November 2025 Visa Bulletin


By: Navdeep Meamber

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the November 2025 Visa Bulletin, which outlines the availability of immigrant visas for family-sponsored and employment-based categories according to applicants’ priority date. According to the November 2025 Visa Bulletin, for employment-based immigrant visa categories, both the Final Action and the Dates for Filing charts will remain unchanged from the October Visa Bulletin.

The Visa Bulletin has two different charts per visa preference category

Final Action Dates (Chart A)

      • This determines when a visa number is available for issuance based on an applicant’s priority date. If a category shows a specific date (e.g., "01JAN25"), only applicants with a priority date before that date are eligible; if it shows "C" (Current): Visas are available to all applicants regardless of priority date; and if it shows "U" (Unavailable): Visas are unavailable for issuance.

 Dates for Filing (Chart B)

  • For consular processing (outside the U.S.): The Dates for Filing chart lists the earliest priority dates when the National Visa Center (NVC) will notify applicants to assemble and submit civil documents and fees.

For Adjustment of Status (filing Form I-485 in the U.S.): Each month, USCIS decides which chart an applicant may use to file the I-485, Adjustment of Status (AOS) application. If USCIS determines that there are enough immigrant visas available to accommodate additional filings, it then lists the Dates for Filing chart to be used for AOS filings that month. Otherwise, the applicant must wait until his or her priority date becomes current under Final Action Dates to file the I-485, AOS application.

  • Final Action Date Chart (Chart A) Update Highlights:
  • EB-1:
    • China: December 22, 2022
    •  India: February 15, 2022
    • All other countries not listed above: Current.
  • EB-2:
    • China: April 1, 2021
    • India: April 1, 2013
    • All other countries not listed above: December 1, 2023
  • EB-3 (Professionals/Skilled):
    • China: March 1, 2021
    • India: August 22, 2013
    • All other countries not listed above: April 1, 2023
  • EB-3 Other Workers:
    • China: December 1, 2017
    • India: August 22, 2013
    • All other countries not listed above: July 15, 2021
  • EB-4:
    • All countries: July 1, 2020
    • Certain Religious Workers: Unavailable
  • EB-5 (Unreserved):
    • India: February 1, 2021
    • China: December 8, 2015
    • All other countries not listed above: Current.
    • Set-Aside (Rural/High Unemployment/Infrastructure): Current

Date of Filing (Chart B) Update Highlights:

  • EB-1:
    • China: May 15, 2023
    •  India: April 15, 2023
    • All countries not listed above: Current
  • EB-2:
    • China: December 1, 2021
    • India: December 1, 2013
    • All countries not listed above: July 15, 2024
  • EB-3:
    • China: January 1, 2022
    • India: August 15, 2014
    • All countries not listed above: July 1, 2023
  • Other Workers:
    • China: October 1, 2018
    • India: August 15, 2014
    • All countries not listed above: December 1, 2021
  • EB-4: All countries: February 15, 2021
  • EB-5 Unreserved:
    •  China July 1, 2016
    • India April 1, 2022
    • Set-Asides Current

In November 2025, USCIS will utilize the ‘Dates for Filing’ chart (Chart B) for both family-based and employment-based adjustment of status (AOS) applications .

If your priority date is earlier than the date listed in Chart A or Chart B, for your EB category, please contact your trusted Chugh, LLP immigration professional.

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