Priority Dates Retrogressed

PHysician

Is physician considered EB2 or EB3 in regards to Labor based GC? What about NIW based GC application?

Any chance of having retrogression for EB2 catagory in near future?? :)
 
Thanks niraliajit, I guess physicians are the major constituents of EB2 category and are far less in number compared to techies. Hopefully the backlog will not develop for the next several years!
 
EB2 Definition

aquagemini said:
Thanks niraliajit, I guess physicians are the major constituents of EB2 category and are far less in number compared to techies. Hopefully the backlog will not develop for the next several years!
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Most of the EB2 is consumed by MS (Comp Sci) and MBA's both from US and Foreign Graduates

Employment Second Preference (E2)

Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees, or Persons of Exceptional Ability in the Arts, Sciences, or Business receive 28.6 percent of the yearly worldwide limit, plus any unused Employment First Preference visas. All Second Preference applicants must have a labor certification approved by the DOL, or Schedule A designation, or establish that they qualify for one of the shortage occupations in the Labor Market Information Pilot Program (later). A job offer is required and the U.S. employer must file a petition on behalf of the applicant. Aliens may apply for exemption from the job offer and labor certification if the exemption would be in the national interest, in which case the alien may file the petition, Form I-140, along with evidence of the national interest. There are two subgroups within this category:

Professionals holding an advanced degree (beyond a baccalaureate degree), or a baccalaureate degree and at least five years progressive experience in the profession; and

Persons with exceptional ability in the arts, sciences, or business. Exceptional ability means having a degree of expertise significantly above that ordinarily encountered within the field.
 
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NIW is EB-2

In the DOL's system of looking at training, physicians are considered EB-2 as it is a graduate school education in this country. In many other countries, you can go to medschool and get your MD or MBBS right out of high-school. Still, from what I know it is not an issue for DOL/USCIS purposes.
 
hadron
Please also consider that no physician is applying Gc right after the MBBS from india, here everyone has done 3-4 years of residency, then they are allowed to work as the consultants.
thanks
 
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