Consulate Confirms July 2007 Immigrant Visa Interviews!
Posted Jul 13, 2007
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We at the Murthy Law Firm have received a number of questions as to how the July 2, 2007 revision of the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin will impact scheduled, employment-based immigrant visa interviews abroad at the U.S. consulates. Those who have immigrant visa interviews in July 2007, based on an employment-based category, should plan to attend the immigrant visa interview with family members who are eligible to immigrate with the principal applicant.
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In order to issue an immigrant visa, there must be an immigrant visa number available. With the depletion of those numbers by the USCIS, no more numbers are available. However, the U.S. Embassy, Consular Section, in New Delhi, India, has just confirmed to the Murthy Law Firm that they will continue to process the scheduled, employment-based immigrant visa cases set for July 2007. This may be because the consulates request their visa numbers in advance each month, based on scheduled interviews, so they may have the visa numbers available for all those who have immigrant visa interviews abroad, even though there are no more that can be issued after July 2007. They also stated to the Murthy Law Firm that after July they will not be processing the employment-based immigrant visas until further notice.