visa bulletin April 2009
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What is the point -?
Hi friends
What is point of priority date -?
Lot of people in this form does qualify for their priority date, but still they didn't get the GC.
EX: EB3 - FEB, March,APril 2001 persons still waiting, but to day they moved to 01/NOV/01.
How come INS will justify this -?
Please any one can have better knowledge on this?
Thanks
Kris
Hi friends
What is point of priority date -?
Lot of people in this form does qualify for their priority date, but still they didn't get the GC.
EX: EB3 - FEB, March,APril 2001 persons still waiting, but to day they moved to 01/NOV/01.
How come INS will justify this -?
Please any one can have better knowledge on this?
Thanks
Kris
Priority date is working in this way -?
Hi friends
What is point of priority date for the current scenario-?
Lot of people in this form does qualify for their priority date, but still they didn't get the GC.
EX: EB3 - FEB, March,APril 2001 persons still waiting, but to day they moved to 01/NOV/01.
How come INS will justify this -?
Please any one can have better knowledge on this?
Thanks
Kris
Hi friends
What is point of priority date for the current scenario-?
Lot of people in this form does qualify for their priority date, but still they didn't get the GC.
EX: EB3 - FEB, March,APril 2001 persons still waiting, but to day they moved to 01/NOV/01.
How come INS will justify this -?
Please any one can have better knowledge on this?
Thanks
Kris
susomething
Registered Users (C)
Frustrating. Now, we have to wait until next October.
desperado140
Registered Users (C)
Pretty SAD. 
EB3 ROW moved backwards from May 05 to March 03.
What is going on with these people?
I was current (PD Feb 04) for God only knows how long. Called TSC several times, but they said they haven't reached my processing time yet. I was checking the TSC processing times every month (last month was July 18th 2007)and as of last month I was 1 month away from being processed (August 17, 2007).
Now I am not sure what will happen, because PD will not be current anymore.
EB3 ROW moved backwards from May 05 to March 03.
What is going on with these people?
I was current (PD Feb 04) for God only knows how long. Called TSC several times, but they said they haven't reached my processing time yet. I was checking the TSC processing times every month (last month was July 18th 2007)and as of last month I was 1 month away from being processed (August 17, 2007).
Now I am not sure what will happen, because PD will not be current anymore.
I'm sure it's frustrating, but the whole purpose of the cutoff dates is an attempt by the State Department to ensure that USCIS approves greencard applications roughly in order of their priority dates. The current retrogression shows that enough older cases are in the pipeline to use up most, if not all, of the remaining visas for this fiscal year. If they didn't push the dates back then USCIS could merrily process newer cases for whatever reason they chose and the older ones would just be kept waiting longer and longer. The real problem is that the current demand for LPR status outstrips the number of visas allowed by law.Pretty SAD.
EB3 ROW moved backwards from May 05 to March 03.
What is going on with these people?
I was current (PD Feb 04) for God only knows how long. Called TSC several times, but they said they haven't reached my processing time yet. I was checking the TSC processing times every month (last month was July 18th 2007)and as of last month I was 1 month away from being processed (August 17, 2007).
Now I am not sure what will happen, because PD will not be current anymore.
Jackolantern
Registered Users (C)
If there are so many pending old cases they should not have allowed the EB3 ROW date to jump into 2005 in the first place. The way the jump the dates forwards and backwards so drastically makes it look like they really don't know the full picture of the dates for applications they already have, and have no idea how to estimate future applications based on the I-140s and labor certifications that have been approved.
I think the reason for the jumps is two-fold. Firstly, there seems to be very poor communication between the State Department and USCIS as to projected visa utilization. Secondly, since the law no longer allows unused visas to be recaptured there is pressure to push the dates forward to ensure that visas don't get wasted, only to have to pull them back if demand increases.
Both of these factors were clearly visible in the fiasco a couple of years ago when the visa bulletin made everything current because it looked like there were going to be visas wasted, and USCIS responded by processing cases at a never before seen rate (probably out of spite) with the result that the visa bulletin had to be changed mid-month.
