Visa Bulletin / History / January 2025
January 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the December 2024 bulletin, 11 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 11 moved forward and 0 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-2 India (+2 months); EB-3 China (+2 months); EB-2 China (+31 days); EB-3 India (+23 days).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Oct 2012, EB-3 India 01 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 December 2024. 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 | 01 Oct 2012▲ 2 months | 22 Apr 2020▲ 31 days | — | 01 Apr 2023▲ 17 days | 01 Apr 2023▲ 17 days |
| EB-3 | 01 Dec 2012▲ 23 days | 01 Jun 2020▲ 2 months | — | 01 Dec 2022▲ 16 days | 01 Dec 2022▲ 16 days |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 01 Dec 2012▲ 23 days | 01 Jan 2017 | — | 08 Dec 2020▲ 7 days | 08 Dec 2020▲ 7 days |
| 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 Dec 2024 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 Dec 2024 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.