Where the line is right now

USCIS designated the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based adjustment-of-status filings in September 2026. That designation changes month to month, and it determines which cutoff actually governs when you can file.

Has it moved backward?

Not in the last 24 bulletins. From October 2024 through September 2026 the row stayed current for India. The row first appeared in the May 2022 bulletin. Months before October 2024 are not in the table below.

Who is in this line

This line is the high-unemployment set-aside: 10 percent of EB-5 visas, for investors in a high-unemployment area. The bulletin categories are NH and RH. It is not the unreserved row. In September 2026 this row is current for every country of birth, including India. The Indian community guides show where people born in India have settled in the U.S.

What a priority date actually is

Your priority date is the day USCIS accepted the investor petition, Form I-526 or I-526E. It is your place in line, and it never changes.

Every month the State Department publishes a cutoff date for each category and country of birth. A visa number is available only under the Final Action chart, and only when the priority date is earlier than that cutoff. A Dates for Filing cutoff controls filing, not visa issuance. Because the law caps how many green cards any one country can receive per year, applicants born in high-demand countries wait far longer than the worldwide line for the exact same category.

Country of birth is what matters, not citizenship and not where you live now. Two investors in this same set-aside can be in different lines if they were born in different countries.