US Visa Bulletin June 2025: No Major Relief for Indian Green Card Aspirants

Indian nationals who are waiting for a green card have not found much relief with the release of the US Visa Bulletin for June 2025. Regardless of positive expectations, the latest US Department of State report indicates that both family-sponsored and employment-based green cards will likely continue to be held up for many Indian applicants, resulting in years- and possibly decades- of anticipated delays.

Understanding the US Visa Bulletin

Every month, the US Visa Bulletin, published by the Department of State, tells us when people queued for certain green cards can continue. There are two key charts in this representation:

• Final Action Dates: List when the applicant’s priority date becomes eligible for the green card to be issued.

• Outline the dates that applicants can apply for adjustment of status or an immigrant visa before they have their green card in hand.

For June 2025, anyone applying for immigration under an employment category must have a priority date ahead of the listed dates in order to process their application. The Dates for Filing chart is not being used at all with employment-based categories in August.

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Family-Sponsored Green Cards: Persistent Backlogs

In the June 2025 bulletin, minor changes were made, but family-sponsored applicants from India still have an oversubscribed category. The main points to note are:

• India’s Final Action Date for F1 (Unmarried Sons and Daughters) has improved from March 15, 2016, to June 8, 2016.

• F2A (Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents): There is no change and the cut-off date remains at January 1, 2022.

• F2B (Unmarried Sons and Daughters 21+ of Permanent Residents): It has not changed since July 22, 2016.

• F3 (Spouses of US Citizens Living and Working in the U.S.): The final action date was pushed from April 1, 2011, to June 22, 2011.

• There is no alteration and F4 remains at February 15, 2007.

Despite the rise in F1 and F3 approvals, Indian applicants are consoled little by this since they still wait for years. Siblings of US citizens who fall under the F4 category must wait almost nineteen years for approval.

Employment-Based Green Cards: Stagnation for Indian Professionals

Green card categories under the employment-based (EB) system are important to Indian professionals practicing in technology and STEM jobs. Alas, the June 2025 bulletin remains unchanged from the last prediction.

• EB-1 (Priority Workers): February 15, 2022 is the cut-off date for India.

• EB-2 (Advanced Degrees/Exceptional Ability) has not moved from January 1, 2013.

• EB-3 (Skilled Workers and Professionals): Changes to April 15, 2013.

• On May 1, 2019, EB-5 (Investors) had no waitlist and rural and high-unemployment cases were deemed ‘Current.’

Indian specialists who try to immigrate using the EB-2 and EB-3 categories find there is a very long waiting period. Those with priority dates after January or April 2013 can only hope for maturity in the not-too-distant future.

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Why Are Indians Facing Such Long Waits?

Indians are dealing with a long backlog for green cards due to certain problems within the system.

• Each country is allowed to have 7% of the total family-based and employment-based green cards issued in the US each year. Because India has so many applicants, each country, regardless of the number of applicants, gets the same number of visas.

• Oversubscription: Due to a lot of people trying to visit India, four countries (also China, Mexico and the Philippines) now face long waits for obtaining their visas.

• For FY2025, there are limits set by the government: for family-sponsored, it’s 226,000 and for employment-based green cards, it’s no less than 140,000 worldwide. The maximum number for Indians submitting applications per category is 25,620 each year.

• Spillover Relief is Missing: Since other countries do not send over unused visas to India, it makes the wait time even longer.

• New Regulations: Over the past few years, there has been stronger review of employment-based petitions and few laws to reduce the petition backlog.

Impact on Indian Green Card Aspirants

Such delays have a huge impact on people’s lives:

• It takes many Indian people almost a decade to find out the outcome, which challenges their careers, how stable their families remain and what long-term life choices they can make.

• Applicants’ kids could “age out” if their green cards are not approved before they turn.

• Unfortunately, H-1B visa holders are not permitted to work for a new company or to begin a business until their green card is approved, preventing them from contributing as much to the US economy.

• Living in uncertainty and seeing no progress adds to applicants’ and their families’ stress and frustration.

Key Dates and Numbers from the June 2025 Visa Bulletin

Here are the key dates and numbers from the June 2025 visa bulletin:

What Should You Do As An Applicant?

• Monitor the visa bulletin to check for any changes in cut-off dates from month to month.

• Gather Everything: Be prepared with all the documents you need, so you can file when you’re able to service.

• Work with an Immigration Specialist: As rules and requirements are always changing, experts can advise you on which visa to choose and whether you can migrate from a country that has special rules.

• Supporting Change: Numerous Indian candidates are joining organisations to urge the government to make new policies to reduce the green card backlog.

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Conclusion

The month of June in 2025, according to the Visa Bulletin, reiterated the difficulties ahead for Indian green card applicants. Because there are not many places available, many Indians find the process of getting permanent residency to be lengthy and challenging. Due to the country cap and oversubscription affecting a lot of cases, applicants wish for improvements in immigration laws and fairer policies to come in the future. Beforehand, getting updates and being ready is the wise option if you are using the US immigration system.

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