The Department of State has released the October 2025 Visa Bulletin. D&S provides a Monthly Summary of the employment-based priority dates. In October 2025, USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment of status applications based on the Dates for Filing for Employment-Based Preference chart.
To be eligible to file an adjustment of status application in October 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 is April 15, 2023, and the Date for Filing for China is 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 advance to August 15, 2014, and the Date for Filing for China will advance to January 1, 2022. The Date for Filing for the Philippines, Mexico, and all other countries will be July 1, 2023.
The EB-4 category Date for Filing for nationals of all countries will be February 15, 2021. The Certain Religious Eb-4 category is currently unavailable.
With respect to the Final Action Date for the EB-5 Unreserved categories, India advanced to April 1, 2022, and China advanced to 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.