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December 2025

Effective December 1, 2025 · Fiscal Year 2026 · data verified October 22, 2026

Across the whole bulletin
45moved
0moved back
105held
Bulletin day

What changed in the December 2025 bulletin

Family-sponsored

  1. F2B MexicoF2B, Mexico: advanced 5 months+5 mo Cutoff now May 15, 2008.
  2. F4 the PhilippinesF4, the Philippines: advanced 4 months+4 mo Cutoff now July 15, 2006.
  3. F1 MexicoF1, Mexico: advanced 3 months+3 mo Cutoff now March 1, 2006.
  4. F3 the PhilippinesF3, the Philippines: advanced 1 month+1 mo Cutoff now November 1, 2004.
  5. F2B the PhilippinesF2B, the Philippines: advanced 1 week+1 wk Cutoff now October 8, 2012.

Employment-based

  1. EB-4 Religious Workers All countriesEB-4 Religious Workers, All countries: numbers available again▲ Reopened Numbers available again.
  2. EB-5 ChinaEB-5, China: advanced 7 months+7 moExceptional advance Cutoff now July 15, 2016.
  3. EB-5 IndiaEB-5, India: advanced 5 months+5 mo Cutoff now July 1, 2021.
9 more approval date moves · 4 categories unchanged · Approval dates · how stamps are judged