Where is the Visa Bulletin archive?

On the official Visa Bulletin page, below the current and upcoming bulletins, grouped by fiscal year.

Why is the October bulletin in the next year's folder?

The U.S. government fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30, and the archive is filed by fiscal year.

Can I see 10 years of EB-2 India dates in one table?

Not on the official site: you open each month. We assemble the history from the official bulletins for you.

Reading the bulletin

Where can I find past Visa Bulletins?

Updated November 12, 2026 · Not legal advice

Every past Visa Bulletin is in the archive on the State Department's Visa Bulletin page, grouped by fiscal year (October to September). Open the fiscal year, then the month; each bulletin keeps both charts and its notes exactly as published.

How the official archive is organized
You want	Look under	Why
October, November or December 2026	Fiscal year 2027	The fiscal year starts October 1, so these months belong to the next FY
January to September 2026	Fiscal year 2026	Same fiscal year as October to December 2025
The current and upcoming month	The top of the Visa Bulletin page	They are shown before being filed in the archive

The URL pattern

Individual bulletins follow a predictable address: travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/<fiscal year>/visa-bulletin-for-<month>-<year>.html. For example, the November 2026 bulletin sits in the 2027 folder because it belongs to fiscal year 2027.

If an address does not open, start from the main Visa Bulletin page and use the archive list there; the State Department occasionally changes paths.

How to build your own movement history

We do this automatically for every category and country. See movement history for the table we build from the official bulletins.

Pick one row (your category) and one column (your chargeability area).
Open each month's bulletin and write down the Final Action Date (and, separately, the Date for Filing).
Compare month to month. Forward jumps, standstills and retrogressions show the pattern; October often looks different because new annual numbers arrive.
Read the notes in each bulletin: they often explain big moves.

What the archive will not tell you

How many people are ahead of you: the bulletin shows cutoffs, not queue size.
Which chart USCIS used for adjustment in a past month: that is on the USCIS filing charts page, not in the bulletin.
The future: past movement is context, not a forecast. See how cutoff dates are set.

Quick answers

Where is the Visa Bulletin archive?: On the official Visa Bulletin page, below the current and upcoming bulletins, grouped by fiscal year.
Why is the October bulletin in the next year's folder?: The U.S. government fiscal year runs October 1 to September 30, and the archive is filed by fiscal year.
Can I see 10 years of EB-2 India dates in one table?: Not on the official site: you open each month. We assemble the history from the official bulletins for you.

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Sources

Checked: November 12, 2026