What does ROW mean in the Visa Bulletin?

Rest of world: the All Chargeability Areas column for every country without its own column.

I was born in Hong Kong or Taiwan. Which column?

All Chargeability Areas, not China-mainland born.

Yes, when total demand in a category exceeds the available numbers.

Countries

Which Visa Bulletin column do I use if I was not born in China, India, Mexico or the Philippines?

Updated November 12, 2026 · Not legal advice

You use "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed", often called rest of world (ROW). It covers every country without its own column; the table shows every category for that column from the current official bulletin.

All Chargeability Areas: every category this month

Open the official Visa Bulletin and read the "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed" column of both the family and employment charts. We never type dates by hand: this table fills in automatically once our fetch has read the official bulletin.

For November 2026, USCIS says family-based filers use Dates for Filing and employment-based filers use Dates for Filing (USCIS filing charts).

Countries without a column can still be affected

A country gets its own column only when its demand reaches the per-country limit. All others share the rest-of-world dates, but those dates still move with total demand: if worldwide EB-3 demand surges, EB-3 ROW can retrogress for everyone in it.

The bulletin can also add a column for a country when needed (historically, for example, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras in EB-4). Always check the current column headings.

Movement history

This table is built month by month from the official bulletins as we read them, so it only shows months we have fetched. Until then, past bulletins are in the official archive.

Quick answers

What does ROW mean in the Visa Bulletin?: Rest of world: the All Chargeability Areas column for every country without its own column.
I was born in Hong Kong or Taiwan. Which column?: All Chargeability Areas, not China-mainland born.
Can ROW retrogress?: Yes, when total demand in a category exceeds the available numbers.

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Checked: November 12, 2026