The State Department has released the November Visa Bulletin. As noted last month, EB-2 India retrogressed due to heavy demand. The current EB-2 cut-off date is now February 15, 2005, retrogressing from May 1, 2009 (a total of over 4…
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October 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: EB-2 India Retrogression Anticipated
The State Department released the October Visa Bulletin. EB-3 (excluding India and mainland China) advances by 6 months, while EB-3 mainland China advances by 5 months. The State Department also notes that: INDIA Employment-based Second Preference: Increased demand will require…
July 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: EB-2 India Takes the Spotlight
Today, the State Department released the July Visa Bulletin, which brings good news for EB-2 India. After 6 months of inactivity, cut-off dates for EB-2 India advanced by over 3.5 years, from November 15, 2004 to September 1, 2008. #immigrationupdates…
June 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: Where do we begin??
The June 2014 visa bulletin brings some very bad news for both Family-Based (FB) and Employment-Based (EB) categories. If there’s an award for “The Worst Visa Bulletin,” the June 2014 visa bulletin could easily steal the top spot. (Sigh). The…
May 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: EB-3 Philippines Advances; F2A To Retrogress
May 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: EB-3 Philippines Advances; F2A To Retrogress The May 2014 Visa Bulletin shows continued movement in some of the employment-based (EB) category – EB-2 Mainland China, EB-3 India, and EB-3 Philippines, which has the most…
March 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: Retrogression for F2A Mexico
The Visa Bulletin for March 2014 shows further advancement in the employment-based (EB) category. Cut-off dates for EB-3 and "Other Workers", including Mainland China and Mexico advanced by three (3) months. While still no movement for India in the EB-2…
February 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: Retrogression for F2B Mexico
The Visa Bulletin for February 2014 shows further advancement in the employment-based (EB) category. Cut-off dates for EB-3 and "Other Workers", including Mainland China, Mexico, and the Philippines advanced by two (2) months, while still no movement in both EB-2…
January 2014 Visa Bulletin Is Out: Further Advancement for EB-3 (Most)
The Visa Bulletin for January 2014 shows another significant advancement in the EB-3 (employment-based) category. Following a 1-year jump forward in the December 2013 Visa Bulletin, priority dates for EB-3 and "Other Workers", including Mainland China and Mexico, advance from…
December 2013 Visa Bulletin Is Out: More Waiting for EB-2 India
The Visa Bulletin for December 2013 shows significant movements – both forward AND backward – in the employment-based (EB) category. Priority dates for EB-3 and "Other Workers", including Mainland China and Mexico, advances to October 1, 2011 (one year). However,…
November 2013 Visa Bulletin Is Out
EB-3 priority dates, including China Mainland and Mexico, jumps 3 months forward to October 1, 2013; No movement for India and the Philippines. EMPLOYMENT-based Third Preference: China: Rapid forward movement of the cut-off date, as a result of there being…
