EB-2 India Final Action Date — 13-Month History & Trend

Across these 13 bulletins the EB-2 India Final Action Date moved from 1 January 2013 to 15 July 2014 — roughly eighteen months of cutoff progress packed into just over a year of calendar time. That headline figure hides an uneven rhythm. The line sat completely still for the first five bulletins (May through September 2025), then began moving in October 2025 with a 90-day step. Smaller advances followed through the winter — 44 days in December, 61 in January, 62 in March — before the largest single move in this window: a 303-day advance in the April 2026 bulletin, which carried the cutoff from mid-2013 into July 2014. The May 2026 bulletin then held that date unchanged.

A few things are worth noticing for context, not prediction. Even after this run of movement, the cutoff remains anchored in mid-2014, a direct reflection of how deep the EB-2 India backlog runs — large advances measured in days still leave a date many years in the past. The movement is also lumpy rather than steady: long flat stretches punctuated by occasional large steps, which is typical of how per-country limits and annual visa-number availability interact across a fiscal year. We describe what happened and do not forecast where the date goes next; a flat month in this category is entirely normal. To compare India's EB-2 line directly against China, or to look at the EB-3 alternative, use the interactive trends chart linked below, and confirm any date against the official Visa Bulletin, which always controls.