Visa Bulletin For August 2025: EB-3 Priority Date Updates

The U.S. Department of State has published the Visa Bulletin for August 2025, which governs when employment-based and family-sponsored immigrant visa applicants may proceed with their applications. The bulletin covers both 'Final Action Dates' and 'Dates for Filing Applications,' with USCIS determining which chart adjustment of status applicants may use. For fiscal year 2025, the worldwide employment-based preference immigrant limit remains at least 140,000 visas annually. The per-country cap is set at 7% of combined family-sponsored and employment-based limits, equating to 25,620 visas per country. This cap continues to create significant backlogs for high-demand nations. Four countries remain oversubscribed chargeability areas: China (mainland born), India, Mexico, and the Philippines. Applicants born in these countries face substantially longer wait times than the worldwide EB-3 final action dates due to per-country numerical limits. EB-3 applicants should verify the published final action dates against their priority dates to determine eligibility to file or receive their immigrant visa. Those with USCIS-pending adjustments should monitor the USCIS website at uscis.gov/visabulletininfo to confirm which chart—Final Action Dates or Dates for Filing—applies for the month. Allocations reflected in this bulletin were based on demand received by July 2nd, 2025. Applicants are advised to work with their attorneys to confirm their priority dates fall within the current cutoffs before submitting any adjustment of status applications.