February 2025 Visa Bulletin

Today, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the February 2025 Visa Bulletin. In February, there is slight bit of movement in some, but not all, of the oversubscribed categories. All cutoff dates listed refer to those in the final action chart (i.e., Chart A), unless otherwise specified.

Visa Bulletin Summary

Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category

There is no movement in the EB1 category. EB1 China’s cutoff date remains fixed at November 8, 2022, and EB1 India’s cutoff date stands firm at February 1, 2022. The EB1 category remains current for all other countries of chargeability.

Employment-Based, Second Preference (EB2) Category

In the EB2 category, India’s cutoff date moves ahead to October 15, 2012. China’s EB2 cutoff date remains unchanged at April 22, 2020. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries also sees no movement, keeping a cutoff date of April 1, 2023.

Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB3) Category

EB3 India’s cutoff date improves to December 15, 2012. For China, the EB3 cutoff date advances to July 1, 2020. The EB3 cutoff dates for all other countries of chargeability remains set at December 1, 2022.

EB3 Other Workers

In the EB3 other workers category, India’s cutoff date matches its EB3 counterpart at December 15, 2012. For China, the cutoff date is still stuck at January 1, 2017. The EB3 other workers cutoff date for all other countries of chargeability is still set at December 8, 2020.

Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB4) Category

In the EB4 category, the cutoff date for all countries remains set at January 1, 2021.

Employment-Based, Fifth Preference (EB5) Category

In the EB5 category, China’s unreserved (i.e., EB5 immigrant visa numbers not set aside for rural, high unemployment, and infrastructure projects) cutoff date remains set at July 15, 2016. India’s unreserved cutoff also is unmoved at January 1, 2022. EB5 remains current for all other EB5 categories and countries of chargeability.

Conclusion

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