The Department of State (DOS) has issued its November 2020 Visa Bulletin. We now cover both employment-based and family-based priority dates as detailed below.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its October 2020 Visa Bulletin. October 1 marks the start of the new fiscal year so all the immigrant visa categories benefit from new visa numbers and most immigrant visa applicants will see progress in their place in line for permanent residence.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2020 Visa Bulletin. We will now be covering both employment-based and family-based priority dates as detailed below.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its July 2020 Visa Bulletin. Overall, most employment categories will have modest forward movement. One category with a significant eleven month advancement is employment-based category 1 (“EB-1”) for Indian nationals. Otherwise, the employment-based categories 1 and 2 for most nationals remain current.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its June 2020 Visa Bulletin. Overall, most employment categories will have modest forward movement. The two categories with a significant ten month advancement are employment-based category 1 (“EB-1”) for Indian nationals and employment-based category 3 (“EB-3”) for most nationals. Otherwise, the employment-based categories 1 and 2 for most nationals remain current.
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TThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its December 2019 Visa Bulletin. Overall, most employment categories had little forward movement. Employment-based category 1 (“EB-1) for most nationals advances by 44 days while for Chinese nationals it moves forward by 103 days. There is no change for Indian nationals in the EB-1 category.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its March 2019 Visa Bulletin. Overall, movement in all categories has slowed down. EB-1 for most nationals advanced by one month while Chinese and Indian nationals advanced by only fourteen days. For the EB-2 category, Chinese nationals advanced by three months while Indian nationals advanced by only three days. Lastly, EB-3 for Chinese nationals moved forward by seven days, while Indian nationals advanced by one month, and Philippine nationals advanced by four months.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its February 2019 Visa Bulletin. Overall, movement in all categories has slowed down. EB-1 for most nationals advanced by two months while Chinese and Indian nationals advanced by only one month. For the EB-2 category, Chinese nationals advanced by two months while Indian nationals advanced by only five days. Lastly, EB-3 for Chinese nationals moved forward by twenty-three days, while Indian and Philippine nationals advanced by a month and a few days.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its December 2018 Visa Bulletin. Overall, there was very little movement in most categories this month. EB-1 for all nationals advanced by three months. EB-2 worldwide is still current (except for China and lndia). EB-2 for Chinese nationals advanced by one and a half months, and EB-2 Indian nationals advanced by almost two months. EB-3 for Chinese and Philippine nationals moved forward by one week, while Indian nationals advanced by two months.
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The Department of State (DOS) has issued its November 2018 Visa Bulletin. Overall, there was very little movement in most categories this month. EB-1 for Chinese and Indian nationals had no movement. EB-2 worldwide is current (except for China and lndia). EB-2 for Chinese nationals advanced by one and a half months, but there was no movement for EB-2 Indian nationals. EB-3 is current (except for China, India, and the Philippines). EB-3 for Chinese and Indian nationals had no movement, but Philippine nationals moved forward by one week.
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