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The State Department has issued its revised September 2007 Visa Bulletin. Note changes in Sections E, F , and G and also H addendum.

On August 17th 2007, as the shutters came down on the 31-day window for employment based green card applications, Citizenship and Immigration Services had received a staggering 300,000 applications.
The federal agency had thrown the gates open for all EB categories to fill up and annual limit of 140,000 employment visas. On an average, CIS was [...]

The American Immigration Lawyers Association has the projected cut off dates for employment based (EB) green card slots. The numbers were informally revealed by Charlie Oppenheim, Chief of Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting at the State Department to AILA Liaison.
According to the AILA report,

The visa availability for EB-1 and EB-2 for all countries will probably [...]

The September 2007 Visa Bulletin released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) shows all Employment based categories current for all countries. The September Visa Bulletin will come into effect from September 1, 2007.
The September Bulletin has provided some relief by keeping most of the Employment based categories open for the month of September.  Also [...]

US Considering Hiking Skilled Worker Green Cards

After the Immigration Bill, it’s Green Card Up for debate

Immigration seems to be the flavor of the season in US. Not even a month from the day President Bush’s Immigration Bill failed to garner the Senate’s support, the Congressional leaders are discussing a bold legislation that aims to [...]