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 [...]

The May 2008 Visa Bulletin, released by the U.S. Department of State (DOS), sows considerable forward movement in almost all employment based categories across the countries. The May Visa Bulletin will come into effect from May 1, 2008. Employment Based Categories • EB-1 (Priority Workers) • EB-2 (Advanced Degrees Holders or Persons of Exceptional Ability) • EB-3 (Skilled [...]

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 March [...]

A recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center has concluded that if the current trends in immigration continue, by 2025, the US population will rise by 82% to 438 million and about 19% of it will be Immigrants and their second-generation. In layman’s term, about one in five Americans will be an immigrant in [...]