Visa bulletin for September 2025: what changed

3 final action dates moved forward and 0 moved back compared with August 2025.

F3 Philippines: December 1, 2003 → May 1, 2004 (advanced 5 months)
F2B Mexico: January 1, 2007 → April 1, 2007 (advanced 3 months)
F2B Philippines: April 15, 2012 → May 1, 2012 (advanced 1 month)

Source: Visa Bulletin for September 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 September 2025, USCIS says to use the dates for filing chart for family-based cases.

Family-sponsored: final action date · September 2025
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	15JUL16	15JUL16	15JUL16	22APR05	15JUL12
F2A	01SEP22	01SEP22	01SEP22	01FEB22	01SEP22
F2B	15OCT16	15OCT16	15OCT16	01APR07Advanced 3 months	01MAY12Advanced 1 month
F3	01AUG11	01AUG11	01AUG11	01FEB01	01MAY04Advanced 5 months
F4	01JAN08	01JAN08	01NOV06	15MAR01	01JAN06

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Family-sponsored: date for filing · September 2025
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	01SEP17	01SEP17	01SEP17	01JUN06	22APR15
F2A	01JUN25Advanced 2 months	01JUN25Advanced 2 months	01JUN25Advanced 2 months	01JUN25Advanced 2 months	01JUN25Advanced 2 months
F2B	01JAN17	01JAN17	01JAN17	01APR08	01OCT13
F3	22JUL12	22JUL12	22JUL12	15JUN01	01MAY05Advanced 5 months
F4	01JAN09	01JAN09	01DEC06	30APR01	01JAN08

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Employment-based

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

Employment-based: final action date · September 2025
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	C	15NOV22	15FEB22	C	C
EB-2	01SEP23	15DEC20	01JAN13	01SEP23	01SEP23
EB-3	01APR23	01DEC20	22MAY13	01APR23	08FEB23
EB-3 Other Workers	08JUL21	01MAY17	22MAY13	08JUL21	08JUL21
EB-4	U	U	U	U	U
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	U	U	U	U	U
EB-5	C	08DEC15	15NOV19	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)	C	C	C	C	C

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Employment-based: date for filing · September 2025
Category	All countries	China (mainland-born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB-1	C	01JAN23	15APR22	C	C
EB-2	15NOV23	01JAN21	01FEB13	15NOV23	15NOV23
EB-3	01MAY23	22DEC20	08JUN13	01MAY23	01MAY23
EB-3 Other Workers	22JUL21	01JAN18	08JUN13	22JUL21	22JUL21
EB-4	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21
EB-4 Certain Religious Workers	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21	01FEB21
EB-5	C	01OCT16	01APR22	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: rural (20%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: high unemployment (10%)	C	C	C	C	C
EB-5 set-aside: infrastructure (2%)	C	C	C	C	C

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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.

Availability of employment-based visas

There has been a steady increase in both USCIS and Department of State demand patterns for employment-based visas during the fiscal year. As a result, the Visa Office expects to reach FY-2025 category limits in most employment-based preference categories during August and September. If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category “unavailable”, and no further requests for numbers would be honored.