Jul 2025 Green Card Visa Bulletin

Green Card

Jul 2025 Employment Based (EB) Visa Bulletin

Category	Mainland China		India		Other Regions
Category	Final Action Date	Filing Date	Final Action Date	Filing Date	Final Action Date	Filing Date

EB-1	2022-11-15 ⏩ 7 days	2023-01-01	2022-02-15	2022-04-15	Current	Current
EB-2	2020-12-15 ⏩ 14 days	2021-01-01	2013-01-01	2013-02-01	2023-10-15	2023-11-15
EB-3	2020-12-01 ⏩ 9 days	2020-12-22	2013-04-22 ⏩ 7 days	2013-06-08	2023-04-01 ⏩ 52 days	2023-05-01 ⏩ 61 days
EB-4	N/A	2021-02-01	N/A	2021-02-01	N/A	2021-02-01
EB-5 Unreserved	2014-01-22	2016-10-01	2019-05-01	2022-04-01	Current	Current
EB-5 Set Aside: Rural	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current
EB-5 Set Aside: High Unemployment	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current
EB-5 Set Aside: Infrastructure	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current	Current
Other Workers	2017-05-01 ⏩ 30 days	2018-01-01	2013-04-22 ⏩ 7 days	2013-06-08	2021-07-08 ⏩ 16 days	2021-07-22
Certain Religious Workers	N/A	2021-02-01	N/A	2021-02-01	N/A	2021-02-01

Jul 2025 Family Based (F) Visa Bulletin

Category	Mainland China		India		Other Regions
Category	Final Action Date	Filing Date	Final Action Date	Filing Date	Final Action Date	Filing Date

F1	2016-07-15 ⏩ 37 days	2017-09-01	2016-07-15 ⏩ 37 days	2017-09-01	2016-07-15 ⏩ 37 days	2017-09-01
F2-A	2022-09-01 ⏩ 243 days	2025-03-01 ⏩ 28 days	2022-09-01 ⏩ 243 days	2025-03-01 ⏩ 28 days	2022-09-01 ⏩ 243 days	2025-03-01 ⏩ 28 days
F2-B	2016-10-15 ⏩ 23 days	2017-01-01	2016-10-15 ⏩ 23 days	2017-01-01	2016-10-15 ⏩ 23 days	2017-01-01
F3	2011-08-01 ⏩ 40 days	2012-07-22	2011-08-01 ⏩ 40 days	2012-07-22	2011-08-01 ⏩ 40 days	2012-07-22
F4	2008-01-01	2008-09-08 ⏩ 99 days	2006-07-08 ⏩ 23 days	2006-12-01	2008-01-01	2008-09-08 ⏩ 99 days

PERM Processing Times

Prevailing Wage Determination Processing Progress
(Receipt Date)

October

2020

OES

October

2020

non-OES

PERM Processing Time

226 days

Analyst Review

days

Audit Review

PERM Processing Queues

Processing Queue	Priority Date
Analyist Review	August 2020
Audit Review	April 2020
Reconsideration Request to the CO	November 2020

Pros and Cons of Having a Green Card

The Pros of Having a Green Card

You can apply for U.S. citizenship after 5 years (3 years if you’re married to a U.S. citizen).
You may sponsor certain relatives for visas or green cards.
A green card enables you to travel in and out of the U.S. more easily.
You can simply renew a green card every 10 years.
A green card makes you eligible to make financial contributions to U.S. Elections, which means you can support candidates that will make your life easier or that you otherwise agree with.

The Cons of Having a Green Card

When you are a legal resident of the US, you are required to report your worldwide income earned during the tax year on your US Federal Tax Return, not just your US-sourced income.
If you are a male between the ages of 18 and 25, you must register for the US Selective Service.
It is possible to lose your green card if:
- * You are absent from the country for longer than a year without filing for a re-entry pass
- * You commit a felony - even a minor one
- * You fail to notify the USCIS about a change of address
- * You help an illegal immigrant enter the country
- * You engage in a false marriage
Even though green card holders can make financial contributions to US elections, they cannot vote or become elected officials.