This is from MSN India website..
The State Department estimates that the FY 2006 demand in the employment-based immigrant visa categories is expected to be well in excess of annual limits with worldwide unavailability in some categories as early as December.
"The level of demand in the employment categories is expected to be far in excess of the annual limits, and once established, cut-off date movements are likely to be slow," the State Department said in its September Visa Bulletin.
The State Department noted that the backlog reduction efforts of the USCIS and the Department of Labour "continue to result in very heavy demand for Employment-based numbers", and may result in early third preference employment cut-off dates for India, China, Philippines and maybe Mexico by October, and a worldwide cut-off date of December.
In addition, "the amount of employment demand for applicants from China and India is also likely to result in the over-subscription of the employment first and second preference categories for those chargeability areas. The establishment of such cut-off dates is expected to occur no later than December."
Officials at NAM have indicated they have to step up lobbying efforts to convince legislators that the unavailability of both H1B and EB (employment based) visas proves the current system is broken and that the needs of highly educated workers must be addressed in any reform efforts this year.
Fortune magazine ranked the NAM tenth among Washington's 25 most influential advocacy groups, and The New York Times called it "the nation's chief business lobbying group".
The State Department estimates that the FY 2006 demand in the employment-based immigrant visa categories is expected to be well in excess of annual limits with worldwide unavailability in some categories as early as December.
"The level of demand in the employment categories is expected to be far in excess of the annual limits, and once established, cut-off date movements are likely to be slow," the State Department said in its September Visa Bulletin.
The State Department noted that the backlog reduction efforts of the USCIS and the Department of Labour "continue to result in very heavy demand for Employment-based numbers", and may result in early third preference employment cut-off dates for India, China, Philippines and maybe Mexico by October, and a worldwide cut-off date of December.
In addition, "the amount of employment demand for applicants from China and India is also likely to result in the over-subscription of the employment first and second preference categories for those chargeability areas. The establishment of such cut-off dates is expected to occur no later than December."
Officials at NAM have indicated they have to step up lobbying efforts to convince legislators that the unavailability of both H1B and EB (employment based) visas proves the current system is broken and that the needs of highly educated workers must be addressed in any reform efforts this year.
Fortune magazine ranked the NAM tenth among Washington's 25 most influential advocacy groups, and The New York Times called it "the nation's chief business lobbying group".