EB-3 China Final Action Date — 14-Month History & Trend
China's EB-3 line has its own rhythm, at times running ahead of or behind the EB-2 China cutoff. Below is its Final Action Date for each of the last 14 bulletins, exactly as published.
EB-3 China Final Action Date trend
This single-line chart traces the EB-3 (Skilled Workers & Professionals) Final Action Date for China across the last 14 monthly bulletins (May 2025 to June 2026). A rising line means the cutoff advanced; a falling line means it retrogressed. "Current" and "Unavailable" appear in their own bands, never as a date.
Current status (June 2026 Visa Bulletin)
As of the June 2026 Visa Bulletin, the EB-3 (Skilled Workers & Professionals) Final Action Date for China is 2021-08-01. Every figure on this page is taken directly from the official U.S. Department of State Final Action Dates chart for each month; we do not use the Dates for Filing chart here.
14-month progression
The table below lists the EB-3 China Final Action Date for each verified bulletin and the month-over-month move. Movement is described as it happened; we do not predict where the date goes next.
| Bulletin | Final Action Date | Change vs prior month |
|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | 2020-11-01 | — |
| June 2025 | 2020-11-22 | Advanced 21 days |
| July 2025 | 2020-12-01 | Advanced 9 days |
| August 2025 | 2020-12-01 | Unchanged |
| September 2025 | 2020-12-01 | Unchanged |
| October 2025 | 2021-03-01 | Advanced 90 days |
| November 2025 | 2021-03-01 | Unchanged |
| December 2025 | 2021-04-01 | Advanced 31 days |
| January 2026 | 2021-05-01 | Advanced 30 days |
| February 2026 | 2021-05-01 | Unchanged |
| March 2026 | 2021-05-01 | Unchanged |
| April 2026 | 2021-06-15 | Advanced 45 days |
| May 2026 | 2021-06-15 | Unchanged |
| June 2026 | 2021-08-01 | Advanced 47 days |
What this trend means
Among the China employment lines on this site, EB-3 was the steadiest mover over these 14 bulletins. The Final Action Date advanced from 1 November 2020 to 1 August 2021 — about nine months of progress — and it did so in many small-to-moderate steps rather than one or two big jumps. It registered movement in seven separate bulletins: 21 days in June 2025, 9 days in July, a 90-day step in October 2025, 31 days in December, 30 days in January 2026, 45 days in April 2026, and a final 47-day advance in June 2026 that brought it to 1 August 2021.
Unlike several other lines in this window, EB-3 China did not retrogress at any point and was still advancing in the most recent bulletin. We note that simply as a description of what the official charts recorded over these 14 months, not as any indication of what the next bulletin will do; a category that has moved steadily can still hold flat or reverse in a future month, and we make no forecast.
The detail many China applicants watch most closely is how EB-3 compares with EB-2. For China these two cutoffs have at times sat close together, and the gap between them shifts from bulletin to bulletin. Over this same window the contrast became pointed: EB-2 China froze at 1 September 2021 from January 2026 onward, while EB-3 China kept advancing and reached 1 August 2021 by June 2026 — narrowing the distance between the two lines as the window closed. When one line stalls and the other keeps moving, some applicants look at whether their priority date sits ahead under one category or the other.
Two practical points follow, neither of them advice. First, "steady" describes the past, not the future — the only cutoff that governs a filing is the one in the current bulletin. Second, the EB-2/EB-3 relationship for China is not fixed; it has to be re-checked each month rather than assumed. You can compare EB-3 China directly against EB-2 China, or against India in the same category, in the interactive trends chart linked below. Whether either category fits a particular case is an individual legal question for a licensed attorney. Each date here is drawn from the official Final Action Dates chart, which controls, and this page is informational only.
This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Past movement does not predict future movement. Always confirm dates against the official Visa Bulletin, which controls. For advice about your individual case, consult a licensed immigration attorney or accredited representative.
Trend data is being verified and will appear here soon.
Explore more
To compare China against other countries in the same category, or to switch categories entirely, use the interactive EB Visa Bulletin Trends chart. For how this history is compiled and verified, see the methodology note. For a plain-English read of the newest bulletin, see our May 2026 Visa Bulletin analysis, and to check a specific priority date, use the Priority Date Calculator.
How this history is compiled
Every date on this page is transcribed from the official monthly Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of State — specifically the Final Action Date chart entry for EB-3 China — and re-checked against the published bulletin before the page goes live. We show the dates exactly as printed, with no smoothing or interpolation, and the page is updated when each new bulletin appears. One caution belongs next to any trend chart: past movement is a record, not a forecast. A cutoff that advanced for months can hold or retrogress in a single bulletin, so treat the trajectory here as context for planning, never as a prediction.
Sources
- U.S. Department of State — Visa Bulletin — the official monthly source for every Final Action Date on this page; it always controls.
- USCIS — Adjustment of Status Filing Charts — official page designating which chart applies each month.