The October 2025 visa bulletin has been published. USCIS will be accepting cases in October 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
EB1
- China: moved from November 15, 2022, to May 15, 2023.
- India: moved from February 15, 2022, to April 15, 2023.
EB2
- Rest of World: moved from September 1, 2023, to July 15, 2024.
- China: moved from December 15, 2020, to December 1, 2021.
- India: moved from January 1, 2013, to December 1, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from September 1, 2023, to July 15, 2024.
- Philippines: moved from September 1, 2023, to July 15, 2024.
EB3
- Rest of World: moved from April 1, 2023, to July 1, 2023.
- China: moved from December 1, 2020, to January 1, 2022.
- India: moved from May 22, 2013, to August 15, 2014.
- Mexico: moved from May 1, 2023, to July 1, 2023.
- Philippines: moved from May 1, 2023, to July 1, 2023.
Other Workers
- Rest of World: moved from July 8, 2021, to December 1, 2021.
- China: moved from May 1, 2017, to October 1, 2018.
- India: moved from May 22, 2013, to August 15, 2014.
- Mexico: moved from July 8, 2021, to December 1, 2021.
- Philippines: moved from July 8, 2021, to December 1, 2021.
Final Action
EB1
- China: moved from November 15, 2022, to December 22, 2022.
EB2
- Rest of World: moved from September 1, 2023, to December 1, 2023.
- China: moved from December 15, 2020, to April 1, 2021.
- India: moved from January 1, 2013, to April 1, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from September 1, 2023, to December 1, 2023.
- Philippines: moved from September 1, 2023, to December 1, 2023.
EB3
- China: moved from December 1, 2020, to March 1, 2021.
- India: moved from May 22, 2013, to August 22, 2013.
- Philippines: moved from February 8, 2023, to April 1, 2023.
Other Workers
- Rest of World: moved from July 8, 2021, to July 15, 2021.
- China: moved from May 1, 2017, to December 1, 2017.
- India: moved from May 22, 2013, to August 22, 2013.
- Mexico: moved from July 8, 2021, to July 15, 2021.
- Philippines: moved from July 8, 2021, to July 15, 2021.