NSC EB3 applicants about to get shafted again

[armie]

Early next month, September, DOS will release the October 2005 Visa Bulletin and people will see the impact of new fiscal year visa number allocation on EB-3 visa number availability. As the State Department has already predicted, EB-3 visa number may become current for world-wide, and even for China and India.

This will be gross injustice for people who have filed 485 at NSC.
When the PD for EB3 becomes current, VSC and CSC will approving many more cases because their processing date for 485 is much ahead of NSC, while Nebraskan farmers will be grazing cattle. End result, applicants with PD as late as 04 and 05 gets approved at faster centers, old-timers at NSC will be still waiting. It won’t be long before entire quota for EB3 for 06 is exhausted and visa numbers become unavailable again. Back to square one.

 

[Billtoo]

This will be gross injustice for people who have filed 485 at NSC.
When the PD for EB3 becomes current, VSC and CSC will approving many more cases because their processing date for 485 is much ahead of NSC, while Nebraskan farmers will be grazing cattle. End result, applicants with PD as late as 04 and 05 gets approved at faster centers, old-timers at NSC will be still waiting. It won’t be long before entire quota for EB3 for 06 is exhausted and visa numbers become unavailable again. Back to square one.

Not the end, if it that happens -- but we would continue to pay for EAD n AP...
So keep $ 700.00 plus aside every year -- for self + spouse .. and more trips to ASC for EAD biometrics..

Decided not to continue my H1b extension this year ... risky -- but how much more to pay.

Journey continues ....

 

[always_in_labor]

What do you mean by current.
eb3 will never be current, the next priotiy date will be probably june 2002,
even if nsc farmers don't work its ok, because other centers have already processed upto 05, so they will not be doing anything.

so its upto nsc farmers, approve or wait, but the quota will always be available until in 2019 when nsc farmers are in line with the csc/vsc/tsc.

 

[avi101]

EB3 may become current for world-wide but India-China will have a cut off date.

 

[chicagopains]

This will be gross injustice for people who have filed 485 at NSC.
When the PD for EB3 becomes current, VSC and CSC will approving many more cases because their processing date for 485 is much ahead of NSC, while Nebraskan farmers will be grazing cattle. End result, applicants with PD as late as 04 and 05 gets approved at faster centers, old-timers at NSC will be still waiting. It won’t be long before entire quota for EB3 for 06 is exhausted and visa numbers become unavailable again. Back to square one.

PD means when you applied labor not 485.So nothing to do with NSC,they are all the same .Country wide we have one PD thats all not by center.

 

[bim]

PD means when you applied labor not 485.So nothing to do with NSC,they are all the same .Country wide we have one PD thats all not by center.

We know that PD is for country wide. What ‘armie ‘ meant was that NSC farmers are so slow in processing in comparison to others. By the time NSC farmers process few EB3 cases the other centers would have processes many more and consume the visa numbers.

 

[max2k1]

We know that PD is for country wide. What ‘armie ‘ meant was that NSC farmers are so slow in processing in comparison to others. By the time NSC farmers process few EB3 cases the other centers would have processes many more and consume the visa numbers.

Not quite true ..... as long as PDs don't move very fast, NSC "retrogressed cases" can actually benefit ...

How ?
Well since the farmers were(and are) very slow, they are processing much older cases (2002 and 2003) whereas all other SCs have moved to processing 2004 and beyond.
If PD is stuck at 2002, then only NSC would have eligible EB3 cases that needs to get processed
So other centers would just wait.

Of course, if PD moves fast (or becomes current *gasp*), then NSC EB3s get screwed.
Oh and btw, non-retrogressed cases are screwed as well !!

 

[armie]

Of course, if PD moves fast (or becomes current *gasp*), then NSC EB3s get screwed.
Oh and btw, non-retrogressed cases are screwed as well !!

There is always a possibility that they will make all categories current
for few weeks/months at the beginning of each year, then make them unavailable altogether. This would be easier for them than moving PDs slowly in each bulletin. Never say never with these guys.

 

[eBhola]

There is always a possibility that they will make all categories current for few weeks/months at the beginning of each year, then make them unavailable altogether. This would be easier for them than moving PDs slowly in each bulletin. Never say never with these guys.

No, I do not think they will make all category as current ..

As this will enable all the EB3 to apply for 485.... so they will have deluge of 485 --- and hence greater backlog..

The reduction in backlog -- I think will be achieved not by approving more applications -- but not allowing more pouring in at a given time..

So NSC would go slow and allow only a small number of applicant to apply --- so they might have a cut-off dates for good part of the year.

They might start with cut-off somewhere in mid 2002 and go up a month every month.

This infact will be good for all NSC filiers as -- other faster service center will not be able to consume most of the visa number...
Even a slow moving NSC would able to sneak in the next month to get some of them for us..

 

[max2k1]

So NSC would go slow and allow only a small number of applicant to apply --- so they might have a cut-off dates for good part of the year.

They might start with cut-off somewhere in mid 2002 and go up a month every month.

Priority date cutoff is determined by the Dept of State -- NSC does not play a role in that.
So they can't do much to prevent new applications from coming in.

 

[max2k1]

There is always a possibility that they will make all categories current
for few weeks/months at the beginning of each year, then make them unavailable altogether. This would be easier for them than moving PDs slowly in each bulletin. Never say never with these guys.

Heh heh .... .that's quite true.
You never know how things can get screwed up.

I think EB3/rest of the world is at most risk of getting humped by NSC -- mostly it will get current and stay there for a while -- fast depleting numbers.
Which would effect all EB3s as well.

Oh well -- its Friday -- I need to start thinking happy thoughts