{"post":{"id":330,"title":"October 2026 visa bulletin — EB-2 ROW retrogressed to Jan 1, 2025. My I-485 was filed in August, what happens now?","body":"I filed my I-485 in August while EB-2 for rest of world was still Current, priority date mid-2024. Now the October 2026 bulletin retrogressed EB-2 ROW to Jan 1, 2025 and EB-3 ROW to May 15, 2024, while USCIS switched to the Dates for Filing chart for employment cases. My priority date is after the new Jan 1, 2025 cutoff. Does my already-filed application get denied, or does it just sit pending until the date moves forward again? Trying to understand if I need to take any action this month or just keep renewing EAD and AP.","community":"Travel","score":3,"answer_count":1,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":3,"leading":{"id":260,"name":"A pending I-485 just rides it out","score":3},"runner_up":null},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-30T00:13:55.299Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/330","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":260,"name":"A pending I-485 just rides it out","body":"Deep breath — a filed I-485 does not get denied because the dates moved. It just sits pending and waits for your priority date to become current again, then resumes. This is exactly what retrogression does: it pauses final approval, not the case itself. The two things worth doing this month: keep your EAD and AP renewals filed on time so you do not lose work/travel authorization while waiting, and do not file anything new or withdraw anything. USCIS accepting the Dates for Filing chart in October actually helps some people file fresh cases, but for you, already filed is already filed. Your priority date is locked in; the line just moved.","score":3,"rank_score":3,"author":{"username":"lenamakes","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-09-30T00:21:57.083Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}