September Visa Bulletin: What It Means for Filipino Nurses
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⚠️ Verify before you act
These dates are accurate as of the date above. Visa Bulletin dates change monthly and can move backward with little warning. Always confirm against the official bulletin at travel.state.gov before making any decision affecting your job, your finances, or your family.
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This Month at a Glance
The EB-3 Philippines Final Action Date remained unchanged for seven straight months, as the State Department continued to warn that the category could retrogress or become unavailable before the end of the fiscal year.
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EB-3 Philippines |
August 2026 |
September 2026 |
Movement |
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Final Action Date |
1 August 2023 |
1 August 2023 |
No movement |
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Dates for Filing |
1 September 2024 |
1 September 2024 |
No movement |
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Chart USCIS is using (AOS) |
Final Action Dates |
Final Action Dates |
Unchanged |
For context, Rest-of-World EB-3 currently sits at [e.g. 1 August 2024] — [e.g. a full year ahead of the Philippines, which illustrates how the per-country cap affects high-demand countries].
What Changed
The Philippines EB-3 Final Action Date remained at 1 August 2023, unchanged from the previous month.The Dates for Filing chart showed no movement for any employment-based category.
What the State Department Said
The bulletin repeated its standing caution that sufficient demand and increased number use by applicants chargeable to the Philippines in the EB-3 category may make it necessary to retrogress the final action date or make the category unavailable in the coming months. If the bulletin contains no such note this month, say so plainly that absence is itself informative.
What This Means for Your Case
- If your priority date is before 1 August 2023, visa numbers are currently available to you and your case can move toward final action but given the explicit retrogression warning, do not assume this window stays open indefinitely.
- If your priority date is after 1 August 2023, your focus should be on document currency and credential maintenance rather than the bulletin, since the October fiscal-year reset is the next realistic movement point.
- August and September are historically the tightest months of any fiscal year, as annual limits are consumed. Movement is more likely to be flat or backward than forward.
Standing Reminders
Your priority date does not change when the bulletin moves — see Your Priority Date Is Safe. The two charts govern different things — see Final Action Dates vs Dates for Filing. And for the practical checklist during the wait, see What to Do While You Wait.
