EB-5 visas through consulates June-August 2025
March 5, 2026 3 Comments
I shall claim credit! Hours after I finally gave up on government updates and published my important 2026 backlog post without new data, Department of State updated the Monthly Visa Issuance Statistics page for the first time in nine months. Now we know for sure how many EB-5 visas were issued through consulates in June, July, and August 2025. The numbers are about what I’d guessed — a bit higher for Rural and lower for High Unemployment, and higher for India and lower for China than I’d expected. But it’s really great to see solid numbers again, thank you DOS! Now we just need the NVC waitlist and FY2026 visa limit. The following pivot tables summarize FY2025 monthly consular visa issuance, now including June to August.
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Suzanne, thank you so much for all the hard work you and your team put in keeping those working in the EB5 sector informed and updated. It really helps us prepare our clients (and ourselves) and keeps our expectations grounded.
The number of visas issued to Chinese applicants is a bit lower than I expected. Even including the I-485 adjustments, the total might only be around 6,000 or even fewer.
Yes, you make a good point. I had estimated 6,000 visas to China in FY2026, based on pace in the first half of the year and the August 2025 Visa Bulletin note. But the larger number of ROW and India visas in these recent reports make me realize that China might’ve ended up with only about 4,500 FY26 visas. I’ve updated my spreadsheets. It will be interesting to see what the final visa issuance report eventually shows!