Most FY 2025 Employment-Based Limits Could Be Reached in August or September, Visa Bulletin Says

The Department of State’s (DOS) Visa Bulletin for September notes a “steady increase” in both U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and DOS demand patterns for employment-based green cards. As a result, the bulletin says that the Visa Office expects to reach fiscal year (FY) 2025 category limits in most employment-based preference categories during August and September. “If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category ‘unavailable,’ and no further requests for numbers would be honored,” DOS warns.

The bulletin also notes that the worldwide employment-based preference numerical limit for FY 2025 is 150,037.

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