Green card processing news
RSSNew DOL processing times, visa bulletins and USCIS reports for employment-based applicants, written up when the data comes out.
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November 2026 visa bulletin: EB-3 other workers advance 30 days
Most employment-based cutoffs in the November 2026 visa bulletin are unchanged. EB-3 Other Workers for Mexico and all other countries advance 30 days, from June 1 2022 to July 1 2022.
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PERM processing times: DOL analyst review holds at January 2026
As of October 21, 2026, DOL PERM analyst review is working on January 2026 filings, audit review on December 2025, and reconsideration on May 2026. The average PERM decision took 336 days in August 2026, and no queue moved since the prior release.
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USCIS processing times: employment I-485 median reaches 6.0 months
For April 1 to June 30, 2026, the median processing time was 6.0 months for employment-based I-485s and 3.9 months for I-140 immigrant worker petitions. Pending cases were 268,408 for employment I-485s and 203,204 for I-140s.
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October 2026 visa bulletin sets EB-2 India cutoff at January 15, 2015
The October 2026 visa bulletin uses the Dates for Filing chart. EB-2 India cutoff is January 15, 2015; EB-2 China is January 1, 2023; EB-1 India and China are July 1, 2024.
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PERM processing times: DOL works December 2025 cases, 336-day average
As of October 5, 2026, DOL is reviewing PERM applications filed in December 2025. Average decision time is 336 days for decisions made in August 2026.