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USCIS's September 2026 Adjustment-of-Status Chart Designations
The cited USCIS page names different September 2026 Visa Bulletin charts for family-sponsored and employment-based adjustment-of-status filing.
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What matters now
- The cited USCIS page is titled 'Current Month's Adjustment of Status Filing Charts.'
- For family-sponsored cases, the September 2026 notice designates the Dates for Filing chart.
- For employment-based cases, the same notice designates the Final Action Dates chart instead.
- The chart designation is not the same for both categories in the same month.
- The notice carries a 'Last Reviewed/Updated: 09/01/2026' stamp.
The cited USCIS page identifies two Visa Bulletin chart names — Dates for Filing and Final Action Dates — and gives separate September 2026 instructions for family-sponsored and employment-based adjustment-of-status filing (uscis.gov/visabulletininfo).
Under its page titled “Current Month’s Adjustment of Status Filing Charts,” USCIS states a distinct instruction for family-sponsored cases and a distinct instruction for employment-based cases in the same monthly notice.
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The cited USCIS page
The page is titled “Current Month’s Adjustment of Status Filing Charts” and contains separate text for family-sponsored and employment-based cases (uscis.gov/visabulletininfo).
Family-sponsored cases: which chart applies
For family-sponsored cases, USCIS’s notice states: “you must use the Dates for Filing chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for September 2026” (uscis.gov/visabulletininfo).
Employment-based cases: which chart applies
For employment-based cases, USCIS’s notice states a different instruction: “you must use the Final Action Dates chart in the Department of State Visa Bulletin for September 2026” (uscis.gov/visabulletininfo).
Two categories, different charts
These two instructions on the cited USCIS page name different charts for September 2026: Dates for Filing for family-sponsored cases and Final Action Dates for employment-based cases.
The notice’s review-date stamp
USCIS’s page displays “Last Reviewed/Updated: 09/01/2026” (uscis.gov/visabulletininfo). The cited page does not define what that displayed date means beyond the label itself.
This article states only which chart USCIS’s notice designates for each category and confirms that the designation differs by category. It does not state when any individual may file, what a specific chart date means for a particular case, or whether any given filing will be accepted — those depend on facts specific to each case and fall outside what USCIS’s chart-designation notice itself settles. It also does not restate any specific chart values, priority dates, or category cut-off dates from the Visa Bulletin, and it does not address eligibility, filing strategy, or case outcomes. Readers with a specific filing question should consult the current Visa Bulletin and USCIS’s notice directly, or seek qualified guidance for their own case.