Latest visa news and travel advisories.
Effective December 15, 2025, the State Department expanded its social media vetting rules to H-1B workers and their H-4 dependents, requiring applicants to make their social media profiles public so consular officers can review them as part of national security screening.
The U.S. Department of State has released the December 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The State Department says the registration window and the results-announcement date for the DV-2027 Diversity Visa lottery will be pushed back, though the eventual visa application period is expected to stay the same.
The U.S. Department of State has released the November 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the October 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the September 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the August 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the July 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the June 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the May 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
The U.S. Department of State has released the April 2025 visa bulletin. See the chart and the family-based and employment-based priority-date tables below for the full month-over-month picture.
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