Visa Bulletin / History / May 2025
May 2025 Visa Bulletin: what changed
Auto-summary Source: U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin
Compared with the April 2025 bulletin, 3 employment-based Final Action Dates changed: 2 moved forward and 1 moved back.
Biggest moves forward: EB-3 India (+14 days); EB-3 Other Workers India (+14 days).
Moved back: EB-5 unreserved India (−6 months).
For the largest backlog, India: EB-2 India 01 Jan 2013, EB-3 India 15 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 April 2025. Official bulletin page.
Final Action Dates
| Category | India | China | Rest of world | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | 15 Feb 2022 | 08 Nov 2022 | — | Current | Current |
| EB-2 | 01 Jan 2013 | 01 Oct 2020 | — | 22 Jun 2023 | 22 Jun 2023 |
| EB-3 | 15 Apr 2013▲ 14 days | 01 Nov 2020 | — | 01 Jan 2023 | 01 Jan 2023 |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 15 Apr 2013▲ 14 days | 01 Apr 2017 | — | 22 May 2021 | 22 May 2021 |
| EB-4 | Unavailable | Unavailable | — | Unavailable | Unavailable |
| EB-5 unreserved | 01 May 2019▼ 6 months | 22 Jan 2014 | — | Current | Current |
▲ ▼ movement since the Apr 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 Nov 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 Jun 2021 | 22 Jun 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 Apr 2025 bulletin. Click a date for that category's full history.