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USA: June 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-3 Continues to Advance Significantly
The EB-3 subcategory for professionals and skilled workers will advance by more than nine months for China and most other countries in June, though India will advance only two weeks. In the EB-2 category, priority date cut-offs will advance two months for China, but will remain unchanged for India. According to the State... »
United States: August Visa Bulletin
Priority date cut-offs for the EB-3 professional and skilled worker subcategory will advance by weeks for all countries next month, according to the State Department’s August Visa Bulletin. The EB-2 category will remain unavailable for mainland China and India, and will be unchanged for all other countries, with the priority date cut-off holding at... »
United States: EB-2 India/China Immigrant Visas Reportedly Exhausted for the Year
The annual limit on immigrant visas for EB-2 India and mainland China was apparently reached on April 11, according to a report from the American Immigration Lawyers Association. USCIS will still accept EB-2 India/China adjustment applications based on priority dates cut-offs in the April and May Visa Bulletins, but these cases will be held... »
United States: State Department Announces EB-2 India/China Immigrant Visa Cut-Off
The State Department has announced that no further EB-2 immigrant visa numbers will be authorized this fiscal year for applicants with priority dates of August 15, 2007 or later, effective March 23, 2012. However, foreign nationals with priority dates earlier than May 1, 2010 can still file adjustment applications with USCIS through April 30,... »
United States: Significant Retrogression of EB-2 India/China Priority Dates Expected as Early As May
EB-2 priority dates for India and China could retrogress to August 2007 or earlier in May or June of this year, according to a senior State Department official. EB-2 priority date cut-offs for India and China are expected to retrogress to August 2007 as early as May or June, according to Charles Oppenheim, the... »
United States: January 2012 Visa Bulletin
In January, EB-2 priority dates for India and China will advance by nearly 10 months, to January 1, 2009. EB-3 priority dates for professionals and skilled workers will advance approximately one week for India, to August 8, 2002; five weeks for China, to October 15, 2004; and two weeks for all other countries, to... »
United States: December 2011 Visa Bulletin
EB-2 priority dates for India and China will make a significant advancement of four and one-half months, to March 15, 2008, according to the Department of State’s December Visa Bulletin. EB-3 priority dates for professionals and skilled workers will advance by 10 days for India, to August 1, 2002, and by 17 days for... »
United States: Priority Dates Will Advance for Immigrant Visa Categories in April
In April, priority date cut-offs in the third employment-based immigrant visa preference category for professionals and skilled workers will advance by five weeks for China and three weeks for India and most other countries, while Mexico will see advancement of four months. In the employment-based second preference category, cut-off dates will advance by two... »
United States: Advances in Priority Dates for Visas in December
In December, priority date cut-offs for most employment-based preference categories will advance only by a few weeks for most countries, according to the Department of State’s December Visa Bulletin. »
United States: Priority Visa Dates to Advance Slightly for November
Priority date cut-offs in the third employment-based immigrant category will advance by one to two weeks for most countries in November. The Department of State has released the November Visa Bulletin, its projection of immigrant visa availability for the coming month. »




