Overview

• The State Department confirmed EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, and Other Workers visa numbers for FY2025 are exhausted, halting immigrant visa issuance and USCIS final approvals until the fiscal-year reset.
• USCIS will accept new I-485 applications from those current under the applicable Final Action Dates, but cases will be adjudicated beginning October 1, 2025.
• The October 2025 Visa Bulletin advances India’s EB-2 to April 1, 2013 and EB-3 to August 22, 2013, while EB-5 (unreserved) for India jumps by nearly 15 months to February 1, 2021.
• Family category movement includes a large F2A leap to February 1, 2024 for India and the reopening of EB-4 after prior unavailability.
• New State Department guidance generally requires nonimmigrant visa stamping in an applicant’s country of nationality or residence, limiting third‑country appointments except for narrow exemptions.