The
Department of State’s Visa Bulletin guru, Charlie Oppenheim, hosts regular
meetings with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Mr. 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
May he presented at the Federal Bar Association – Immigration Law where he
outlined his expectations for future Visa Bulletins.
Here
are some of his expectations:
Philippines
Philippines
EB-3 will become current with the publication of the July Visa Bulletin. It is expected to remain current well into
the next fiscal year. Philippines EB1
and EB-2 will also remain current.
India
Both
EB-2 and EB-3 categories will only have slow progressions for the foreseeable
future. While lower Worldwide EB-2
demand may allow some advancement, it does not appear that this will be the
case or EB-3. EB-1 will also not
advance, although EB-1 should return to Feb 2017 with the start of the next
fiscal year.
China
China
EB-3 should advance into 2016 with the next Visa Bulletin. China EB-2 will move into late 2016. The inversion of these dates is no longer
likely.
Worldwide
EB-3 will remain
current for the foreseeable future. EB-2
may have a slight retrogression later in the summer. The EB-1 date will remain unmoved.
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