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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

May 2025

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for May 2025. Changes are against April 2025.

What changed from April 2025

Final Action Dates: 8 moved forward, 1 moved back

Dates for Filing: 7 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the April 2025 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (75 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.

The May 2025 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F115 MAR 2016no change15 MAR 2016no change15 MAR 2016no change22 APR 2005+4 mo15 JUL 2012no change
F2A01 JAN 2022no change01 JAN 2022no change01 JAN 2022no change15 MAY 2021no change01 JAN 2022no change
F2B22 JUL 2016no change22 JUL 2016no change22 JUL 2016no change01 JAN 2006no change08 FEB 2012+17 d
F301 APR 2011no change01 APR 2011no change01 APR 2011no change15 JAN 2001no change22 SEP 2003+6 mo
F401 JAN 2008+5 mo01 JAN 2008+5 mo15 JUN 2006no change15 MAR 2001no change01 JUN 2005+5 mo
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change08 NOV 2022no change15 FEB 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-222 JUN 2023no change01 OCT 2020no change01 JAN 2013no change22 JUN 2023no change22 JUN 2023no change
EB-301 JAN 2023no change01 NOV 2020no change15 APR 2013+14 d01 JAN 2023no change01 JAN 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers22 MAY 2021no change01 APR 2017no change15 APR 2013+14 d22 MAY 2021no change22 MAY 2021no change
EB-4UNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno change
EB-5CURRENTno change22 JAN 2014no change01 MAY 2019−6 moCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 APR 2006no change22 APR 2015no change
F2A01 FEB 2025+4 mo01 FEB 2025+4 mo01 FEB 2025+4 mo01 FEB 2025+4 mo01 FEB 2025+4 mo
F2B01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 APR 2007no change01 OCT 2013no change
F322 JUL 2012no change22 JUL 2012no change22 JUL 2012no change15 JUN 2001no change22 SEP 2004no change
F401 JUN 2008+2 mo01 JUN 2008+2 mo01 OCT 2006no change30 APR 2001no change01 JAN 2008no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JAN 2023no change15 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 AUG 2023no change01 NOV 2020no change01 FEB 2013no change01 AUG 2023no change01 AUG 2023no change
EB-301 MAR 2023no change15 NOV 2020no change08 JUN 2013no change01 MAR 2023no change01 MAR 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers22 JUN 2021no change01 JAN 2018no change08 JUN 2013no change22 JUN 2021no change22 JUN 2021no change
EB-401 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 OCT 2016no change01 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for May 2025, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.

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