bulletin is a resource that provides vital information on the availability of immigrant visa numbers for various immigration categories, including the employment-based EB-5 investor visa.
The filing date and final action dates featured in the bulletin are calendar days critical for processing immigrant visas and adjusting status. For EB-5 investor visas, the filing date is when the applicant can submit any EB-5-related forms to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The final action date is when the agency can issue a visa to an approved EB-5 investor.
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