Washington D.C.-The U.S. Department of State, working with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has announced that all available EB-5 unreserved immigrant visas for applicants chargeable to India have been issued for fiscal year 2026.
As a result, U.S. embassies and consulates cannot issue additional visas in this category to Indian applicants for the remainder of the fiscal year. Visa issuance is expected to resume on Oct. 1, 2026, when fiscal year 2027 begins and new annual visa numbers become available.
The development follows the exhaustion of the Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2) category for Indian nationals. On May 22, the State Department said all available EB-2 visas for applicants chargeable to India had also been issued for fiscal year 2026.
The State Department said the annual allocation of EB-5 unreserved visas available to India was fully used by June 5.
Federal law places annual limits on employment-based immigrant visas and imposes per-country caps. The State Department noted that unused EB-5 reserved visas from fiscal year 2024 were made available to the unreserved category for fiscal year 2026 under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022. Despite that additional allocation, all available EB-5 unreserved visa numbers for India have now been exhausted.