14 Jan 2026 The February 2026 Priority Dates
Each month, the Visa Office of the State Department publishes, in the Visa Bulletin, the priority dates for that particular month for the various family and employment-based categories. A priority date is a person’s “place in line” for a visa, meaning immigrant visas (or green cards) would be available for persons whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off dates listed below in the Visa Issuance or Final Action Date column. If your priority date was “current,” but later retrogressed (or “moved backwards” and became unavailable) before your immigrant visa was issued (or before you adjusted status in the U.S.), you would have to wait until it becomes current again. “Caution: if your Final ActionVisa Issuance date has been current for more than a year, and you were notified by the NVC, but did not respond, you could risk your case being canceled or terminated.”
The priority dates for the Philippines for February 2026 are:
| FAMILY CATEGORY: | Application Filing Date |
Visa Issuance Date |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| First Preference | Unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens (21 years old or older) | April 22, 2015 | March 1, 2013 |
| Second Preference | (2A) Spouse and minor children (below 21 years old) of green card holders |
January 22, 2026 | February 1, 2024 |
| (2B) Unmarried sons and daughters (21 years old or older) of green card holders |
October 1, 2013 | December 22, 2012 | |
| Third Preference | Married sons and daughters of U.S. Citizens | February 1, 2006 | March 1, 2005 |
| Fourth Preference | Brothers and sisters of U.S. Citizens | January 15, 2008 | July 22, 2006 |
| LABOR CERTIFICATION: | Application Filing Date |
Visa Issuance Date |
|
| Second Preference | Advanced Degree (Masters) | October 15, 2024 | April 1, 2024 |
| Third Preference | Professional/ Skilled Workers | October 1, 2023 | June 1, 2023 |
| Other workers | Non-Skilled Workers | December 1, 2021 | September 1, 2021 |
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