The October 2012 Visa Bulletin was released on September 10, 2012. October is the start of the fiscal year for immigration purposes. As you may know, the EB2 employment category retrogressed a few months ago, including those in “other countries”, which has almost always been current.
Dates for EB2 India is September 1, 2004 and EB2 China is July 15, 2007. “Other countries”, the Philippines, and Mexico all had January 1, 2012 as EB2 priority dates. These are way under the predictions made for the October priority dates. The expectation for India prior to this release was 2007, 3 years less. For Indians under the EB2 category, in order to apply for a green card, or, if pending, for their green card applications to be adjudicated, the I-140 priority date should be September 1, 2004 or earlier.
Porting from EB3 to EB2 has increased the number applicants for EB2 India, putting the priority dates way back. The demand data which was released on September 10 shows that for EB2 India, there are 1,350 applicants with a priority date before January 1, 2007, 5,500 before January 1, 2008, and 20,000 before January 1, 2009.
Source: www.travel.state.gov
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