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03/04/03: State Department Predicts No EB-Priority Date Retrogression Until 09/30/2004
Charles Oppenheim of the DOS predicts that based on visa number use during the past two years he expects the Employment-based categories to remain "Current" (with the possible exception of the Other Workers category) through at least the end of FY-2004. Changes in demand from the immigration and Naturalization Service could impact this estimate and require the AC21 "pool" to be used up earlier, resulting in some Employment categories becoming oversubscribed. One such factor can be the launch of PERM labor certification application system and the INS pace of 485 processding time reduction implementation.
03/04/03: State Department Predicts No EB-Priority Date Retrogression Until 09/30/2004
Charles Oppenheim of the DOS predicts that based on visa number use during the past two years he expects the Employment-based categories to remain "Current" (with the possible exception of the Other Workers category) through at least the end of FY-2004. Changes in demand from the immigration and Naturalization Service could impact this estimate and require the AC21 "pool" to be used up earlier, resulting in some Employment categories becoming oversubscribed. One such factor can be the launch of PERM labor certification application system and the INS pace of 485 processding time reduction implementation.