Immigration Update: No November 2026 Visa Bulletin Has Been Published — the October Bulletin Still Governs
Immigration Update: No November 2026 Visa Bulletin Has Been Published — the October Bulletin Still Governs
What changed
Checked directly on the U.S. Department of State's Visa Bulletin page on October 22, 2026: October 2026 is still listed as the current Visa Bulletin, and the upcoming bulletin appears only as "Coming Soon." No November 2026 Visa Bulletin is posted.
The Visa Bulletin for October 2026 (Number 19, Volume XI) remains the operative bulletin. It was published for October 2026 and carries cut-off dates for that month only. It does not say when the November bulletin will be published, and the Department has published no explanation and no expected release date.
To be clear about dates: this is not a new announcement. It is the absence of one, confirmed on the Department's own page today, with nine days left in the month the current bulletin governs.
What applicants should know
No November filing date can be confirmed yet. If your adjustment of status filing or your consular immigrant visa interview depends on a November cut-off date — Final Action Dates or Dates for Filing, employment-based or family-sponsored — there is no published date to plan against. That applies to every preference category and every chargeability area.
Through October 31, the October bulletin controls. Nothing about the delay changes the dates in force now. If you are eligible to file under the October charts, that eligibility is unaffected.
For adjustment of status, which chart applies is a separate determination. The October bulletin instructs applicants to use the Final Action Dates charts "unless otherwise indicated on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website," and directs them to uscis.gov/visabulletininfo to see whether USCIS has determined the Dates for Filing chart may be used. That determination is published by USCIS, not in the bulletin.
Treat forecast sites with caution. Predicted November cut-off dates circulating on commercial "visa bulletin prediction" sites are not Department of State data. Only the bulletin itself establishes a cut-off date.
When the November bulletin posts, compare it against October before you file. Dates can move backward as well as forward. A category that is current today may retrogress, and a filing window you assumed would be open may not be.
How we can help
Our consultants are former U.S. diplomats who adjudicated immigrant visa cases inside U.S. embassies and consulates. If your priority date sits near a cut-off, or a November filing or interview date is already built into a relocation, a job start or a family plan, we can review where your case actually stands under the dates currently in force — and what to watch for when the November bulletin publishes.
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