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

The Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for November 2025 (Volume XI, Number 8), providing updated Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing Applications for all preference immigrant visa categories, including employment-based EB-3 visas. For fiscal year 2026, the worldwide employment-based preference immigrant limit is set at a minimum of 140,000 visas. The per-country limit remains at 7% of the combined annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, equating to 25,620 visas per country per year. The bulletin identifies four oversubscribed chargeability areas subject to per-country visa prorating provisions: China-mainland born, India, Mexico, and the Philippines. Applicants born in these countries face longer wait times due to high demand relative to available visa numbers. EB-3 applicants should consult the Final Action Dates chart to determine eligibility to file adjustment of status applications with USCIS. When USCIS determines that more visas are available than known applicants, it will authorize use of the Dates for Filing chart instead — current guidance is posted at uscis.gov/visabulletininfo. Priority dates are allocated in chronological order of demand received by October 1st. If demand exceeds supply, categories may be retrogressed or made unavailable mid-month. EB-3 applicants — particularly those born in India or China — should monitor each monthly bulletin closely for any movement or retrogression affecting their priority dates.