Tuesday, June 4, 2019

VISA BULLETIN PREDICTIONS: PHILS EB-3 TO BE CURRENT

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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