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The Mumbai Consulate has published the August 2008 Cut-Off Dates for Immigrant Visas for individuals born in India and those born in most other countries. The most noticeable leap is in the EB-2 Category which has jumped forward to 1st June 2006.

Category
India
Most Other Countries

F1
15 March 2002
15 March 2002

FX
Unavailable
Unavailable

F2A
1 October 2003
1 October 2003

F2B
1 November 1999
1 November 1999

F3
8 June 2000
8 June 2000

F4
22 February 1997
8 September 1997

E1
Current
Current

E2
1 [...]

The July 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), finally shows EB-3 numbers unavailable over for this fiscal year and will most probably remain so till October. Also, F-2A Numbers for Mexico has also become unavailable this July. The July Visa Bulletin will come into effect from July 1, 2008.
Employment [...]

The June 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) indicates that EB-3 numbers are almost over for this fiscal year and the numbers will probably be retrogressed starting July, till September 2008. The June Visa Bulletin will come into effect from June 1, 2008.
Employment Based Categories

EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES

Categories
Worldwide
China (PRC)
India
Mexico
Philippines

1st
Current
Current
Current
Current
Current

2nd
Current
01-01-04
01-01-04
Current
Current

3rd [...]

The April 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), finally shed a few rays of sunshine on the EB-2 applicants from India as the category became available albeit with a cut-off date around 2003. The EB2 cutoff dates for China have again moved forward. Continuing its forward trend from the [...]

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 [...]