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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE · VISA BULLETIN

August 2025

Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing as published in the Visa Bulletin for August 2025. Changes are against July 2025.

What changed from July 2025

Final Action Dates: 5 moved forward, 3 moved back

Dates for Filing: 7 moved forward, 0 moved back

Compared cell by cell with the July 2025 bulletin, for the family and employment categories and the five chargeability columns shown on this site (75 Final Action cells this month). "Advanced" means the published date moved later; "retrogressed" means it moved earlier. This is a description of the two published bulletins, not a forecast.

The August 2025 charts

Final Action Dates — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F115 JUL 2016no change15 JUL 2016no change15 JUL 2016no change22 APR 2005no change15 JUL 2012no change
F2A01 SEP 2022no change01 SEP 2022no change01 SEP 2022no change01 FEB 2022no change01 SEP 2022no change
F2B15 OCT 2016no change15 OCT 2016no change15 OCT 2016no change01 JAN 2007no change15 APR 2012no change
F301 AUG 2011no change01 AUG 2011no change01 AUG 2011no change01 FEB 2001no change01 DEC 2003no change
F401 JAN 2008no change01 JAN 2008no change01 NOV 2006+4 mo15 MAR 2001no change01 JAN 2006no change
Final Action Dates — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change15 NOV 2022no change15 FEB 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-201 SEP 2023−44 d15 DEC 2020no change01 JAN 2013no change01 SEP 2023−44 d01 SEP 2023−44 d
EB-301 APR 2023no change01 DEC 2020no change22 MAY 2013+30 d01 APR 2023no change08 FEB 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers08 JUL 2021no change01 MAY 2017no change22 MAY 2013+30 d08 JUL 2021no change08 JUL 2021no change
EB-4UNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno changeUNAVAILABLEno change
EB-5CURRENTno change08 DEC 2015+23 mo15 NOV 2019+7 moCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
Dates for Filing — family-sponsored
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 SEP 2017no change01 JUN 2006no change22 APR 2015no change
F2A01 APR 2025+31 d01 APR 2025+31 d01 APR 2025+31 d01 APR 2025+31 d01 APR 2025+31 d
F2B01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 JAN 2017no change01 APR 2008no change01 OCT 2013no change
F322 JUL 2012no change22 JUL 2012no change22 JUL 2012no change15 JUN 2001no change01 DEC 2004no change
F401 JAN 2009+4 mo01 JAN 2009+4 mo01 DEC 2006no change30 APR 2001no change01 JAN 2008no change
Dates for Filing — employment-based
CategoryRest of worldChinaIndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1CURRENTno change01 JAN 2023no change15 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change
EB-215 NOV 2023no change01 JAN 2021no change01 FEB 2013no change15 NOV 2023no change15 NOV 2023no change
EB-301 MAY 2023no change22 DEC 2020no change08 JUN 2013no change01 MAY 2023no change01 MAY 2023no change
EB-3 Other Workers22 JUL 2021no change01 JAN 2018no change08 JUN 2013no change22 JUL 2021no change22 JUL 2021no change
EB-401 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change01 FEB 2021no change
EB-5CURRENTno change01 OCT 2016no change01 APR 2022no changeCURRENTno changeCURRENTno change

Source: Visa Bulletin for August 2025, U.S. Department of State. Archived October 17, 2026. The bulletin also contains notes, diversity-visa numbers and categories not shown here; read the full bulletin at the source.

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