Employment Preference · April 2026
EB-5 Rural · Philippines
Investor visas — rural set-aside.
Dates for Filing (April 2026)
Current
Final Action Date
Current
When a green card can actually be issued
Dates for Filing
Current
When adjustment of status may be submitted
What this means for Philippines applicants
For April 2026, EB-5 Rural is Current for Philippines. That means applicants in this category with any priority date may proceed — there is no wait based on numerical limits. USCIS will accept adjustment of status filings, and the Department of State will issue immigrant visas at consulates without delay caused by visa availability.
Check back monthly — priority date movement depends on how many people from this country file and how many immigrant visas are available under the global and per-country caps. Our monthly Visa Bulletin analysis covers movement in this category.
How to read this page
The Visa Bulletin publishes two charts each month. The Final Action Dates chart tells you when the U.S. government can actually issue a green card — your priority date must be earlier than the listed cutoff. The Dates for Filing chart is earlier and lets you file Form I-485 (adjustment of status) before your priority date is fully current, provided USCIS has chosen to accept filings against this chart for the month.
For April 2026, USCIS is accepting employment-based adjustment filings against the Dates for Filing chart. This can change month to month — always confirm against uscis.gov/visabulletininfo before filing.
Priority date basics
For EB-5 Rural, your priority date is the date USCIS received your I-140 petition. This is the date you use to measure progress against the Visa Bulletin every month.
EB-5 Rural in other countries
Philippines in other employment categories
- EB-1 Priority workers: extraordinary ability, outstanding professors/researchers, multinational executives Current
- EB-2 Advanced degree professionals and exceptional ability (includes NIW) Jan 1, 2024
- EB-3 Skilled workers (2+ years) and professionals with bachelor's degrees Jun 1, 2023
- EB-3 Other Unskilled workers (less than 2 years training) Dec 1, 2021
- EB-4 Special immigrants (religious workers, certain SIJS) Unavailable
- EB-5 Unreserved Investor visas, non-set-aside Current
- EB-5 High Unemployment Investor visas — high-unemployment set-aside Current
- EB-5 Infrastructure Investor visas — infrastructure set-aside Current