The April 2012 U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin is available and reflects an unchanged cutoff date in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China. This is far different from the significant forward movement that category enjoyed from the October 2011...
As visitors to MurthyDotCom learned late last week, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) has advised that the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category likely will retrogress by May or June 2012. As explained in our NewsFlash, DOS Issues EB2 Cutoff Projections, the DOS projects that...
The Department of State (DOS) advised today that the EB2 India and China category is likely to retrogress in the May or June 2012 Visa Bulletin. Charles Oppenheim, Chief, Visa Control and Reporting, provided this information at an AILA conference on March 16, 2012. Mr....
The U.S. Department of State has released the April 2012 Visa Bulletin. Unlike recent prior months, the cutoff date in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category remains at May 1, 2010 for April, the date set in the March Visa Bulletin. This is better than...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for March 2012 continues the recent advancement trend for cutoff dates in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China. The EB2 cutoff date in March 2012 is May 1, 2010. This cutoff date movement...
The U.S. Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for March 2012. As expected, the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category cutoff date continues to advance. The advancement of four months for EB2 India and China brings the March 2012 cutoff date to May 1,...
This series of articles examines some of the key immigration developments of 2011. We discuss how these developments could affect MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers in 2012 and make recommendations for strategic planning on the U.S. immigration law front in 2012. Our focus here is the...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Office has confirmed that EB2 priority dates will advance again in the March 2012 Visa Bulletin. The exact amount of forward movement is not yet known, as it largely depends upon case filing rates. The DOS projects that...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for February 2012 brings another round of astonishing advancement in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China. The cutoff date movement for February 2012 follows significant advancement in the preceding visa bulletins for January...
The U.S. Department of State has released the February 2012 Visa Bulletin. The employment-based, second preference (EB2) category cutoff date moves forward by a full year, to January 1, 2010 for India and China. The decision to dramatically advance the cutoff dates is based on...
