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Retrogression now affects everyone, but what if you're in the FP phase?
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) July 2005 Visa Bulletin, issued June 13, 2005, reflects unavailability of visa numbers in the Employment-Based 3rd Preference (EB3) category for all countries.
This means everyone in EB3, no matter one's country of origin or priority date, is impacted by this development (except for nurses and physical therapists).
This means that, starting July 1, 2005 and continuing until more visa numbers become available, it will not be possible for persons in EB-3 (except nurses, etc.) to file I-485 Applications.
Those I-485 cases that are pending will remain pending until the visa numbers are available.
What does this mean for those of us who have already had our FPs taken? Presumably our I-485 applications are already being processed and will continue to be processed until a final decision is made, regardless of the new retrogression-induced "freeze"? Any thoughts?
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) July 2005 Visa Bulletin, issued June 13, 2005, reflects unavailability of visa numbers in the Employment-Based 3rd Preference (EB3) category for all countries.
This means everyone in EB3, no matter one's country of origin or priority date, is impacted by this development (except for nurses and physical therapists).
This means that, starting July 1, 2005 and continuing until more visa numbers become available, it will not be possible for persons in EB-3 (except nurses, etc.) to file I-485 Applications.
Those I-485 cases that are pending will remain pending until the visa numbers are available.
What does this mean for those of us who have already had our FPs taken? Presumably our I-485 applications are already being processed and will continue to be processed until a final decision is made, regardless of the new retrogression-induced "freeze"? Any thoughts?
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