The Department of State has released the August 2025 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In August 2025, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Final Action Dates for Employment-Based Preference chart. To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application in August 2025, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than that listed on the Final Action Dates chart.
The EB-1 Final Action Date for India will remain at February 15, 2022, and the Final Action Date for China will remain at November 15, 2022. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Final Action Date for India will remain at January 1, 2013 and China will remain at December 15, 2020. All other countries have retrogressed by six weeks to September 1, 2023. According to the Department of State, the EB-2 issuance total for this category is rapidly approaching its annual limit for FY-2025. DOS has indicated that it is likely the annual limit will be reached in August.
The EB-3 Professional/Skilled Worker Final Action Date for India will advance by four weeks to May 22, 2013, while China will remain at December 1, 2020, and the Philippines will remain at February 8, 2023. All other countries will remain at April 1, 2023.
The EB-4 category will be “unavailable” in August and continuing through the end of the fiscal year on September 30, 2025. The category was made “unavailable” on February 28, 2025, by which time all available EB-4 visas for the 2025 fiscal year had been used. The annual limit will reset at the start of the new fiscal year on October 1, 2025.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India will advance by six months to November 15, 2019, while China will advance by twenty two months to December 8, 2015. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current for all countries.