The May 2025 edition offers a snapshot of immigrant visa availability across various family-sponsored and employment-based categories, revealing modest advancements in some areas while underscoring the persistent backlogs and potential for future shifts that applicants must carefully monitor.

Key Highlights:
  • Family-Based: The F-2A category (spouses and young children of Green Card holders) saw some advancement across all countries. The F-4 category (siblings of U.S. citizens) also saw a two-month advancement for most countries except India and Mexico. Most other family-based categories remained unchanged.

  • Employment-Based: For EB-3 India, there was a slight advancement of two weeks. EB-5 India retrogressed by six months. All other employment-based categories saw no change in final action dates.

  • EB-4: The EB-4 category remains unavailable for all countries through September 30, 2025.
  • USCIS Action: USCIS will accept adjustment of status applications in May 2025 based on the Final Action Dates chart.
Important for Applicants:
  • Check the Visa Bulletin carefully to determine your priority date and whether a visa is available to you.
  • If your priority date is before the listed date, you may be able to take the next steps in your application process.
  • USCIS is using the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based categories, so ensure your priority date is current according to that chart.
  • Be aware that visa availability can change, and retrogression (dates moving backward) is possible, especially for categories with high demand.
  • EB-5 India retrogressed significantly, so those applicants should take note.

For the complete version of  Visa Bulletin directly visit the U.S. Department of State website.

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