U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN
September 2025
Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for September 2025. Changes are against August 2025.
What changed from August 2025
Final Action Dates: 3 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F2B Mexico advanced 3 months, from 01 JAN 2007 to 01 APR 2007.
- F2B Philippines advanced 16 days, from 15 APR 2012 to 01 MAY 2012.
- F3 Philippines advanced 5 months, from 01 DEC 2003 to 01 MAY 2004.
Dates for Filing: 6 moved forward, 0 moved back
- F2A (all other countries) advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2025 to 01 JUN 2025.
- F2A China advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2025 to 01 JUN 2025.
- F2A India advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2025 to 01 JUN 2025.
- F2A Mexico advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2025 to 01 JUN 2025.
- F2A Philippines advanced 2 months, from 01 APR 2025 to 01 JUN 2025.
- F3 Philippines advanced 5 months, from 01 DEC 2004 to 01 MAY 2005.
Compared cell by cell with the August 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 September 2025 charts
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 15 JUL 2016no change | 15 JUL 2016no change | 15 JUL 2016no change | 22 APR 2005no change | 15 JUL 2012no change |
| F2A | 01 SEP 2022no change | 01 SEP 2022no change | 01 SEP 2022no change | 01 FEB 2022no change | 01 SEP 2022no change |
| F2B | 15 OCT 2016no change | 15 OCT 2016no change | 15 OCT 2016no change | 01 APR 2007+3 mo | 01 MAY 2012+16 d |
| F3 | 01 AUG 2011no change | 01 AUG 2011no change | 01 AUG 2011no change | 01 FEB 2001no change | 01 MAY 2004+5 mo |
| F4 | 01 JAN 2008no change | 01 JAN 2008no change | 01 NOV 2006no change | 15 MAR 2001no change | 01 JAN 2006no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | 15 NOV 2022no change | 15 FEB 2022no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | 01 SEP 2023no change | 15 DEC 2020no change | 01 JAN 2013no change | 01 SEP 2023no change | 01 SEP 2023no change |
| EB-3 | 01 APR 2023no change | 01 DEC 2020no change | 22 MAY 2013no change | 01 APR 2023no change | 08 FEB 2023no change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 08 JUL 2021no change | 01 MAY 2017no change | 22 MAY 2013no change | 08 JUL 2021no change | 08 JUL 2021no change |
| EB-4 | UNAVAILABLEno change | UNAVAILABLEno change | UNAVAILABLEno change | UNAVAILABLEno change | UNAVAILABLEno change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 08 DEC 2015no change | 15 NOV 2019no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F1 | 01 SEP 2017no change | 01 SEP 2017no change | 01 SEP 2017no change | 01 JUN 2006no change | 22 APR 2015no change |
| F2A | 01 JUN 2025+2 mo | 01 JUN 2025+2 mo | 01 JUN 2025+2 mo | 01 JUN 2025+2 mo | 01 JUN 2025+2 mo |
| F2B | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 JAN 2017no change | 01 APR 2008no change | 01 OCT 2013no change |
| F3 | 22 JUL 2012no change | 22 JUL 2012no change | 22 JUL 2012no change | 15 JUN 2001no change | 01 MAY 2005+5 mo |
| F4 | 01 JAN 2009no change | 01 JAN 2009no change | 01 DEC 2006no change | 30 APR 2001no change | 01 JAN 2008no change |
| Category | Rest of world | China | India | Mexico | Philippines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EB-1 | CURRENTno change | 01 JAN 2023no change | 15 APR 2022no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
| EB-2 | 15 NOV 2023no change | 01 JAN 2021no change | 01 FEB 2013no change | 15 NOV 2023no change | 15 NOV 2023no change |
| EB-3 | 01 MAY 2023no change | 22 DEC 2020no change | 08 JUN 2013no change | 01 MAY 2023no change | 01 MAY 2023no change |
| EB-3 Other Workers | 22 JUL 2021no change | 01 JAN 2018no change | 08 JUN 2013no change | 22 JUL 2021no change | 22 JUL 2021no change |
| EB-4 | 01 FEB 2021no change | 01 FEB 2021no change | 01 FEB 2021no change | 01 FEB 2021no change | 01 FEB 2021no change |
| EB-5 | CURRENTno change | 01 OCT 2016no change | 01 APR 2022no change | CURRENTno change | CURRENTno change |
Source: Visa Bulletin for September 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.