EB-5 Unreserved China Final Action Date — 13-Month History & Trend

This is the largest mover on the site across the window. The EB-5 Unreserved Final Action Date for China advanced from 22 January 2014 to 22 September 2016 over these 13 bulletins — more than two and a half years of cutoff progress. Almost all of it came in two big steps. The line sat still for the first three bulletins, then jumped 685 days in the August 2025 bulletin (from January 2014 to December 2015). After another flat stretch it advanced 220 days in December 2025, then settled into smaller moves: 31 days in January 2026, 17 days in April, and 21 days in May 2026.

The EB-5 Unreserved category for China behaves differently from the older EB-1/2/3 employment lines, and the contrast is the useful context here. Large, irregular jumps like the 685-day step reflect how this category's demand and number availability can shift, especially as the EB-5 set-aside categories (Rural, High-Unemployment, Infrastructure) draw separately on the overall allocation. We are describing what the official charts recorded, not forecasting the next move — a category that has jumped sharply can just as easily hold flat for several bulletins. None of this is advice about any individual EB-5 petition, which depends on facts only a qualified attorney can assess. To see the Unreserved line against the set-aside categories, or against other countries, use the interactive trends chart linked below. The official Visa Bulletin controls every date shown here.