March 2025 Visa Bulletin

The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released its March 2025 Visa Bulletin.

Each month, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) chooses which chart it will follow to inform when intending immigrants may file their applications for adjustments of status or immigrant visas. 

View the full bulletin, here.

The bulletin highlights, among other updates, the retrogression of the final action date in the EB-4/SR categories and cautions that these categories may become “Unavailable” in the coming months, possibly as early as April. If this occurs, EB-4/SR visa numbers will next be available on October 1, 2025, coinciding with the start of fiscal year 2026, according to the bulletin.

The bulletin also states that the employment-based fourth preference “Certain Religious Workers” (SR) category will expire on March 14, 2025. No SR visas can be issued or adjusted after March 13, 2025. Visas issued before that date will only be valid until March 13, 2025, and all individuals in the non-minister special immigrant category must enter the U.S. by that deadline.