March 2025 Visa Bulletin

This evening, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the March 2025 Visa Bulletin. Similar to the February 2025 Visa Bulletin, there is some progress in some of the oversubscribed categories, while others (e.g., EB1) remain stubbornly stuck in place. 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 08.Nov.2022, and EB1 India’s cutoff date stands firm at 01.Feb.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 improves to 01.Dec.2012. China’s EB2 cutoff date advances to 08.May.2020. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries progresses to 15.May.2023.

Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB3) Category

EB3 India’s cutoff date moves ahead 01.Feb.2013. For China, the EB3 cutoff date advances to 01.Aug.2020. The EB3 cutoff dates for all other countries of chargeability remains set at 01.Dec.2022.

EB3 Other Workers

In the EB3 other workers category, India’s cutoff date matches its EB3 counterpart at 01.Feb.2013. For China, the cutoff date is still stuck at 01.Jan.2017. The EB3 other workers cutoff date for the Philippines shifts forward to 15.Jan.2021. The EB3 other workers cutoff date for all other countries of chargeability pushes ahead to 01.Feb.2021.

Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB4) Category

In the EB4 category, the cutoff date for all countries retrogresses substantially to 01.Aug.2019.

The EB4 program for certain religious workers is currently scheduled to expire after midnight 13.Mar.2025. If Congress does not extend the program by that date, the EB4 category for certain religious workers will become unavailable after that date.

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 15.Jul.2016. India’s unreserved cutoff also is unmoved at 01.Jan.2022. EB5 remains current for all other EB5 categories and countries of chargeability.

Conclusion

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