Immigration Law

EB-3 NUMBERS JUMP THREE YEARS

By Greg Siskind

The March Visa Bulletin has been released and there's good news for people in the EB-3 category. Those with priority dates after January 1, 2005 can now complete processing, a jump of three years. Why is this happening? Here's the DOS explanation:

The cut-off date movement for March in several Employment categories has been greater than those experienced in recent months.  Advancement of the cut-off dates at this time should prevent a situation later in the fiscal year where there are large amounts of numbers available but not enough time to use them. If the expected increase in CIS number use materializes, future cut-off date movements could slow or stop.

For those who were not able to submit adjustment cases last summer because they were waiting on a labor certification to be approved, this will be welcome news. And some of the folks who filed last summer who had old priority dates could find their cases getting finished a lot sooner than they expected.

Full post as published by Greg Siskind's Blog on February 12, 2008 (boomark / email).