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EB-3 India Final Action Date — 14-Month History & Trend

EB-3 India sits among the oldest cutoffs in the bulletin. This page charts its Final Action Date across the last 14 bulletins so you can see the actual pace of movement rather than a single month's snapshot.

By Gong Baolin, Founder of TheVisaTools · Data transcribed from the official U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin

EB-3 India Final Action Date trend

This single-line chart traces the EB-3 (Skilled Workers & Professionals) Final Action Date for India 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 India is 2013-12-15. 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 India 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.

BulletinFinal Action DateChange vs prior month
May 20252013-04-15—
June 20252013-04-15Unchanged
July 20252013-04-22Advanced 7 days
August 20252013-05-22Advanced 30 days
September 20252013-05-22Unchanged
October 20252013-08-22Advanced 92 days
November 20252013-08-22Unchanged
December 20252013-09-22Advanced 31 days
January 20262013-11-15Advanced 54 days
February 20262013-11-15Unchanged
March 20262013-11-15Unchanged
April 20262013-11-15Unchanged
May 20262013-11-15Unchanged
June 20262013-12-15Advanced 30 days

What this trend means

Across these 14 bulletins the EB-3 India Final Action Date moved from 15 April 2013 to 15 December 2013 — about eight months of cutoff progress, delivered in a series of small and moderate steps. After a flat opening, the advances came as 7 days in July 2025, 30 days in August, a larger 92-day step in October 2025, 31 days in December, and 54 days in January 2026, which brought the cutoff to 15 November 2013. The line then held that date for four straight bulletins through May 2026, before a final 30-day advance in June 2026 carried it to 15 December 2013.

EB-3 India neither jumped dramatically nor retrogressed in this window; it moved gradually and was advancing again in the most recent bulletin. That is a description of the recorded history, not a prediction — a line that has moved gently can still stall or reverse in a future bulletin, and we make no forecast about where the date goes next. The four-month plateau in early 2026 is an ordinary pattern, not a signal.

The comparison that matters most on this page is EB-3 India versus EB-2 India. For India these two categories frequently sit close together, and the order between them is not fixed — at times EB-3 has been ahead of EB-2, at times behind. This window is a clear example of the relationship shifting: EB-2 India climbed to 15 July 2014 by April 2026, then retrogressed 317 days to 1 September 2013 in June 2026, while EB-3 India advanced steadily to 15 December 2013 over the same period. By the close of the window EB-3 India sat ahead of EB-2 India — a reversal from where the two lines stood earlier in the year.

For applicants, that shifting relationship is exactly why some India filers track both lines rather than only their own category. When the two cutoffs cross, the question of which category one qualifies under can matter for timing — but that is an individual legal question that belongs with a qualified attorney, not something a trend chart can decide. Use the interactive trends chart linked below to place EB-3 India beside EB-2 India and watch the gap between them month by month. Every date here comes from the official Final Action Dates chart, which always 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.

Explore more

To compare India 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.

Where these dates come from

The table above is a hand-verified transcription of the EB-3 India Final Action Date from each month’s official Visa Bulletin chart, kept exactly as the Department of State printed it — no estimates, no interpolation between bulletins. When a new bulletin is released, the newest month is added and the page’s data note is refreshed. Read the history for what it is: a record of how this cutoff actually moved, not a promise about where it goes next. Demand shifts and annual limits can stall or reverse a line that looked like it was steadily advancing.

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