June 2025 Visa Bulletin Shows Advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 Worldwide and China

Quick Hits

• The June 2025 Visa Bulletin shows some forward movement for EB-2 and EB-3 for all countries of chargeability except India.
• The June 2025 Visa Bulletin shows no change for all employment-based final action dates for India from the May 2025 Visa Bulletin.
• USCIS will honor final action dates for I-485 adjustment-of-status applications filed in June 2025.

Employment- based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	08NOV22	15FEB22	C	C
2nd	15OCT23	01DEC20	01JAN13	15OCT23	15OCT23
3rd	08FEB23	22NOV20	15APR13	08FEB23	08FEB23
Other Workers	22JUN21	01APR17	15APR13	22JUN21	22JUN21
4th	U	U	U	U	U
Certain Religious Workers	U	U	U	U	U
5th Unreserved (including C5, T5, I5, R5, NU, RU)	C	22JAN14	01MAY19	C	C
5th Set Aside: Rural (20%, including NR, RR)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: High Unemployment (10%, including NH, RH)	C	C	C	C	C
5th Set Aside: Infrastructure (2%, including RI)	C	C	C	C	C

Source: U.S. Department of State, June 2025 Visa Bulletin, Final Action Dates Chart

Key Takeaways

According to the June 2025 Visa Bulletin:

• EB-1: India remains at February 15, 2022, and China remains at November 8, 2022 (with no change from the May 2025 Visa Bulletin).
• EB-2: India remains at January 1, 2013, while China advances by two months to December 1, 2020. All other countries advance by almost four months to October 15, 2023.
• EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers: India remains at April 15, 2013, and China advances by three weeks to November 22, 2020. All other countries advance by five weeks to February 8, 2023.

Ogletree Deakins’ Immigration Practice Group will continue to monitor developments and will publish updates on the Immigration blog as additional information becomes available.

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