April 2025 Visa Bulletin Predictions

Change:
For official November 2024 Visa Bulletin and Analysis, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/visa-bulletin/2024/visa-bulletin-november-2024.aspx

Please see April 2025 Visa Bulletin Predictions below (for both Family Based and Employment Based categories for all countries):

Family Based:
Final Action Dates
Dates For Filing Applications
"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.
Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F101MAR1601MAR1601MAR1608JUL0601NOV12
F2A01MAY2301MAY2301MAY2315APR2201MAY23
F2B08AUG1608AUG1608AUG1608DEC0615APR12
F308NOV1008NOV1008NOV1022DEC0122OCT02
F415SEP0715SEP0715MAY0615MAY0101OCT04
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.
Family-
Sponsored
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-mainland
born
INDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F115JUL1815JUL1815JUL1822DEC0522DEC15
F2A08DEC2408DEC2408DEC2408DEC2408DEC24
F2B01AUG1701AUG1701AUG1715MAY0722MAR14
F315APR1315APR1315APR1301AUG0101AUG04
F415JUN0815JUN0815OCT0615AUG0108JAN09

Employment Based:
Final Action Dates
Dates For Filing Applications
"Final Action Date" is the date when when USCIS/DOS may render their final decision on submitted applications. Your priority date should be before this date.
Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainlandĀ 
born
INDIAMEXICO PHILIPPINES
1stC08MAR2322MAY24CC
2nd01JUL2301JUN2008OCT1201JUL2301JUL23
3rd22APR2322AUG2022JAN1322APR2322APR23
Other Workers22APR23TBD22JAN1322APR2322APR23
4th01DEC2101DEC2101DEC2101DEC2101DEC21
Certain Religious Workers01DEC2101DEC2101DEC2101DEC2101DEC21
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
CCCCC
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
CCCCC
"Date for Filing Application" is the date when you can submit I-485/NVC applications to USCIS/DOS. Your priority date should be before this date.
Employment-
based
All Chargeability
Areas Except
Those Listed
CHINA-
mainlandĀ 
born
INDIAMEXICO PHILIPPINES
1stC08MAR2322JUL23CC
2nd08NOV2301FEB2115APR1308NOV2308NOV23
3rd22JUL2301APR2101NOV1308AUG2322DEC24
Other Workers22JUL23TBD01NOV1308AUG2322DEC24
4th15DEC2115DEC2115DEC2115DEC2115DEC21
Certain Religious Workers15DEC2115DEC2115DEC2115DEC2115DEC21
5th
Non-Regional
Center
(C5 and T5)
CCCCC
5th
Regional
Center
(I5 and R5)
CCCCC

The dates above have been calculated from data provided by USCIS/DOS. It does not include future demand (which can increase or decrease anytime). Hence data will keep changing every month. We will update these tables as we get more data from USCIS or DOS.

Similar to EB3 category movement, we have previously added a blog post for EB2 category forward movement. Please click here for FB category.

If you have not done it, please remember to add or update your I-130 / NVC / I-140 / I-485 case in the free GC tracker (which has thousands of cases): https://www.mygcvisa.com/ tracker/

It would be very useful to understand how USCIS is currently processing these cases in each category. It would also help in estimating date movements in future visa bulletin.

More Options: If you are new to immigration process or would like to see what other immigration options are available, please click here: https://www.mygcvisa.com/immigration/

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When Can I Get My Green Card: Get step-by-step details on when you can expect to get your green card (including latest timeframe for each step of GC process for both EB and FB categories).

USCIS/NVC Timeframe: Please click here to see how long it currently takes to process application.

Current Step: If your priority date is not current, then you can calculate when it may become current, check your case status, case processing time, etc: https://www.mygcvisa.com/calculator

Next Steps: If priority date is current and

1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: https://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html

2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: https://www.mygcvisa.com/nvc/overview-after-nvc-petition-approved.aspx

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