The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has confirmed that the limit on immigrant visa numbers for fiscal year 2012 (FY12) has been reached. This information was communicated to USCIS on April 11, 2012, and was expected, based on the Murthy Law Firm's earlier communication with...
Developments in the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China in late 2011 / early 2012 generated both excitement and disappointment for many EB2 candidates. The rapid forward movement of cutoff dates in the visa bulletin for EB2-eligible candidates from India and China...
MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers were alerted on March 29, 2012 in our news item DOS Confirms Lack of Enough EB2 India / China Visa Numbers, that the U.S. Department of State (DOS) had internally retrogressed the EB2 India and China cutoff dates. The retrogression will...
The Department of State (DOS) provided the Murthy Law Firm with confirmation today that, effective March 23, 2012, the EB2 cutoff date has been retrogressed internally to August 15, 2007. This means that the USCIS will not be able to approve further EB2 I-485 cases...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued the anxiously-awaited December 2011 Visa Bulletin. As predicted, the employment-based, second reference (EB2) cutoff date for December 2011 is advancing considerably. The EB2 cutoff for India and China is March 15, 2008, effective during the month of...
The subject of the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin cutoff date movement is extremely important to many MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers. We provide predictions only when they are based upon reliable information. What follows is such reliable information, as it was shared by...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) issued the November 2011 Visa Bulletin during the first week of October. To the delight of many, the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China continues to advance significantly. This change will allow many individuals to file...
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for November 2011 has been released earlier than expected. The cutoff dates for the employment-based, second preference (EB2) category for India and China move to November 1, 2007, effective in November 2011.This is remarkable, as it opens...
The cutoff date for EB2, India, is expected to advance in May 2011. This advancement will occur in the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for May 2011. The Visa Bulletin for May 2011 will be published in early to mid April 2011.On March...
