Washington:
Amidst the immigration crack of US President Donald Trump, the American dream of thousands of Indians is disappearing. The US State Department recently released its visa bulletin for May 2025, which brought more bad news to expect the Indian H -1B and Green Card, as it shows an important retrograde in the employment -based fifth priority (EB -5) category for Indians.
towards documentThe EB-5 uncontrolled category visa for Indians will lag behind from six months to May 1, 2019. On the other hand, China remains on 22 January 2014.
Bulletin said, “The EB -5 EB -5 using high demand and number in countless visa categories by India, jointly with the world’s demand and the rest of the use of the number, has become necessary to pursue India’s final action, which uses the number within the maximum permissible number under the FY -2025 annual boundaries.”
What a visa bulletin can say about other categories
Employment-based, first preference (EB-1) Category: There is no change for EB-1 category as the cutoff date for India remains on February 2, 2022, while for China, it remains on November 8, 2022. All other countries will remain in the EB1 category.
Employment-based, second preference (EB-2) Category: EB-2 category will also remain unchanged for Indians and Chinese citizens. For India, the cutoff date remains on January 1, 2013, while for China it remains on 1 October 2020. The EB2 cutoff date for all other countries remains on 22 June 2023.
Employment-based, third preference (EB-3) Category: In EB-3 category, India’s cutoff date extends to two weeks, till April 15, 2013, while China remains on November 1, 2020. The cutoff date of other countries remains on January 1, 2023.
EB-3 other activists: In the category of EB-3 other workers for Indians, the cutoff date matches the EB-3 category on April 15, 2013. For China, the cutoff date is April 1, 2017, while for all other countries, this date is unchanged on May 22, 2021.
“Financial year 2025 limit for family-containing preference immigrants as per Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) is 226,000. For annual employment-based preference, the world levels are at least 140,000 in the world levels around the world. Section 202 has been determined that the boundary of the priority has been fixed for priority immigrants. The limit of 2 percent for priority immigrants. 2 percent. “Bulletin added
What does the regressive of visa mean
The US State Department releases a monthly visa bulletin that lists cut-off dates for visa availability for various nationalities. It determines which applicants are eligible to submit their application for adjustment of visa status or eligible for permanent residence.
Applicants with a priority date before the cut-off date mentioned in the most recent bulletin are usually eligible to apply for permanent residence.
Visa regresses occur when more people apply for visas in a particular category or country, as visas are available for that month. The retrograde usually leads to the end of the financial year as issuing visas reaches the annual category or per-country boundaries.
Trump’s immigration policies
Ever since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, the immigration has once again become the focal point in American politics, shaping the discussion with the Republican’s “America First” agenda that can enter or live there and under what circumstances. While the Trump administration has torn illegal immigration, its policies are also affecting high-efficient immigration.