US Visa News: US Visa Bulletin for May 2025: Bad news for India slips back as EB -5 category

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India will face a regressive in the EB-5 unreserved category.

There is no good news for Indian H -1B and green cards US Visa Bulletin May 2025 mentions a regressive for Indians for EB-5 category. India will face a regressive in the EB -5 unexpected category, while China remains on 22 January 2014, while China remains on 22 January 2014.
Bulletin said, “The EB -5 EB -5 using high demand and number in countless visa categories by India, jointly with the world’s demand and the rest of the use of the number, has become necessary to pursue India’s final action, which uses the number within the maximum permissible number under the FY -2025 annual boundaries.”
“Please note that if the demand and number continues to be used, this condition continues to increase. This condition will be constantly monitored, and any necessary adjustment will be done accordingly.
There is no change for EB-1 and EB-2 categories. For EB-1, India will be on February 15, 2022, and China will be on November 8, 2022. All other countries will remain operational. For EB-2, India will be on January 1, 2013, and China will be on 1 October 2020. All other countries will remain on June 22, 2023.
In the EB-3 category, India will move forward by two weeks, April 15, 2013, and China will remain on November 1, 2020. All other countries will be on January 1, 2023.
The state department provides a monthly visa bulletin that includes cut-off dates for visa availability. It determines which applicants are eligible to present for the adjustment of the status and who are eligible for permanent residence. Applicants with priority date before the cut-off date mentioned in the most recent visa bulletin are eligible to apply for permanent residence.
According to Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), the financial year 2025 limit for family-containing preference immigrants is 226,000. Annual employment-based preference is at least 140,000 levels worldwide for immigrants. Section 202 suggests that the boundary per-country for preference immigrants is determined at 7% of the total annual family-based and employment-based preference limits, ie, 25,620. The range of dependent area is determined at 2%, or 7,320.