The U.S. Department of State (DOS) November 2012 Visa Bulletin carries good news for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for all countries except India and China. This summary and analysis of the November 2012 Visa Bulletin is prepared by the Murthy Law Firm for...
The release of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for October 2012 has generated shockwaves for those in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) India category. The retrogression to a cutoff date of September 1, 2004 in the EB2 India category is far more...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for October 2012 contains a cutoff date of September 1, 2004 in employment-based, second preference (EB2) for India. This is a significant change from previous predictions given by the DOS Visa Office. The October 2012 Visa Bulletin,...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Office has issued updated predictions of employment-based (EB) cutoff dates expected in the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. The DOS anticipates that the cutoff date for EB2 India will likely be a 2006 date. This is a revision of...
Aware of the mounting anxiety among many of our readers, the Murthy Law Firm recently contacted the U.S. Department of State (DOS) seeking information regarding projections for cutoff dates under the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. The DOS advised that the October Visa Bulletin, which begins...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for September 2012 is the final visa bulletin of fiscal year 2012 (FY12). This visa bulletin is far less eventful than those from earlier in the year. The contents, however, reflect prior events with ongoing unavailability in...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for August 2012 contains no surprises for our readers. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China is unavailable through the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2012. The retrogressed date of January 1, 2009 in EB2...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has provided detailed predictions and explanations regarding the movement of priority dates in fiscal year 2013 (FY13), which occurs from October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China faces protracted...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS), Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division, expects to establish a cutoff date of August or September 2007 for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China, in the October 2012 Visa Bulletin. They further predict that this...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued the July 2012 Visa Bulletin. This visa bulletin contains a cutoff date in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for all chargeability areas except those listed (worldwide, or the rest of the world), as well as for...
