May 2025 Visa Bulletin Update

April 29, 2025
Quick Recap:
  • In May, USCIS will accept any employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications from foreign nationals whose I-140 priority dates are earlier than the corresponding Final Action Dates listed in the State Department’s May 2025 Visa Bulletin.
  • All employment-based Final Action Dates for all countries, except India, will remain the same.
  • India EB-3 Final Action Dates will advance by two weeks.
  • USCIS will continue to honor Dates for Filing for all family-based AOS applications.
  • F2A Dates for Filing for all countries will advance by approximately three and a half months.



Employment-Based Final Action Dates for May 2025:
  • EB-1
    • China: November 8, 2022
    • India: February 15, 2022
    • All other countries: Current (applications may be filed regardless of the applicant’s priority date.)
  • EB-2
    • China: October 1, 2020
    • India: January 1, 2013
    • All other countries: June 22, 2023
  • EB-3
    • China: November 1, 2020
    • India: April 15, 2013
    • All other countries: January 1, 2023

For more details, please visit the State Department’s May 2025 Visa Bulletin.