The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin, outlining the availability of immigrant visa numbers for employment-based categories.
This update determines when applicants can file for adjustment of status based on their priority date and final action date.
For March 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has confirmed that all employment-based adjustment of status applications must be filed using the final action dates chart, while family-sponsored applicants may use the dates for filing chart.
EB-1: Employment-Based First Preference
There is no movement in the EB-1 category:
- Mexico, Philippines, and All Chargeability Areas remain current.
- EB-1 India stays at February 1, 2022.
- EB-1 China remains at November 8, 2022.
EB-2: Employment-Based Second Preference
- Mexico, Philippines, and All Chargeability Areas advance six weeks to May 15, 2023.
- EB-2 India advances six weeks to December 1, 2012.
- EB-2 China advances to May 8, 2020.
EB-3: Employment-Based Third Preference
- EB-3 China advances one month to August 1, 2020.
- EB-3 India advances six weeks to February 1, 2013.
- Mexico, Philippines, and All Chargeability Areas remain unchanged at December 1, 2022.
EB-4: Religious Workers
- All EB-4 categories retrogressed by 17 months, now set at August 1, 2019.
EB-5: Employment-Based Fifth Preference
- No changes in EB-5 final action dates.
The filing dates of employment-based visa applications are listed in the table below:
Key Takeaways
- EB-1 remains stagnant for all categories.
- EB-2 and EB-3 categories show slight advancements, with India and China making incremental progress.
- EB-4 Religious Workers face significant retrogression.
- EB-5 remains unchanged.
