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May 2012 Visa Bulletin – Retrogression in EB-2 – Predictions Added

April 8th, 2012 Tushar Mathur

The State Department has recently released the May 2012 Visa Bulletin. The following are the highlights:

  • As predicted by the Department of State, the EB-2 India and China cutoff dates have retrogressed to August 15, 2007, as a result of large number of filings in recent months. No forward movement is expected for these two countries until the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. The USCIS will continue to accept and pre-adjudicate I-485 applications for applicants with current priority dates through the end of April.
  • There are slow movements for EB-3 categories.
  • FB-1 China, India and “All Other Countries” all move forward by one (1) month to May 1, 2005.
  • FB-2A China, India, Philippines and “All Other Countries” all move forward by five (5) weeks to November 15, 2009
  • FB-2B China, India and “All Other Countries” move forward by five (5) weeks to February 22, 2004.

For the first time, DOS also included specific predictions for the coming months as follows:

VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE COMING MONTHS
FAMILY-sponsored categories (monthly movements) Worldwide dates:
* F1: four to six weeks
* F2A: up to two and one half months
* F2B: three to six weeks
* F3: three to six weeks
* F4: three to five weeks

EMPLOYMENT-based categories (monthly)
EB-1: Current
EB-2:
* Worldwide: Potential need for cut-off date to be established
* China and India: Potentially “Unavailable”
EB-3:
* Worldwide: three to five weeks
* China: up to six weeks
* India: up to two weeks
* Mexico: three to five weeks
* Philippines: three to five weeks
EB-4: Current
EB-5: Current


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June Visa Bulletin: Advancements in Family 1st and 2nd, Employment 2nd

May 14th, 2011 Tushar Mathur
In June’s Visa Bulletin, the headline news is advancements in Family 1st and 2nd, as well as Employment 2nd visa categories.  On the employment side, EB1 remains current across the board for all countries.  Besides India and China, EB2 remains current for Mexico, Philippines, and other countries.  EB2 advances to October 15, 2006 for both China and India.  The State Department has been concerned about EB2 visa usage due to upgrading of cases from the EB3 visa category.  So far, the effect due to upgrade has been minimal, allowing the State Department to significantly advance the EB2 cutoff days for China and India by using the unused visa numbers from the EB1 category.  For EB3, Philippines and other countries advance three weeks to September 15, 2005; other countries also enjoy some nice forward movements.  The “Other Worker” category moves forward by two months to November 8, 2003 for Mexico, Philippines, and other countries.

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Steps to get a Green Card for Indians in US

April 12th, 2010 Tushar Mathur

This is a fact that India is still a developing country and US has been a developed country for a long time. So Indians in search of greener pastures migrate to US looking for better jobs and good standard of living. Most of them travel on visas that are non-immigrant and mostly get a HIB visa that gives a ticket to stay in US for at most 6 years. After giving services for these many years everyone wants to have a permanent citizenship of US and that is granted by the green card.

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