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Visa Bulletin – November 2025 – No Changes to Employment-Based Preference Categories

15 Oct

by Foster, on Immigration Updates

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published the monthly Visa Bulletin for November 2025. Until November 1, the October 2025 Visa Bulletin remains in effect.  

The Visa Bulletin contains the DOS’s Final Action Dates chart, which lists the priority dates that are current in each respective category, the categories that are current during the applicable month (i.e., categories that do not have any backlogs), and the categories that are unavailable. The Visa Bulletin also contains the DOS’s Dates for Filing chart, which usually progresses ahead of the Final Action Dates chart, and which U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) sometimes uses to determine the date that Adjustment of Status filings are permitted in each category.  

For November 2025, USCIS has confirmed that beneficiaries of employment-based immigrant petitions should use the Dates for Filing chart to determine eligibility to file Adjustment of Status applications.  

Key Takeaways: 

Both the Final Action and Dates for Filing charts remain unchanged from October 2025 across all employment categories. EB-1 dates remain current for all except China and India (no movement), and there has been no movement in dates for the EB-2, EB-3, Other Workers, and EB-5 categories.  

Final Action Date Chart for November 2025:

Employment- 
based 

All Chargeability  
Areas Except 
Those Listed 

CHINA- 
mainland  
born 

INDIA 

MEXICO 

PHILIPPINES 

1st 

C 

22DEC22 

15FEB22 

C 

C 

2nd 

01DEC23 

01APR21 

01APR13 

01DEC23 

01DEC23 

3rd 

01APR23 

01MAR21 

22AUG13 

01APR23 

01APR23 

Other Workers 

15JUL21 

01DEC17 

22AUG13 

15JUL21 

15JUL21 

4th 

01JUL20 

01JUL20 

01JUL20 

01JUL20 

01JUL20 

Certain Religious Workers 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

5th Unreserved 
(including C5, T5, I5, R5, NU, RU) 

C 

08DEC15 

01FEB21 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
Rural (20%, including NR, RR)  

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
High Unemployment (10%, including NH, RH) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
Infrastructure (2%, including RI) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

 

Dates for Filing Chart for November 2025: 

 

Employment- 
based 

All Chargeability 
Areas Except 
Those Listed 

CHINA- 
mainland  
born 

INDIA 

MEXICO  

PHILIPPINES  

1st 

C 

15MAY23 

15APR23 

C 

C 

2nd 

15JUL24 

01DEC21 

01DEC13 

15JUL24 

15JUL24 

3rd 

01JUL23 

01JAN22 

15AUG14 

01JUL23 

01JUL23 

Other Workers 

01DEC21 

01OCT18 

15AUG14 

01DEC21 

01DEC21 

4th 

15FEB21 

15FEB21 

15FEB21 

15FEB21 

15FEB21 

Certain Religious Workers 

U 

U 

U 

U 

U 

5th Unreserved 
(including C5, T5, I5, R5) 

C 

01JUL16 

01APR22 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
(Rural: NR, RR – 20%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
(High Unemployment: NH, RH – 10%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

5th Set Aside: 
(Infrastructure: RI – 2%) 

C 

C 

C 

C 

C 

For case-specific guidance or to confirm filing eligibility, please contact a Foster LLP attorney. Foster LLP will continue to track immigrant visa availability and provide updates about any developments via Immigration Updates©, articles, and globs on our website at www.fosterglobal.com.  

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