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Sep 08 VB
- Thread starter tusharvk
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whitemimauz3
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September 2008 Visa Bulletin, according to automated message at Dept of State's phone line
EB2 India 08/01/2006
EB2 India 08/01/2006
It is for real then.September 2008 Visa Bulletin, according to automated message at Dept of State's phone line
EB2 India 08/01/2006
Well, DOS still does not have it on the website. It is not clear whether the dates will jump all the way back to late 90's for EB2 IN in FY09.
whitemimauz3
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For some reason its not on website though
it is official now.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4328.html
no predictions regarding the movement come october though.
Still puzzled by jump in dates for EB2 IN\CHI over the last few months.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4328.html
no predictions regarding the movement come october though.
Still puzzled by jump in dates for EB2 IN\CHI over the last few months.
byThorbyOdin
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it is official now.
http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4328.html
no predictions regarding the movement come october though.
Still puzzled by jump in dates for EB2 IN\CHI over the last few months.
Nothing puzzling really. If you've followed progress of imm. "reform" the past 2 years you'd know of the heat the Onbudsman's office brought on the DHS to use up visa numbers for the year. So now the DHS waits until about June/July to see how many numbers the USCIS is chewing up (case in point Jul 2007, Aug 2008) and then moves the dates ahead the last 2 months before the "new" year so as to max out visa number usage. Thats what happened in Aug. Now apparently owing to the lethargy exhibited by the USCIS (NSC in particular) half the month is gone and they've not requested as many numbers as expected. DHS has progressed the dates further assuming less demand. So now folks with PDs in Aug 2006 can get GCs if their RDs are early while those from 2003/4/5 may be left holding the bag... Go figure!!
It would be really interesting to investigate how many EB2IN\CHI got their GC this year.Nothing puzzling really. If you've followed progress of imm. "reform" the past 2 years you'd know of the heat the Onbudsman's office brought on the DHS to use up visa numbers for the year. So now the DHS waits until about June/July to see how many numbers the USCIS is chewing up (case in point Jul 2007, Aug 2008) and then moves the dates ahead the last 2 months before the "new" year so as to max out visa number usage. Thats what happened in Aug. Now apparently owing to the lethargy exhibited by the USCIS (NSC in particular) half the month is gone and they've not requested as many numbers as expected. DHS has progressed the dates further assuming less demand. So now folks with PDs in Aug 2006 can get GCs if their RDs are early while those from 2003/4/5 may be left holding the bag... Go figure!!
Further, the clog in the system which was "supposedly" going to be there due to perm arrival and many EB3s upgrading to EB2 has not yet materialized. One wonders how inflated the numbers reported last year (during July'07 VB fiasco) on the receipts of 485 were. Predictions were hellish at that time. I can not believe that EB2IN\CHI almost became current this quickly with the "said" flood. EB2IN\CHI was U around the middle of this year.
All said, are there still people in EB2IN\CHI from pre-03 waiting approval? If so, come FY'09, the dates will again jump back to late 90's even in EB2IN.