FY2027 Starts October 1: Why the Annual Visa Number Reset Is a Cash-Flow Event Immigration Firms Should Be Staffing For Right Now

On October 1, 2026, the federal fiscal year rolls over and a fresh allocation of employment-based and family-based visa numbers becomes available. For immigration firms, that reset is not just a docketing event — it is the single most predictable cash-flow spike of the year. Here is the 30-day operating playbook to convert the October surge into billed, collected revenue instead of a staffing crisis.