US EB-2 visas for Indian applicants exhausted for FY 2026; embassies stop issuing visas
मुख्य बातें
- •All available EB-2 immigrant visas for Indian applicants have been issued for fiscal year 2026 by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
- •U.S. embassies and consulates will not issue EB-2 visas to Indian applicants for the remainder of FY 2026.
- •The annual EB-2 visa limits will reset on October 1, 2026, when processing may resume if new quotas are available.
- •The EB-2 visa category is capped at 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based visa limit, with a further 7% cap per country under U.S. immigration law.
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that all available Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) immigrant visas for applicants from India have been issued for the fiscal year 2026. In a formal update released on [date not specified in source], the DHS stated that U.S. embassies and consulates will no longer process or issue EB-2 visas to Indian applicants for the remainder of the current fiscal year. The annual visa limits will reset at the start of the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1, 2026.
According to the DHS announcement, the decision was made in close coordination with the U.S. State Department and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The agencies have exhausted the total number of EB-2 visas allocated to Indian nationals under the current fiscal year’s quota. The DHS explained, “Since all available EB-2 visas for applicants chargeable to India in FY 2026 have been used, embassies and consulates may not issue visas in these cases for the remainder of the fiscal year. The annual limits will reset with the start of the new fiscal year (FY 2027) on October 1, 2026.”
