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Green Card Date Calculator

Enter your priority date and visa category to see how long you have waited and roughly how much farther the line extends.

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A category-level average, not a reading of the current Visa Bulletin.

By Priya Raman, Contributing Writer, Policy & Regulation
Updated July 2, 2026

How it's calculated

The calculator measures the time elapsed since your priority date and compares it to a typical wait range for your category. With the tool's own default, a priority date of June 1, 2019 in the F1 category (unmarried adult children of citizens, typical wait 7 to 9 years), the elapsed time is roughly 7 years as of mid-2026, which places the estimate at the low end of the range and returns a status of "May be getting close." Those ranges are broad averages built across many years of Visa Bulletin movement; actual movement in any single month depends heavily on your country of birth and current visa-number availability, not on how long you personally have waited.

Assumptions this tool uses
Category	Typical wait
F1, unmarried adult children of citizens	7 to 9 years
F2A, spouses and children of green-card holders	2 to 3 years
F2B, unmarried adult children of LPRs	6 to 8 years
F3, married children of citizens	12 to 15 years
F4, siblings of citizens	14 to 18 years
EB-1, priority workers	0 to 2 years
EB-2, advanced degree	1 to 5 years
EB-3, skilled workers	1 to 5 years

Country of birth changes everything. Waits in EB-2 and EB-3 stretch far longer for applicants born in India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines because of the per-country cap. Check the current Visa Bulletin at travel.state.gov for your actual position, not this category-wide average.

FAQs

What is a priority date and why does it matter?

It is the date USCIS or a U.S. consulate received your immigrant petition, and it sets your place in line for a visa number. Each month the Visa Bulletin publishes which priority dates are current, meaning a visa number is available for that date or earlier.

Why does this tool give such a wide range?

Preference categories like F4 or EB-2 move unevenly from year to year, sometimes freezing for months, sometimes jumping forward suddenly. A single predicted wait would look more precise than the underlying visa-availability data actually supports.

Where can I find the current, official cutoff dates?

The U.S. Department of State publishes the Visa Bulletin monthly at travel.state.gov, showing the current cutoff date for every preference category and country of chargeability.

Why do some countries wait so much longer than others?

Federal law caps green cards per country at roughly 7 percent of the annual worldwide total. Countries with high demand, India, China, Mexico, and the Philippines chief among them, hit that cap quickly and form a separate, slower line within the same preference category.

Is this legal advice?

No, it is an educational estimate built from category-level averages. Consult an immigration attorney about your specific case and country of chargeability.

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