Visa Bulletin / History / February 2025
February 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the January 2025 bulletin, 4 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 4 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 China (+30 days); EB-2 India (+14 days); EB-3 India (+14 days); EB-3 Other Workers India (+14 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 15 Oct 2012, EB-3 India 15 Dec 2012.
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 January 2025. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 01 Feb 2022 | 08 Nov 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 15 Oct 2012▲ 14 days | 22 Apr 2020 | — | 01 Apr 2023 | 01 Apr 2023 |
| EB-3 | 15 Dec 2012▲ 14 days | 01 Jul 2020▲ 30 days | — | 01 Dec 2022 | 01 Dec 2022 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Dec 2012▲ 14 days | 01 Jan 2017 | — | 08 Dec 2020 | 08 Dec 2020 |
| EB-4 | 01 Jan 2021 | 01 Jan 2021 | — | 01 Jan 2021 | 01 Jan 2021 |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 Jan 2022 | 15 Jul 2016 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Jan 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 Jan 2013 | 01 Oct 2020 | — | 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 May 2021 | 22 May 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 Jan 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.