The Department of State (DOS) has issued its September 2018 Visa Bulletin. As to be expected in the last month of the fiscal year (the new fiscal year begins on October 1), several categories are no longer current and other categories have experienced significant retrogressions.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its August 2018 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, the Employment-Based (“EB”)-1 category for all nationals worldwide (except for China and India) is no longer current and has retrogressed to May 1, 2016. EB-1 for Chinese and Indian nationals had no movement. EB-2 and EB-3 worldwide remains current. EB-2 for Chinese nationals advanced by two months, but there was no movement for EB-2 Indian nationals. EB-3 for Chinese, Indian and Philippine nationals also moved forward.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its July 2018 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, the Employment-Based (“EB”)-3 category for Chinese nationals retrogressed dramatically by two years and five months to January 1, 2013. EB-2 for Chinese and Indian nationals, and EB-3 for Indian nationals made significant advances while EB-1 for Chinese and Indian nationals and EB-3 for Philippine nationals had no movement.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its June 2018 Visa Bulletin. For the most part, priority dates for employment-based categories remain the same from last month’s visa bulletin. The only category to advance is EB-3 India, which moved forward by four days.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has issued its May 2018 Visa Bulletin. For the most part, priority dates for employment-based categories remain the same from last month’s visa bulletin. The Employment-Based (“EB”)-1 category for Chinese nationals advanced by one month from April’s dates while the EB-3 category for Indian nationals moved forward by 3 months.
Read MoreThe Department of State (DOS) has released the April 2018 Visa Bulletin. Most notably, the Employment-Based (“EB”)-1 category for Indian and Chinese nationals retrogresses dramatically from current to January 1, 2012. EB-2 and EB-3 for Chinese nationals, and EB-3 for Indian and Filipino nationals make significant advances while EB-2 for Indians holds steady.
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