America’s visa bulletin released, Indian workers will have to wait for a green card? Read update

US Visa Bulletin 2025: The US State Department has released a visa bulletin for March 2025. It has seen a change in the ‘final action date’ for employment based green cards. Permanent Residency is also given to Indian workers working in America. For this they get a card, which is known as a green card. Indians are at the forefront of getting employment based green cards, but they also have to wait a long time.
In some categories of employment -based green cards, the ‘final action date’ has moved forward. The ‘Final Action Date’ for EB-2 and EB-3 categories for Indians has moved six weeks. At the same time, no change has been seen in the EB-1 and EB-5 category. Visa bulletin is extremely important for those who are waiting to get a green card. Through this, they get information about applying for a green card and changing their visa status.

What changes showed in US visa bulletin?

The ‘Final Action Date’ of the EB-2 category for Indian applicants has been December 1, 2012. Similarly, the ‘final action date’ for EB-3 professionals and skill workers has been February 1, 2013. The date for EB-3 other workers category has also moved six weeks to February 1, 2013. The USCIS has said that in March, it will accept the ‘Employment-based adjustment of status application’ of those whose ‘Prota Date’ is before the ‘Final Action Date’.

The ‘Final Action Date’ for the EB-4 category has gone back to one and a half years, August 1, 2019. The State Department has warned that this category may be unavailable in the coming months. The most surprising EB-5 is about the category, in which no change has been seen. Let us know that there are five types of Employment Based (EB) category, including people who invest in Skill workers to America.

Important things related to visa bulletin

Visa Bulletin plays an important role for people thinking of getting a green card in the US. It contains two main types of information: ‘Dates of Filing’ and ‘Final Action Date’. The ‘Dates of Filing’ states when the applicant can submit the application to change his/her visa status. It helps the allies to determine the right time to apply on their visa category and the country.

The ‘final action date’ suggests the approval of the application made on the Green Card and the approximate waiting time to achieve permanent residents. This visa acts like a queue system based on category and nationality, indicating when applicants can expect to complete their application process. Anyone who gets a green card has to change his/her visa status. For example, if someone is on a H-1B visa, he/she has to inform the government after getting a green card that he/she has now become a permanent resident.