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Bulletins Tracked
305months
Complete history from September 2000 through today.
Priority Dates
36,961entries
Across every employment-based, family-sponsored, and Diversity Visa category.
Visa Categories
AllEB & F
EB-1 through EB-5 and F1 through F4 — for every country.
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Recent priority date movements
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Who's in line
Nearly 4 million people are waiting ahead of the system.
The green-card line isn't spread evenly — ten countries carry three-quarters of it. Here's where the wait is heaviest.
4.03M
on the official waiting list
~30%
from Mexico alone
75%
from just 10 countries
Bubble size = people waiting
Top 10 countries · U.S. immigrant-visa waiting list · as of Nov 2023 (Dept. of State)
Policy alert · Effective Jan 21, 2026
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The U.S. paused immigrant visas for 75 countries.
If you're on the green-card track through family or an employer and you're from an affected country, final visa issuance is now frozen — with no announced end date. Temporary visas are not touched.
Frozen
Immigrant (green-card) visas via family or employer sponsorship, processed at U.S. embassies abroad.
Still fine
Tourist, business & student visas; H-1B, L-1, O-1, E; and adjusting status from inside the U.S.
The 75 affected countries
75≈38% of countries
filled = affected (red ↔ blue)
Source: U.S. Department of State immigrant-visa updates, announced Jan 14, 2026. General information, not legal advice — for your situation, consult a licensed U.S. immigration attorney.
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