April 2007 Visa Bulletin : No Changes in EB Visa Numbers
Posted Mar 16, 2007
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For the third month in a row, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin has remained unchanged in the Employment-Based (EB) Categories. The Visa Bulletin for April 2007 is identical in the EB categories to the February 2007 and March 2007 Visa Bulletins. Those categories that were "current" continue to be current. Those categories with cutoff dates continue to have the same cutoff dates. [The most recent Visa Bulletin chart is always available to our readers on MurthyDotCom.]
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Employment-Based First Preference (EB1)
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This category is current for all countries.
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Employment-Based Second Preference (EB2)
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This category is current except for nationals of China and India. China's cutoff date is April 22, 2005; India's cutoff date is January 8, 2003.
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Employment-Based Third Preference (EB3)

All countries have cutoff dates. India has a cutoff date of May 8, 2001; Mexico has a May 15, 2001 cutoff date; and China, the Philippines, and worldwide all have the cutoff date of August 1, 2002.
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Other Workers
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The Other Worker category has an October 1, 2001 cutoff date.
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Employment-Based Fourth / Fifth / Religious Workers and Targeted Employment

The EB4, EB5, religious workers, and the targeted employment categories are all current.
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Translators
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This EB4 subcategory for Iraqi or Afghani nationals who have worked with the U.S. Armed Forces as translators has a September 18, 2006 cutoff.
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Predictions
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The lack of change in the Visa Bulletin is consistent with the DOS predictions made in our March 9, 2007 MurthyBulletin article, Employment-Based Visa Number Predictions, available on MurthyDotCom. The Visa Bulletin for April 2007 only carried predictions for EB3 "other workers." It is expected that the EB3 other worker category will become unavailable in May 2007. We would note that this very limited category is for unskilled workers. Most MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers with EB3 cases do not fall within this category, but fit within the main EB3 category for skilled workers and professionals.