India, Sept. 17 -- The US visa bulletin for October 2025, released by the U.S. Department of State, has revealed major movements of dates for India in the first visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2026 set to begin on October 1. The Final Action Date for EB-5 (unreserved) India applications is set to move forward by nearly 15 months. Some positive movement was also noticed in other EB categories.

The EB-5 visa, an immigrant investor visa program, gives a green card to investors. The Final Action Date for India moved to February 1, 2021, from November 15, 2018.

The Final Action Date in the family visa category, F2A visa, meant for spouses and children of permanent residents, saw a movement of 17 months from September 1, 2022 to February 1,...