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When USCIS says that backward movement in visa dates is because of excessive demand, what does this actually mean?
For example, Murthy says below:
The explanation for the backward movement in the cutoff dates for EB2 for India and China is simply based on demand under this category. The Visa Bulletin states that this is the result of heavy demand for visa numbers, particularly caused by the USCIS's requesting immigrant visa numbers for I-485 applicants from these two countries. They also note that further retrogression cannot be ruled out during the second quarter of the fiscal year. The second quarter of the government (including the USCIS) fiscal year runs from January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008.
But what does it actually mean?
So since China's cutoff date in EB-2 has moved back by three years to Jan 1, 2003, does this mean that previously USCIS was processing earliest date EB-2 China cases of Jan 2006, and now its earliest date has moved back to Jan 2003??
Is this because LC approvals are made in random order, and suddenly many Chinese LC approvals with PDs of 2003 went thru, or does it mean that USCIS is not processing in FIFO order, in fact in a completely random way??
can someone please explain?
For example, Murthy says below:
The explanation for the backward movement in the cutoff dates for EB2 for India and China is simply based on demand under this category. The Visa Bulletin states that this is the result of heavy demand for visa numbers, particularly caused by the USCIS's requesting immigrant visa numbers for I-485 applicants from these two countries. They also note that further retrogression cannot be ruled out during the second quarter of the fiscal year. The second quarter of the government (including the USCIS) fiscal year runs from January 1, 2008 to March 31, 2008.
But what does it actually mean?
So since China's cutoff date in EB-2 has moved back by three years to Jan 1, 2003, does this mean that previously USCIS was processing earliest date EB-2 China cases of Jan 2006, and now its earliest date has moved back to Jan 2003??
Is this because LC approvals are made in random order, and suddenly many Chinese LC approvals with PDs of 2003 went thru, or does it mean that USCIS is not processing in FIFO order, in fact in a completely random way??
can someone please explain?