Overview

• The State Department confirmed FY2025 numerical limits were reached for EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 and Other Workers, pausing immigrant visa issuance and green card approvals through September 30.
• Eligible applicants may continue filing adjustment of status when their priority date is current, with adjudications moving once new numbers become available on October 1.
• For India, EB-2 and EB-3 Final Action Dates advance by three months and filing dates jump by roughly a year, while EB-1 remains at February 15, 2022.
• EB-5 India’s Final Action Date moves forward by nearly 15 months to February 1, 2021, EB-4 reopens, and family F2A Final Action Date leaps to February 1, 2024.
• New State Department guidance generally requires nonimmigrant visa stamping in an applicant’s country of nationality or residence, with limited exceptions for diplomatic and emergency cases.