TheRealCanadian
Volunteer Moderator
Exactly - the PDs move forward and backwards to ensure that visa numbers are used up. If USCIS isn't approving enough I-485s, then the PD will move forward to allow DOS to allocate more visas at consular interviews. If USCIS usage goes up, then the PD will move back.
I think a perfect solution to the problem would be to allow unused visas to rollover, but with a staged retirement. For example, make it so that after the first quarter (1st January) if at least 25% of the rolled-over visas haven't been used then the excess over 75% is lost. Make the six month threshold 50% (i.e. any unused ones above half of the leftovers are lost), the nine month one 75% and the full year one 100%.
This would stop a panic to avoid lost visas but would also stop them accumulating indefinitely. The net effect to the visa bulletin would likely be that dates went back rather than forwards to start with, but then remain more stable over time.
TheRealCanadian
Volunteer Moderator
I'm not sure how losing visa numbers on a quarterly, rather than annual, basis is an improvement over the current situation.
And I don't see the benefit of this, either. Retrogression may be annoying and frustrating, but forward motion means that more people can file an I-485 and obtain the benefits thereof, even if it retrogresses. The alternative is that much more time to file the I-485. For some people's GCs, especially in this economy, excessive delay can be fatal to the process.
Could someone explain me this please? These seem simple questions but still don’t get it….
What matters the most? Processing time or the priority Date?
What is the processing time (what date is this on I-485 receipt notice)?
What is the priority date?
Can I-485 be processed if the processing time is current but not the priority dates?
What matters the most? Processing time or the priority Date?
What is the processing time (what date is this on I-485 receipt notice)?
What is the priority date?
Can I-485 be processed if the processing time is current but not the priority dates?
TheRealCanadian
Volunteer Moderator
I'm not suggesting that the visa numbers should be lost quarterly in the year they are allocated, but rather in the following year. For example, suppose you had 20000 unused visas on 9/30/09. Currently these will go to waste. However, my proposal would be to carry these over but insist that at least 25% have to be used each quarter. In other words, with this example, the number carried over would be capped to 15000 on 1/1/10, 10000 on 4/1/10 and 5000 on 7/1/10. Any of the 20000 not used by 9/30/10 would be lost forever. This would avoid the need for messing around with cutoff dates towards the end of each fiscal year since it gives a buffer period in which visas can be used.
The cutoff dates in the monthly visa bulletin are the most important number. USCIS cannot legally approve a greencard application if the priority date for that application is after the cutoff date for that month. For applications that are legally approvable, the processing time for the service center in question gives an indication of how far through the backlog of filed cases USCIS is in processing.
Currently, the cutoff dates are the limiting factor for most people. USCIS seems to be operating efficiently at the moment which means that once a case can be filed it will likely be approved in months. However, going back six or seven years, the then INS was so slow in processing that almost all categories were made current to stop visa numbers being wasted, but once a I-485 was filed it could take two or three years for it to be processed.
your labor filing date is PD. try to read the forums FAQ section to get a grasp of the situation. It should be there in your I140. there are many threads on this.
If your PD is current and processing time is current and all USCIS checks are complete then your 485 application is approvable. Hope this helps.
If your PD is current and processing time is current and all USCIS checks are complete then your 485 application is approvable. Hope this helps.
Except for EB1 cases where it is the I-140 receipt date.
JohnThomas82
Registered Users (C)
The cut-off date reached Aug 2006, during Jul-Sep quarter of 2008, for EB2 India. Is there a remote chance of that happening this year?
Since some service centres, like TSC for example, started to look at July 2007 filers only recently, I wasn't sure if we would see the same forward movement this year.
Experts, any comments please?
Since some service centres, like TSC for example, started to look at July 2007 filers only recently, I wasn't sure if we would see the same forward movement this year.
Experts, any comments please?