Folks,
I got one of those automated email from "SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION UPDATE" whick talks about this backlog .
My question is : Does this mean it will afftec people like me who have applied under EB3 AOS and have RD in Nov . I thought this is important and thought I would hear your thoughts on this one .
It reads
Sometime within the next few days, the State Department (DOS) will post the
January 2005 Visa Bulletin online. The DOS has already announced that the
employment-based 3rd (EB-3) preference category for persons born in mainland
China, India and the Philippines will regress. By how much is anyone's guess.
Last time that the EB-3 numbers were backlogged was in June 2001. Mainland
China was backlogged for 10 months and India for 2 1/2 years. We predict that
the new backlogs will date back to 2001 or 2002.
What will the new backlogs mean for you?
First, the regressions will only affect you if you were born in one of the
"Axis of Anxiety" countries (mainland China, India or the Philippines) and you
qualify to obtain permanent residence in the employment-based third preference
(EB-3) category (professionals and skilled workers).
" * You have a pending I-485 application
Since it may take two or three years for you to adjust your status, by the time
the government is ready to make a decision on your application, your EB-3 visa
number may be current. However, if the CIS speeds up its adjustment of status
processing times, you would have to wait much longer for your I-485 to be
approved than you would if you were born another country (e.g., Monaco or
Canada). You would still be able to change jobs after your I-485 had been
pending 180 days assuming that your I-140 was approved.
Persons with pending applications for adjustment of status are entitled to
Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), and may be able to keep working in
the same or a similar occupation as that which was listed on their labor
certifications until they are approved for permanent residence.
"
I got one of those automated email from "SHUSTERMAN'S IMMIGRATION UPDATE" whick talks about this backlog .
My question is : Does this mean it will afftec people like me who have applied under EB3 AOS and have RD in Nov . I thought this is important and thought I would hear your thoughts on this one .
It reads
Sometime within the next few days, the State Department (DOS) will post the
January 2005 Visa Bulletin online. The DOS has already announced that the
employment-based 3rd (EB-3) preference category for persons born in mainland
China, India and the Philippines will regress. By how much is anyone's guess.
Last time that the EB-3 numbers were backlogged was in June 2001. Mainland
China was backlogged for 10 months and India for 2 1/2 years. We predict that
the new backlogs will date back to 2001 or 2002.
What will the new backlogs mean for you?
First, the regressions will only affect you if you were born in one of the
"Axis of Anxiety" countries (mainland China, India or the Philippines) and you
qualify to obtain permanent residence in the employment-based third preference
(EB-3) category (professionals and skilled workers).
" * You have a pending I-485 application
Since it may take two or three years for you to adjust your status, by the time
the government is ready to make a decision on your application, your EB-3 visa
number may be current. However, if the CIS speeds up its adjustment of status
processing times, you would have to wait much longer for your I-485 to be
approved than you would if you were born another country (e.g., Monaco or
Canada). You would still be able to change jobs after your I-485 had been
pending 180 days assuming that your I-140 was approved.
Persons with pending applications for adjustment of status are entitled to
Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), and may be able to keep working in
the same or a similar occupation as that which was listed on their labor
certifications until they are approved for permanent residence.
"