Green Card & Visa News

In June’s Visa Bulletin, the headline news is advancements in Family 1^st and 2^nd, as well as Employment 2^nd 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.