State Department Releases December 2026 Visa Bulletin: Employment Based First Preference Final Action Date for China Mainland Born Applicants Is August 1, 2023, Second Preference Is October 1, 2021
Washington — The U.S. Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for December 2026, Number 20, Volume XI.
In the final action dates chart for employment based preferences, the date for applicants born in mainland China is August 1, 2023, in the first preference and October 1, 2021, in the second preference. The first preference is current for most other chargeability areas.
The bulletin states that the first preference, priority workers, takes 28.6 percent of the worldwide employment based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences. The third preference, skilled workers, professionals, and other workers, also takes 28.6 percent, with not more than 10,000 of those numbers for other workers.
In the same chart, the fifth preference unreserved final action date for mainland China born applicants is December 1, 2016, and the fourth preference date is December 15, 2022, for all areas.
The bulletin also publishes the dates for filing chart for employment based visa applications, and directs applicants to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services visa bulletin information page to learn which chart applies this month for adjustment of status filings.
来源链接：美国国务院2026年12月签证公告全文（第十一卷第20号） https://www.andhrafriends.com/topic/1104435-december-visa-bulletin/
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