A fresh review of the June 2026 Visa Bulletin is drawing attention to significant movement across several employment-based immigrant visa categories, particularly for Indian nationals facing longer waits in the EB2 and EB1 lines.

Speaking in a recent Mobility Minute update, Melissa Vasquez-Myers outlined what she described as a roughly 10-month retrogression in the EB2 India category. The shift marks one of the more notable setbacks for applicants tracking priority date movement this year.

The June bulletin also reflects a three-month retrogression for EB1 India, another category closely watched by high-skilled foreign workers and employers managing long-running immigration cases.

Vasquez-Myers noted that many adjustment of status applications have remained pending since October 2020, underscoring how extended backlogs continue to shape the employment-based immigration system. For applicants already waiting inside the process, even modest shifts in visa availability can carry practical consequences for work authorization timelines and long-term planning.

At the same time, the bulletin brought some forward movement in the EB3 category for both Indian and Chinese nationals. That development has renewed attention on how applicants may weigh category options as cutoff dates continue to change from month to month.

For Chinese nationals in particular, Vasquez-Myers observed that the gap between EB2 and EB3 priority dates has narrowed. The closer alignment between the two categories may become an important factor for applicants and employers monitoring future visa bulletin trends.

She also discussed the possibility that some applicants could consider EB2-to-EB3 downgrade strategies, depending on how future bulletins develop. The discussion comes as applicants continue looking for ways to navigate shifting priority dates and prolonged processing periods within the employment-based system.

The June 2026 bulletin does not point to a uniform pattern across all categories. Instead, it reflects a mixed landscape in which some applicants are seeing incremental progress while others face renewed delays after years already spent in the queue.