The U.S. Department of State has released the December 2025 Visa Bulletin kicking off the new government fiscal year. The Visa Bulletin provides an update on the availability of immigrant visas for both consular processing and adjustment of status applications for the month of December 2025. The bulletin includes both the Final Action Dates and the Dates for Filing for employment-based and Family-Based immigrant visa categories. In addition, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announces each month which chart applicants should use to file their Adjustment of Status (AOS) applications.
Below is a summary of the key developments in the December 2025 Visa Bulletin:
Family-Based Categories
Additionally for the December 2025, USCIS has announced that applicants in the Family-Based immigrant visa categories should refer to the Dates for Filing chart when submitting adjustment of status applications. This month’s bulletin reflects forward movement across all categories.
In the F-1 category, which includes unmarried sons and daughters (21 years or older) of U.S. citizens, the dates for Filing for all countries will see no change from the previous month. For the F-1 category, the Final Action Dates for Mexico will advance by three months to March 1, 2006. The Final Action Dates for all other countries will stay the same as last month.
In the F-2A category, which encompasses spouses and unmarried children (under age 21) of U.S. green card holders, the Dates for filing for all categories will advance by one month to November 22, 2025. In the F-2A category, the Final Action Dates for all categories will stay the same as last month.
The F-2B category, which covers unmarried children (age 21 or older) of a U.S. green card holder, sees the Dates for Filing for Mexico stay on May 15, 2009, and on October 1, 2013 for the Philippines. The cutoff dates for all other countries will stay at March 8, 2017. In the F-2B category, the Final Action Date for Mexico will advance by one year to May 15, 2008. The final Action Dates for all other countries won’t change from the previous month.
In the F-3 category, which includes the married children of U.S. citizens, the Dates for Filing for Mexico will stay on July 1, 2001. The cut off date for the the Philippines will stay on November 1, 2005. The cutoff dates for all other countries will stay on July 22, 2012. In the F-3 category, the Final Action Date for the Philippines will advance by six weeks to November 1, 2004. Meanwhile, the Final Action Dates for all other countries won’t change from last month.
Finally in the F-4 category, pertaining to brothers and sisters of U.S. citizens, the Dates for Filing for all countries see no change from the previous month. In F-4 category, the Final Action Date for the Philippines will advance by just under four months to July 15, 2006. The Final Action Dates for all other countries also won’t change from last month.
Employment-Based Categories
As part of its regular monthly announcement, USCIS confirmed that applicants filing under the Employment-Eased categories may use the Date of Filing chart for December. The December Visa Bulletin from the State Department sets the Final Action cutoff dates for immigrant visa issuance and adjustment of status approval as follows:
In the EB-1 category, the Final Action Dates for China will advance one month to January 22, 2023, and India will advance by one month to March 15, 2022. All other countries will continue to be current. In Dates for Filing Category, the cutoff date for China will stay at May 15, 2023. India’s cut-off date will stay at April 15, 2023. The cut-off dates for all other countries remain current.
In the EB-2 category, China will advance by two months to June 1, 2021, and India will advance by six weeks to May 15, 2013. All other countries will advance by two months to February 1, 2024. Under the Dates for Filing Chart, the cutoff date for India will stay at December 1, 2013. For China, the cutoff date will stay at December 1, 2021. For the rest of the world, the cutoff date will stay on July 15, 2024.
In the EB-3 Professional and Skill Workers category, the Final Action Date for China will advance by one month to April 1, 2021. The cutoff date for India will advance by one month to September 22, 2013. All other countries will advance by two weeks to April 15, 2023. Meanwhile, under the Date of Filing Chart for EB-3, the cutoff date for India will stay at August 15, 2014. For China, the cutoff date will stay at January 1, 2022. For the rest of the world, the cutoff date will remain at July 1, 2023.
In the EB-3 Other workers category, the Final Action Date for China will advance by one week to December 8, 2017, while for India it will advance by one month to September 22, 2013. The Final Action Dates for the rest of the world will advance by tow weeks to August 1, 2021. All the Dates for Filling for all groups remain the same as the previous month.
In the EB-4 category, the Final Action Dates for all groups will advance by two months to September 1, 2020. Meanwhile on the Dates for Filing chart, the cutoff date for all countries will stay at February 15, 2021.
In the EB-5 unreserved category, the Final Action Dates for China will advance by nine months to July 15, 2016. The cutoff date for India it will advance by five months to July 1, 2021. The Final Action Dates for all other categories remain current. In the Dates for Filing chart, the cutoff date for China will advance by three weeks to July 22, 2016. The cutoff date for India will remain on April 1, 2022. The cutoff dates for all other categories remain current.
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