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发帖数: 205 | 1 刚收到的，Fregoman 昨晚10点多发的，供参考。
TNND可能要倒退到2007年8月。移民局这帮人知道办不了还让大家叫材料，估计是财政
紧张缺钱了。
Bless all.
EB-2 priority date cut-offs for India and China are expected to retrogress
to August 2007 as early as May or June, according to Charles Oppenheim, the
State Department official responsible for the monthly Visa Bulletin. Exact
cut-off dates are not yet known and will not be revealed until at least
early April, when the State Department will issue the Visa Bulletin for May.
Cut-off dates could retrogress even more than projected.
The main reason for the retrogression is that USCIS has been processing
greater numbers of pending adjustment applications and has requested more EB
-2 immigrant visa numbers as a result. Higher demand for visa numbers in the
EB-1 extraordinary ability category is also a factor. Under immigrant visa
rules, unused EB-1 numbers “spill down” and are added to the EB-2 quota.
But with more EB-1 adjustments being filed, a surplus is unlikely.
Until recently, there had been significant priority date advancement for EB-
2 India/China, but movement stalled in the last two Visa Bulletins as demand
for the category increased. The priority date cut-off is presently May 1,
2010, where it will remain next month.
The State Department’s projections do not affect availability of EB-3
numbers or EB-2 availability for countries other than China and India.
What Foreign Nationals Should Do Now
Eligible EB-2s who were born in India or mainland China and have a current
priority date need to have an adjustment of status or immigrant visa
application filed and received by the government by April 30, 2012. Once
retrogression occurs, a foreign national whose priority date is later than
the cut-off date specified in the Visa Bulletin will be unable to file until
an immigrant visa number once again becomes available.
Those with a newly-acquired foreign spouse, a foreign spouse living abroad
and/or children under the age of 21 also need to take steps to ensure that
their family members remain eligible for permanent residence as derivative
beneficiaries.
Affected EB-2s should contact their designated Fragomen professional as soon
as possible to discuss the impact of retrogression on their cases. |
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