July 2025 Visa Bulletin

This morning, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) released the July 2025 Visa Bulletin. As with recent months, movement remains limited in the employment-based categories. All cutoff dates listed below refer to the final action chart (i.e., Chart A), unless otherwise specified.

Visa Bulletin Summary

Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1) Category

There is little change in the EB1 category for June. The EB1 cutoff date for India continues to be set at 15.Feb.2022, although EB1 China advances to 15.Nov.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 holds steady at 01.Jan.2013. EB2 China, on the other hand, advances to 15.Dec.2020. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries remains at 15.Oct.2023.

Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB3) Category

All countries except for the Philippines advance in the EB3 category. India’s EB3 cutoff date moves ahead to 22.Apr.2013 and China’s EB3 cutoff date moves ahead to 01.Dec.2020. All other countries of chargeability advance to a cutoff date of 01.Apr.2023.

EB3 Other Workers

In the EB3 Other Workers category, India’s cutoff date continues to align with the standard EB3 cutoff at 15.Apr.2013. For China, the cutoff remains at 01.Apr.2017. All other countries of chargeability see some relief, with a cutoff date of 22.Jun.2021.

Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB4) Category

As with recent months, the EB4 category remains unavailable (U) for all countries of chargeability. The unavailability is expected to persist through the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends 30.Sep.2025, with availability likely resuming in October 2025.

Employment-Based, Fifth Preference (EB5) Category

The EB5 unreserved category shows no forward movement. India’s unreserved cutoff date holds at 01.May.2019, and China’s remains at 22.Jan.2014. The EB5 category remains current for all other chargeability areas and for the three EB5 set-aside categories (rural, high unemployment, and infrastructure) across all countries.

Family-Based, Second Preference (F2A) Category

The cut-off dates for the F2A category on the dates for filing chart (i.e., Chart B) advanced to 01.Mar.2025 for all countries.

Conclusion

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