The Department of State’s Visa
Bulletin guru, Charlie Oppenheim, hosts monthly
meetings with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Charlie Oppenheim is the Department of
State’s Chief of the Control and Reporting Division. He is the officer who is
responsible for producing the Visa Bulletin each month.
In this month’s “Check In With
Charlie,” Mr. Oppenheim discussed Philippine EB-3, saying that Beneficiaries “should
expect continued aggressive advancement in this category for the foreseeable
future.” He noted that there has not
been an increase in demand for these visas.
Because of this lack of demand, “retrogression is unlikely to happen
this FY since there are numerous visa numbers available in this category and it
is already the third quarter of the federal FY.”
Other notes of interest:
EB-1: there should be little or no
movement in any EB-1 category.
EB-2 Worldwide: will continue to be
Current for the foreseeable future.
EB-2 and EB-3 India: slow or little
progressions of one week or less, although EB-3 could move a little
faster. There has not yet been a surge
of EB-2s “downgrading” to EB-3.
EB-2 and EB-3
China: EB-2 could advance several months
at a time, while EB-3 will advance a few weeks at a time.
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