EB-3Visa America

# Trends todayOctober this year (2026) may be an exciting month for people waiting for green cards from working in America.

Visa bulletin update May 2026 75-country visa ban policy How does it affect people waiting to adjust their status (AOS) in America?

First of all, my deepest sympathy to the overseas candidates who were affected by the ban.

However, on the other hand of this restriction, for those who live in America and are waiting to apply for Adjustment of Status - AOS, whether Family Preference or Employment-Based, this situation has become a factor in your queue moving forward significantly faster.

1.Good for Visa (Green Card) Family (Sponsored OS)

Usually, the family visa quota is about 226,000 tickets a year, but when the visa ban is enforced, a huge number of people outside the United States do not apply for visas. The quota here is very depleted! As a result, the queue of people waiting to adjust their family status in America will continue to move faster as long as the ban is in effect.

2. Good for Employment-Based AOS

Normally, the permanent employment-based visa quota is limited to 140,000 visas per year, but the specialty of the American Law (INA § 201 (d) (1) (B)) states that the current fiscal year's unused family visa quota will be included as a quota for work visas in the next fiscal year! This means that starting in October (the start of the new fiscal year), the work visa quota will rise by a leap from the remaining 75-country flat family visa quota. This phenomenon will be similar to the COVID crisis when embassies around the world are closed, causing the work line quota to rise and the queue to walk very fast.

Whoever is preparing the queue, check the Visa Bulletin and prepare the papers for good news this October! Good luck to everyone.

Thanks to information from a Thai lawyer.