Visa Bulletin / History / August 2025
August 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the July 2025 bulletin, 6 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 4 moved forward and 2 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-5 unreserved China (+23 months); EB-5 unreserved India (+7 months); EB-3 India (+30 days); EB-3 Other Workers India (+30 days).
Moved back: EB-2 Mexico (−44 days); EB-2 Philippines (−44 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jan 2013, EB-3 India 22 May 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 July 2025. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Feb 2022 | 15 Nov 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jan 2013 | 15 Dec 2020 | — | 01 Sep 2023▼ 44 days | 01 Sep 2023▼ 44 days |
| EB-3 | 22 May 2013▲ 30 days | 01 Dec 2020 | — | 01 Apr 2023 | 08 Feb 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 May 2013▲ 30 days | 01 May 2017 | — | 08 Jul 2021 | 08 Jul 2021 |
| EB-4 | Unavailable | Unavailable | — | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| EB-5 unreserved | 15 Nov 2019▲ 7 months | 08 Dec 2015▲ 23 months | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jul 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 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | 15 Nov 2023 | 15 Nov 2023 |
| EB-3 | 08 Jun 2013 | 22 Dec 2020 | — | 01 May 2023 | 01 May 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 08 Jun 2013 | 01 Jan 2018 | — | 22 Jul 2021 | 22 Jul 2021 |
| 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 Jul 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.