The December 2025 visa bulletin has been published. USCIS will be accepting cases in December based on dates for filing, not on final action, for employment-based cases. Changes are as follows for both charts. If a change is not listed here, the date remains the same.
Dates for Filing
Certain Religious Workers
- Rest of World: moved from Unauthorized to February 15, 2021.
- China: moved from Unauthorized to February 15, 2021.
- India: moved from Unauthorized to February 15, 2021.
- Mexico: moved from Unauthorized to February 15, 2021.
- Philippines: moved from Unauthorized to February 15, 2021.
EB5 Unreserved
- China: moved from July 1, 2016, to Current.
- India: moved from April 1, 2022, to Current.
Final Action
EB1
- China: moved from December 22, 2022, to January 22, 2023.
- India: moved from February 15, 2022, to March 15, 2022.
EB2
- Rest of World: moved from December 1, 2023, to February 1, 2024.
- China: moved from April 1, 2021, to June 1, 2021.
- India: moved from April 1, 2013, to May 15, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from December 1, 2023, to February 1, 2024.
- Philippines: moved December 1, 2023, to February 1, 2024.
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from April 1, 2023, to April 15, 2023.
- China: moved from March 1, 2021, to April 1, 2021.
- India: moved from August 22, 2013, to September 22, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from April 1, 2023, to April 15, 2023.
- Philippines: moved from April 1, 2023, to April 15, 2023.
Other Workers
- Rest of World: moved from July 15, 2021, to August 1, 2021.
- China: moved from December 1, 2017, to December 8, 2017.
- India: moved from August 22, 2013, to September 22, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from July 15, 2021, to August 1, 2021.
- Philippines: moved from July 15, 2021, to August 1, 2021.
EB4
- Rest of World: moved from July 1, 2020, to September 1, 2020.
- China: moved from July 1, 2020, to September 1, 2020.
- India: moved from July 1, 2020, to September 1, 2020.
- Mexico: moved from July 1, 2020, to September 1, 2020.
- Philippines: moved from July 1, 2020, to September 1, 2020.
Certain Religious workers
- Rest of World: moved from Unauthorized, to September 1, 2020.
- China: moved from Unauthorized, to September 1, 2020.
- India: moved from Unauthorized, to September 1, 2020.
- Mexico: moved from Unauthorized, to September 1, 2020.
- Philippines: moved from Unauthorized, to September 1, 2020.
EB5 Unreserved
- China: moved from December 8, 2015, to July 15, 2016.
- India: moved from February 1, 2021, to July 1, 2021.