Immigration News
Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Availability for November
2006
October 12, 2006
The just released November 2006 Visa Bulletin shows that the priority
date (PD) for India-born individuals in the EB-2 category went from
06/15/02 to 01/01/03, while the EB-3 category PD remained unchanged
at 04/22/01. The EB-1 category PD for Indian-born nationals remains
"current."
For foreign nationals born in China, the EB-2 PD changed slightly
from 04/01/05 to 04/15/05, while the EB-3 PD advanced from 05/01/02
to 07/01/02. The EB-1 PD remains "current."
For foreign nationals who are in the EB-3 category and was born
in Mexico and the Philippines, the PD advanced one week and two
months, respectively. The world-wide retrogression date for the
EB-3 category (for foreign national born outside of India, China,
Mexico, and the Philippines) advanced by two months, from 05/01/02
to 07/01/02.
The Department of State, which issues the monthly visa bulletins,
continues to comment that "cut-off date movements in recent
months have been greater than might ordinarily be expected ... as
these dates have advanced, however, many thousands of applicants
have become eligible for processing at CIS Offices. Once number
use increases significantly as CIS addresses its backlog, cut-off
date movement will necessarily slow or stop." It also reiterated
that "it is not possible to predict when significantly increased
CIS number use will begin to influence the cut-off date determinations."
The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs offers the
monthly "Visa Bulletin" on the web. The web address to
access the Bulletin is: http://travel.state.gov.
From the home page, select the “Visa Bulletin,” which
is under the category of “Permanent Immigrants to the U.S.”
To be placed on the Department of State’s E-mail subscription
list for the Visa Bulletin, send an E-mail to: listserv@calist.state.gov.
In the message body type: Subscribe Visa-Bulletin First name/Last
name (example: Subscribe Visa-Bulletin Sally Doe).
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