Visa bulletin for December 2025: what changed

21 final action dates moved forward and 0 moved back compared with November 2025.

Source: Visa Bulletin for December 2025 (U.S. Department of State) · Checked October 14, 2026. Always confirm with the official bulletin and USCIS. Independent site. Not affiliated with the U.S. Department of State, USCIS or any government agency.

Dates are written as in the bulletin (22AUG25 = August 22, 2025). C = current, U = unavailable. ▲ moved forward and ▼ moved back since the previous bulletin; no symbol = no change.

Family-sponsored

For adjustment of status inside the U.S. in December 2025, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for family-based cases.

Family-sponsored: final action date · December 2025
CategoryAll countriesChina (mainland-born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
F108NOV1608NOV1608NOV1601MAR0622JAN13
F2A01FEB2401FEB2401FEB2401FEB2301FEB24
F2B01DEC1601DEC1601DEC1615MAY0808OCT12
F308SEP1108SEP1108SEP1101MAY0101NOV04
F408JAN0808JAN0801NOV0608APR0115JUL06

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Family-sponsored: date for filing · December 2025
CategoryAll countriesChina (mainland-born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
F101SEP1701SEP1701SEP1701MAR0722APR15
F2A22NOV2522NOV2522NOV2522NOV2522NOV25
F2B08MAR1708MAR1708MAR1715MAY0901OCT13
F322JUL1222JUL1222JUL1201JUL0101NOV05
F401MAR0901MAR0915DEC0630APR0101JAN08

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Employment-based

For adjustment of status inside the U.S. in December 2025, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for employment-based cases.

Employment-based: final action date · December 2025
CategoryAll countriesChina (mainland-born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1C22JAN2315MAR22CC
EB-201FEB2401JUN2115MAY1301FEB2401FEB24
EB-315APR2301APR2122SEP1315APR2315APR23
EB-3 Other Workers01AUG2108DEC1722SEP1301AUG2101AUG21
EB-401SEP2001SEP2001SEP2001SEP2001SEP20
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers01SEP2001SEP2001SEP2001SEP2001SEP20
EB-5C15JUL1601JUL21CC
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)CCCCC
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)CCCCC
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)CCCCC

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Employment-based: date for filing · December 2025
CategoryAll countriesChina (mainland-born)IndiaMexicoPhilippines
EB-1C15MAY2315APR23CC
EB-215JUL2401DEC2101DEC1315JUL2415JUL24
EB-301JUL2301JAN2215AUG1401JUL2301JUL23
EB-3 Other Workers01DEC2101OCT1815AUG1401DEC2101DEC21
EB-415FEB2115FEB2115FEB2115FEB2115FEB21
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers15FEB2115FEB2115FEB2115FEB2115FEB21
EB-5C22JUL1601APR22CC
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)CCCCC
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)CCCCC
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)CCCCC

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What the State Department says

Official notes published with the bulletin, quoted as written. They describe what the State Department expects, not a guarantee.

Extension of the employment fourth religious workers (SR) category

H.R. 5371, signed on November 12, 2025, extends the Employment Fourth Preference Certain Religious Workers (SR) category until January 30, 2026. No SR visas may be issued overseas, or final action taken on adjustment of status cases, after midnight January 29, 2026. Visas issued prior to that date will be valid only until January 29, 2026, and all individuals seeking admission in the non-minister special immigrant category must be admitted (repeat admitted) into the United States no later than midnight January 29, 2026.

As indicated in item D of the November 2025 Visa Bulletin , the extension resulted in this category immediately becoming available in November, subject to the same final action dates as the other Employment Fourth Preference categories per applicable foreign state of chargeability. For December, the applicable SR final action date will be 01SEP20 for all countries.