Overview

• USCIS will accept employment-based adjustment applications under the Dates for Filing chart in October 2025, allowing eligible applicants to file starting October 1.
• The State Department’s October 2025 Visa Bulletin restarts the new fiscal year and advances many cutoffs, with overall eligibility tied to each category’s priority-date listing.
• Law-firm guidance reports EB-3 India applicants may file in October if their priority date is on or before August 15, 2014, reflecting the bulletin’s filing chart.
• Category shifts include a one-year advance in EB-1 India filing dates, a two-month retrogression for EB-3 worldwide filing dates, and selective final action advances across EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and EB-5.
• Filing now does not guarantee approval, as green cards can be issued only when priority dates are current under the Final Action Dates chart and within annual numerical limits; attorneys advise filing early in October and not before October 1 due to possible chart changes next month.