Visa Bulletin / History / December 2025
December 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the November 2025 bulletin, 20 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 20 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-5 unreserved China (+7 months); EB-5 unreserved India (+5 months); EB-2 Mexico (+2 months); EB-2 Philippines (+2 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 May 2013, EB-3 India 22 Sep 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 November 2025. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Mar 2022▲ 28 days | 22 Jan 2023▲ 31 days | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 May 2013▲ 44 days | 01 Jun 2021▲ 2 months | — | 01 Feb 2024▲ 2 months | 01 Feb 2024▲ 2 months |
| EB-3 | 22 Sep 2013▲ 31 days | 01 Apr 2021▲ 31 days | — | 15 Apr 2023▲ 14 days | 15 Apr 2023▲ 14 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 Sep 2013▲ 31 days | 08 Dec 2017▲ 7 days | — | 01 Aug 2021▲ 17 days | 01 Aug 2021▲ 17 days |
| EB-4 | 01 Sep 2020▲ 2 months | 01 Sep 2020▲ 2 months | — | 01 Sep 2020▲ 2 months | 01 Sep 2020▲ 2 months |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Jul 2021▲ 5 months | 15 Jul 2016▲ 7 months | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 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 2023 | 15 May 2023 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Dec 2013 | 01 Dec 2021 | — | 15 Jul 2024 | 15 Jul 2024 |
| EB-3 | 15 Aug 2014 | 01 Jan 2022 | — | 01 Jul 2023 | 01 Jul 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Aug 2014 | 01 Oct 2018 | — | 01 Dec 2021 | 01 Dec 2021 |
| EB-4 | 15 Feb 2021 | 15 Feb 2021 | — | 15 Feb 2021 | 15 Feb 2021 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Apr 2022 | 22 Jul 2016▲ 21 days | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Nov 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.