The release of the April 2024 Visa Bulletin by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) brings a mix of advancements and stagnations across various visa categories. This bulletin not only outlines the current state of visa availability but also casts a light on potential trends for the near future. Below, we break...
Category: Visa Bulletin
Don’t Miss Out on These Key Insights from the January 2024 Visa Bulletin!Â
The January 2024 Visa Bulletin brings significant changes in employment-based preference categories for India and China. Final Action Dates for EB-2 Worldwide and EB-3 Professional/Skilled Workers Worldwide show notable progress. For family-sponsored individuals, significant progress is seen in Final Action Dates for various categories. These updates are crucial for immigrant visa seekers...
Visa Bulletin Insights: Understanding Retrogression
Visa Bulletin October 2020
The US Department of State released the November 2020 Visa Bulletin. This Visa Bulletin shows backlogs for people seeking to acquire green cards for both family-based cases and employment-based cases. Here are the key takeaways for the employment-based visa categories:Employment-Based, First Preference – EB-1The cutoff dates for EB-1 China and EB-1 India have advanced...
UPDATES FROM DOS’ JUNE VISA BULLETIN 2019.
The October 2017 Visa Bulletin contains predictions for final action date movement in the various categories for the upcoming fiscal year. These predictions are what DOS anticipates through January. Updated predictions will be published at that time. The Application Filing Dates which are included in the Bulletin represent how far DOS expects the final...
UPDATES FROM DOS’ DECEMBER VISA BULLETIN 2018.
The U.S. State Department (DOS) released the May 2015 Visa Bulletin. The major development in the May Visa Bulletin is a significant forward movement in EB-2 category for India and also for the EB-2 category for China. The EB-3 category for the Philippines moved back by seven (7) years and, as predicted, the...
VISA BULLETIN FOR JANUARY 2018
VISA BULLETIN UPDATE FROM DOS: June 13, 2017
Employment-Based Preference Categories. Increased demand across the employment-based preferences, including EB-4 and EB-5, has significantly decreased the "otherwise unused numbers" which have traditionally trickled up to EB-1 and potentially down to EB-2. For example, in FY 2016, Special Immigrant Juvenile cases used more than 50% of the entire EB-4 annual limit, thus preventing many...
Visa Bulletin for August 2016
EB-4 and Certain Religious Workers (SR) Preference Categories. As previously predicted, and noted in the July Visa Bulletin, a cut-off date of January 1, 2010 will be imposed in July for EB-4 Mexico. This is the same cut-off date imposed earlier this fiscal year for EB-4 El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. There will be...