United States: December 2025 Visa Bulletin – Employment-Based Final Action Dates Move Ahead While Most Dates for Filing Remain the Same, With No Retrogressions; USCIS to Honor Dates for Filing
November 14, 2025
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At a glance
- Final Action Dates in employment-based categories will advance in the December Visa Bulletin, meaning more adjustment of status applications will become eligible for approval.
- The December employment-based Dates for Filing chart remains unchanged from the November Visa Bulletin, except for EB-5 China (Unreserved), which will advance by three weeks.
- Next month, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications from foreign nationals with a priority date that is earlier than the Dates for Filing listed in the December Bulletin.
A closer look
According to the State Department’s December Visa Bulletin, Final Action cutoff dates for issuance of an immigrant visa or approval of an adjustment of status application will be as follows:
- EB-1: China will advance one month to January 22, 2023, and India will advance by one month to March 15, 2022. All other countries will continue to be current.
- EB-2: China will advance by two months to June 1, 2021, and India will advance by six weeks to May 15, 2013. All other countries will advance by two months to February 1, 2024.
- EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: China will advance by one month to April 1, 2021, and India will advance by one month to September 22, 2013. All other countries will advance by two weeks to April 15, 2023.
- EB-5: For the EB-5 Unreserved categories, China will advance by more than seven months to July 15, 2016, and India will advance by five months to July 1, 2021. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 set-aside categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure) will also remain current.
The December Visa Bulletin employment-based Dates for Filing chart remains the same as the November Visa Bulletin, except for the EB-5 China (Unreserved) category, which will advance by three weeks to July 22, 2016.
USCIS to Honor Dates for Filing in December
USCIS has announced on its own Visa Bulletin web page, that the agency will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Visa Bulletin Dates for Filing chart in December. To be eligible to file an employment-based adjustment application in December, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than the date listed below for their preference category and country.
Dates for Filing for December 2025
EB-1
China: May 15, 2023
India: April 15, 2023
All other countries: Current
EB-2
China: December 1, 2021
India: December 1, 2013
All other countries: July 15, 2024
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: January 1, 2022
India: August 15, 2014
All other countries: July 1, 2023
EB-3 Other Workers
China: October 1, 2018
India: August 15, 2014
All other countries: December 1, 2021
EB-4 (except SR Certain Religious Workers)
All countries: February 15, 2021
EB-4 SR Certain Religious Workers
All countries: February 15, 2021
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
China: July 22, 2016
India: April 1, 2022
All other countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
Rural: Current for all countries
High Unemployment: Current for all countries
Infrastructure: Current for all countries
Final Action Dates for December 2025
EB-1
China: January 22, 2023
India: March 15, 2022
All other countries: Current
EB-2
China: June 1, 2021
India: May 15, 2013
All other countries: February 1, 2024
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers
China: April 1, 2021
India: September 22, 2013
All other countries: April 15, 2023
EB-3 Other Workers
China: December 8, 2017
India: September 22, 2013
All other countries: August 1, 2021
EB-4 (except SR Certain Religious Workers)
All countries: September 1, 2020
EB-4 SR Certain Religious Workers
All countries: September 1, 2020
EB-5 Unreserved (Regional Center and Non-Regional Center)
China: July 15, 2016
India: July 1, 2021
All other countries: Current
EB-5 Set-Asides
Rural: Current for all countries
High Unemployment: Current for all countries
Infrastructure: Current for all countries
This alert is for informational purposes only. If you have any questions, please contact the immigration professional with whom you work at Fragomen.
