The Department of State Posted the April 2025 Visa Bulletin

The U.S. Department of State has released the April 2025 Visa Bulletin, detailing the wait times for green card applicants. USCIS has announced that family-based applicants must follow the “Dates for Filing,” while employment-based applicants must use the “Final Action Dates.”

Key changes include significant retrogression in the EB-5 category, with China’s Final Action Date moving back by about 2.5 years to January 22, 2014, and India’s by over two years to November 1, 2019. Meanwhile, the EB-2 and EB-3 categories saw modest advancements. India’s EB-2 Final Action Date advanced by one month to January 1, 2013, and China’s by nearly five months to October 1, 2020. The EB-3 category advanced by two months for India (April 1, 2013) and three months for China (November 1, 2020). The EB-4 category has reached its annual limit and is unavailable until the next fiscal year.

Additionally, in April, the EB-1 Final Action Date for India advanced by two weeks (to February 15, 2022), while China's remained unchanged (November 8, 2022). The EB-2 and EB-3 Final Action Dates for worldwide applicants also saw slight advancements. USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from applicants with priority dates earlier than the listed Final Action Dates.