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ARTICLE · 30 MARCH 2026

April 2026 Visa Bulletin: "Current" Events

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Foreign nationals and their sponsoring US employers eagerly await the monthly release of the US Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin...

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Jennifer Drugay Cook
Jennifer Drugay Cook

Foreign nationals and their sponsoring US employers eagerly await the monthly release of the US Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin, to confirm when they will be eligible to apply for permanent residence in the US: the ultimate goal of a green card and a path to US citizenship. The April 2026 Visa Bulletin did not disappoint, announcing the welcome end of certain visa processing queues and additional other relief from visa availability backlogs, especially in the employment-based second and third preference (EB-2 and EB-3) categories.

Please see our article on the March Visa Bulletin for an explanation of priority dates and the various categories included.

In the April 2026 Visa Bulletin, for the first time in years, priority dates in certain EB-2 and EB-3 categories are now "current," indicating that there is no processing queue or other wait time to be eligible to obtain immigrant visas abroad or to adjust status to permanent residence in the United States. In addition, many

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