The current July 2026 Chinese F2A priority date (final action date) is 01 Jan 2025, and the Dates for Filing cutoff is Current. Over the past year the cutoff advanced roughly 853 days. This page shows the F2A China cutoff each month, its 10-year history, and an estimate of when a given priority date becomes current.
Used to decide when a green card can actually be issued.
May let adjustment-of-status applicants file earlier when USCIS allows this chart.
Over the last year the cutoff advanced about 71 days per month. Enter your priority date in the checker to estimate when you become current.
Per-country caps limit each country to roughly 7% of the annual green cards in each category. Demand from China far exceeds that share, which creates a queue measured in years — sometimes decades — even while smaller countries stay current.