January 2025 Visa Bulletin: Information on the availability of immigrant visas for Final Action Dates and Application Filing Dates is available in the US Visa Bulletin for January 2025. It offers instructions on when candidates should send the National Visa Centre the necessary paperwork. The priority dates for every category in the January bulletin’s Dates for Filing Chart are the same as those from the month before.
However, the Final Action Dates do show some progress in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories for certain countries and categories. There are no changes for the majority of countries, including China and India, in the EB-1 category, which covers first-priority workers like multinational CEOs and people with exceptional abilities. Significant progress has been made in the EB-2 category.
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EB-1 (Priority Workers):Most nations, including China and India, have not changed. Preference dates are remain set for China on January 1, 2023, and for India on April 15, 2022.
EB-2 (Advanced Degree Professionals):India advances 2 months to October 1, 2012, while China moves one month to April 22, 2020.
EB-3 (Skilled Workers and Professionals):In the EB-3 category, India advances three weeks to December 1, 2012, while China advances two months to June 1, 2020. Other nations will reach December 1, 2022, two weeks earlier.
EB-5 (Employment Creation):The EB-5 classification remains unchanged. For EB-5 Unreserved categories, China is still at July 15, 2016, and India is still at January 1, 2022.Rural, high unemployment, infrastructure, and all other countries are still included in the set-aside categories.
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Reports from USCIS and the Department of State
According to USCIS and the Department of State, more people are submitting their applications in the EB-5 set-aside categories, and more I-526E petitions are being approved. Important updates for EB-5 investors are highlighted in the January 2025 Visa Bulletin, which also warns of possible backlogs in the Rural and High-Unemployment Area (HUA) set-aside categories.
Although these categories are still in use today, the growing demand for EB-5 visas raises the possibility of future delays. Larger EB-5 investor groups, like those from China and India, have historically been affected by visa retrogression, which occurs when demand for visas exceeds supply. But as interest in rural and HUA projects grows, these difficulties might soon also affect foreign investors.
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Know about EB-5 visa
Established in 1990, the EB-5 Investor Visa Program enables qualified foreign investors to invest in a US company and acquire permanent residency in the US. Essentially, you can obtain a green card by investing in the US economy in a way that qualifies.
You must support a company that generates at least 10 jobs for American workers and invest at least $800,000 in a Targeted Employment Area (TEA) in order to be eligible for an EB-5 visa. Furthermore, you can choose to invest on your own or through Regional Centres (RCs) to join a group of investors. These federally authorized organizations link developers looking for capital to expand their enterprises with international investors.
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