Visa Bulletin / History / April 2025
April 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the March 2025 bulletin, 19 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 13 moved forward and 6 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 China (+5 months); EB-3 Other Workers Philippines (+4 months); EB-3 Other Workers Mexico (+4 months); EB-3 China (+3 months).
Moved back: EB-4 India (made Unavailable); EB-4 China (made Unavailable); EB-4 Mexico (made Unavailable); EB-4 Philippines (made Unavailable); EB-5 unreserved India (−2.2 years); EB-5 unreserved China (−2.5 years).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jan 2013, EB-3 India 01 Apr 2013.
Written automatically from the bulletin dates below; nothing here is a prediction. Not legal advice. Months marked Secondary come from a dataset scraped from the official bulletins and are being checked; the official bulletin always wins.
Released in March 2025. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Feb 2022▲ 14 days | 08 Nov 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jan 2013▲ 31 days | 01 Oct 2020▲ 5 months | — | 22 Jun 2023▲ 38 days | 22 Jun 2023▲ 38 days |
| EB-3 | 01 Apr 2013▲ 2 months | 01 Nov 2020▲ 3 months | — | 01 Jan 2023▲ 31 days | 01 Jan 2023▲ 31 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Apr 2013▲ 2 months | 01 Apr 2017▲ 3 months | — | 22 May 2021▲ 4 months | 22 May 2021▲ 4 months |
| EB-4 | Unavailablemade Unavailable | Unavailablemade Unavailable | — | Unavailablemade Unavailable | Unavailablemade Unavailable |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Nov 2019▼ 2.2 years | 22 Jan 2014▼ 2.5 years | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.
Dates for Filing
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Apr 2022 | 01 Jan 2023 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Feb 2013▲ 31 days | 01 Nov 2020▲ 31 days | — | 01 Aug 2023 | 01 Aug 2023 |
| EB-3 | 08 Jun 2013 | 15 Nov 2020 | — | 01 Mar 2023 | 01 Mar 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 08 Jun 2013 | 01 Jan 2018 | — | 22 Jun 2021▲ 31 days | 22 Jun 2021▲ 31 days |
| EB-4 | 01 Feb 2021 | 01 Feb 2021 | — | 01 Feb 2021 | 01 Feb 2021 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Apr 2022 | 01 Oct 2016 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Mar 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.