The Department of State has released the December 2025 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In December 2025, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Dates for Filing of Employment-Based Preference chart.
To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application in December 2025, foreign nationals must have a priority date that is earlier than that listed on the Dates for Filing chart.
The EB-1 Date for Filing for India remains at April 15, 2023, and the Date for Filing for China remains at May 15, 2023. All other countries will remain current.
The EB-2 Date for Filing for India is December 1, 2013 and the Date for Filing for China is December 1, 2021. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries is July 15, 2024.
The EB-3 Professional/Skilled Worker Date for Filing for India will remain at August 15, 2014, and the Date for Filing for China will remain at January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for nationals of all other countries will remain at July 1, 2023.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries will remain at February 15, 2021. Additionally, the Certain Religious EB-4 category has become available with a priority date of February 15, 2021.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India remains at April 1, 2022, and China remains at July 1, 2016. All other countries will remain current. The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current for all countries.