For the many green card aspirants who were waiting with baited breath for the October 2008 Visa Bulletin, hoping for it to breathe new life into the retrogressed visa categories, it turned out to be a sorely disappointing beginning of a new Fiscal Year.
Who Got the Short end?
Nationals of India and China in the [...]
The October 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), spells good news for all EB-3 Skilled and Unskilled Workers from around the world except for India and China. The EB-3 category has been labeled “unavailable” for a couple of moths. While we had earlier predicted that October will ease the [...]
The July 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), shows a significant advance in the EB-2 Cutoff dates for Indian and Mexico, 1st from July 2004 to 1st June 2006. On the downside the cut off dates for the unskilled category has become unavailable. Mexico’s F-2A numbers continue to be [...]
The March 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), continues the bad news for EB-2 applicants from India as the category remains stubbornly Unavailable for the second consecutive month. The EB2 cutoff date for China has move forward almost by 12 months. In another massive forward movement, EB-3 dates for [...]
The February 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), has finally marked EB-2 U (Unavailable) for Indians for this month. The EB2 cutoff date for China shows no movement. The February Visa Bulletin will come into effect from February 1, 2008.
Employment Based Categories
Categories
Worldwide
China (PRC)
India
Mexico
Philippines
EB-1
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
EB-2
Current
01-01-03
Unavailable
Current
Current
EB-3
11-01-02
11-15-01
05-08-01
04-22-01
11-01-02
Unskilled
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
10-01-01
EB-4
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
Religious
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
EB-5
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current
EB-1 (Priority Workers)
EB-2 (Advanced Degrees Holders or [...]
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