EB-5 visa: Progress for applicants by 6 months in US visa bulletin for 2025, good news for China too
The August 2025 visa bulletin offers hope for Indian and Chinese investors as the unreserved EB-5 category Final Action Date will advance by more than six months for India and two years for China.
For Indian EB-3 (skilled workers and professionals), the Final Action Date has moved up by one month.
Overview of
US visa bulletin August 2025
for India
The Final Action Date for EB-1 has not changed for India and remains at February 15, 2022.
The Final Action Date for EB-2 has not changed either and remains at January 1, 2013
The Final Action Date for EB-3 has advanced by one month from April 22, 2013 to May 22, 2013.
EB-5 unreserved category moved forward by six months to November 15, 2019.
"Due to increased number use, it has become necessary to retrogress the EB-2 final action date for Rest of World countries. The issuance total in this category is rapidly approaching the annual limit for FY-2025, necessitating this slowdown of issuance rates. It is likely the annual limit will be reached sometime in August, if not sooner. Note that if at any time the EB-2 annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category 'unavailable', and no further requests for numbers would be honored.
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This situation will be continually monitored, and any necessary adjustments will be made accordingly," the State Department said, issuing a retrogression warning for the EB-2 and EB-3 categories.
Final Action Dates of employment-based visas as per US Visa Bulletin August 2025.
Overview of the US visa bulletin August 2025 for China
Final Action Date for the EB-1 category is November 15, 2022
For EB-2, the Final Action Date is December 15, 2020
For EB-3, the Final Action Date is December 1, 2020
For EB-5, the Final Action Date is December 8, 2015. This advanced almost two years from January 22, 2014.
The Final Action Date in the U.S. Visa Bulletin is the date when a green card (immigrant visa or adjustment of status) can actually be issued to you. If your priority date (the date your petition was filed) is earlier than the Final Action Date listed for your category and country in the Visa Bulletin, then your case is 'current'.
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