New Delhi, March 11 -- The US Department of State released the April 2025 Visa Bulletin, announcing important updates employment-based (EB) for immigrant visa categories. According to the bulletin, India will face over two-year retrogression in the EB-5 Unreserved category.

China will retrogress by approximately two and a half years but all other countries will remain current in the EB-5 category, the bulletin said.

Visa retrogression occurs when the US Department of State moves the priority dates that determine visa availability backward instead of forward in the Visa Bulletin, subsequently causing delays for green card applicants. A priority date is a date when the US Citizenship and Immigration Services receives an immigrant petition...