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Impact LevelMedium
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Scope LevelNational
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Last Update2025-09-17
Key Impacts
Positive Impacts (10)
Event Overview
The suspension of the EB-5 Green Card program reflects a temporary halt in investment-based immigration. This decision impacts foreign investors and their pathway to permanent residency, indicating a regulatory adjustment within the US immigration system.
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U.S. Visa Bulletin Shows Significant Progress for Indian EB-5 Applicants
The U.S. Department of State released the visa bulletin for October 2025, indicating a significant advancement in the EB-5 (unreserved) category for Indian applicants. The Final Action Date for this category advanced by nearly 15 months, from November 15, 2018, to February 1, 2021. This update provides substantial relief for Indians waiting for green cards. Additionally, the Final Action Date for the family-based F2A visa category, which includes spouses and children of permanent residents, moved forward by 17 months, from September 1, 2022, to February 1, 2024. The bulletin also sets the cap for family-sponsored preference immigrants at 226,000 and the minimum annual limit for employment-based preference immigrants at 140,000 for fiscal year 2026. The per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, or 25,620. The dependent area limit is 2%, or 7,320. The EB-5 immigrant investor program has reached its annual cap for the 2025 fiscal year, leading to a pause in the Green Card route until September 30, affecting oversubscribed chargeability areas including mainland China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines.