The Department of State released the June 2025 Visa Bulletin and USCIS has confirmed they will accept the Final Action Dates chart for employment-based Adjustment of Status applications. The Final Action Dates chart notes modest advancement for EB-2 and EB-3 Worldwide and China as further detailed below. All other employment-based categories will continue to remain the same for June pursuant to the Final Action Dates chart.
- EB-2 China will advance by two months to December 1, 2020
- EB-2 Worldwide will advance by approximately four months to October 15, 2023
- EB-3 China will advance by three weeks to November 22, 2020
- EB-3 Worldwide will advance by five weeks to February 8, 2023
EMPLOYMENT-BASED (EB) PRIORITY DATE SUMMARY FOR FINAL ACTION DATES
USCIS confirmed that it will honor the Final Action Dates chart for purposes of eligibility to file an Adjustment of Status application. The Final Action Dates are as follows:
EB-1, First Preference Category
- EB-1 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, and Philippines) remains current.
- EB-1 China: Final Action Dates will maintain a filing cutoff date of November 22,
- EB-1 India: Final Action Dates will maintain a filing cutoff date of February 15, 2022.
EB-2, Second Preference Category
- EB-2 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, and Philippines) will advance by approximately four months to October 15, 2023.
- China: Final Action Dates will advance by two months to December 1, 2020.
- India: Final Action dates will remain at January 1, 2013.
EB-3, Third Preference Category (Professional and Skilled Workers)
- EB-3 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico and Philippines) will advance by five weeks to February 8, 2023.
- China: Final Action Dates will advance by three weeks to November 22, 2020.
- India: Final Action Dates will remain at April 15, 2013.
Other Workers
- Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Philippines) will advance by one month to June 22, 2021.
- China will remain at April 1, 2017.
- India will maintain a cut-off date of April 15, 2013.
EB-5: Fifth Preference Category (Immigrant Investors)
- For the EB-5 Unreserved categories (C5, T5, I5, and R5), India will hold steady at May 1, 2019 and China will maintain a cut-off date of January 22, 2014. All other countries will remain current.
- The EB-5 “Set-Aside” categories (Rural, High Unemployment, and Infrastructure) will remain current.
Individuals with a priority date that is before the published cut-off date may file an Adjustment of Status application based on the dates outlined above.
WHAT SHOULD EMPLOYERS EXPECT?
As noted in the June Visa Bulletin, modest advancement is observed under Final Action Dates for EB-2 and EB-3 Worldwide and China by approximately two weeks to four months, depending on the employment-based category and country.
As stagnation continues to persist for many categories, Employers may wish to consider alternative visa options or strategies to maintain work authorization and retain talent while awaiting green card eligibility. Employers may also wish to strategically file I-140’s even when priority dates are far from becoming current to facilitate job security and retention. Further, individuals with current priority dates should submit Adjustment of Status applications as soon as possible as sudden changes to visa availability may occur late in the fiscal year (August-September) impacting eligibility to file.
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