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Saturday, October 11, 2014

HUGE RETROGRESSION INDIA EB-2 CATEGORY - November 2014 State Department Visa Bulletin



The US State Department released the November 2014 Visa Bulletin. The most shocking part of the new Visa Bulletin was the massive Retrogression of the EB-2 category for Indians, setting back the category 4 years and 3 months. On the other hand other EB-2 and EB-3 categories made meaningful moves forward. The Family-Based categories moved forward slowly as well.


Family-Based Preference Categories

  • Family-Based First Preference (FB-1)
    • For all countries exception those below: 2 weeks forward
    • China: 2 weeks forward
    • India: 2 weeks forward
    • Mexico: 2 weeks forward
    • Philippines: 1 month forward

    • Family-Based Second Preference (FB-2)
    • FB-2A:
      • For all countries exception those below: 1 month forward
      • China: 1 month forward
      • India: 1 month forward
      • Mexico: 2 months forward
      • Philippines: 1 month forward

      • FB-2B:
        • For all countries exception those below: 2 months forward
        • China: 2 months forward
        • India: 2 months forward
        • Mexico: 5 weeks forward
        • Philippines: 2 weeks forward

      • Family-Based Third Preference (FB-3)
        • For all countries exception those below: 1 week forward
        • China: 1 week forward
        • India: 1 week forward 
        • Mexico: 1 week forward
        • Philippines: 1 week forward

      • Family-Based Fourth Preference (FB-4)
        • For all countries exception those below: 2 weeks forward
        • China: 2 weeks forward
        • India: 2 weeks forward
        • Mexico: 2 weeks forward
        • Philippines: 3 weeks forward



      Employment-Based Preference Categories

    • Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5)
    • All categories current

    • Employment-Based Second Preference (EB-2)
    • All categories current except:  

    • China: 5 weeks forward 

    • India: MOVES BACKWARDS 4 YEARS 3 MONTHS!

    • Employment-Based Third Preference (EB-3)
    • For all countries exception those below: 8 months forward

    • China: 9 months forward

    • India: 1week forward

    • Mexico: 8 months forward

    • Philippines: 8 months forward

    • Other workers
    • All: 8 months forward

    • China: No change

    • India: 1 week forward

    • Mexico: 8 months forward 

    • Philippines: 8 months forward

    • Employment-Based Fourth Preference (EB-4)
    • All categories current 

    • Employment-Based Fifth Preference (EB-5)
    • All categories current

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