February 2014 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 & EB-3 Advances for Most Countries but India

U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the February 2014 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.  The cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) and for Employment-Based third preference (EB-3) for all counties except India and Philippines have moved by two months. The cutoff dates for EB-2…

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May 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Remains Unchanged

U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the May 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the eighth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  The cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) India remains in effect at September 1, 2004. The worldwide Employment-Based third preference (EB-3) category moved forward 5 months to December 1, 2007…

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March 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Remains Unchanged (DOS Prediction)

U.S. Department of State (DOS) has just released the March 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the sixth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  The cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) India once again continues to disappoint at September 1, 2004.  In this bulletin, DOS has indicated that there is unlikely to be…

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February 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Remains Unchanged (again)

U.S. Department of State (DOS) has just released the February 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the fifth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  The cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) India continues to disappoint at September 1, 2004.  Many of our clients in this category were eagerly awaiting this bulletin to anticipate…

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January 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Remains Unchanged

On December 11th, U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued the January 2013 Visa Bulletin which is the fourth Visa Bulletin for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013.  Unfortunately, the cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) India at September 1, 2004 continues to disappoint due to lack of forward moment.  Many of our clients in this…

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December 2012 Visa Bulletin: Predictions for Fiscal Year 2013

On November 7th, U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued the December 2012 Visa Bulletin.  Cutoff dates for Employment-Based second preference (EB-2) India remains at September 1, 2004 and for Employment-Based third preference (EB-3) India moved one week to November 1, 2002. In a recently meeting, Mr. Charles Oppenheim, the Chief of the DOS Immigrant Visa…

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November 2012 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 Cutoff Date: September 1, 2004

This morning the U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued the November 2012 Visa Bulletin.  Cutoff dates for Employment-based second preference (EB-2) for India continues to be September 1, 2004. Just like the October bulletin, this bulletin too did not include any predictions of future cutoff date movement.  We will continue to monitor developments on this…

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October 2012 Visa Bulletin: EB-2 Cutoff Date: September 1, 2004

On September 10th the U.S. Department of State (DOS) in its October 2012 Visa Bulletin moved the cutoff date for employment-based second preference (EB-2) for India to September 1, 2004.  This is a significant revision from the DOS’ earlier prediction of 2006 or 2005.  Unlike previous bulletins, this bulletin did not include any predictions of…

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