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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EB-2 Priority Date Cutoff Prediction

On August 30, 2012, Mr. Charlie Oppenheim of the Department of State’s Visa office issued predictions for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 as follows: Employment Based (EB)-1 Visa demand continues to be very high; Employment Based (EB)-2 India is expected to probably go back to 2006 compared to the earlier prediction of 2007.  This is due…

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