Green card applications based on employment petitions rely on the visa bulletin to determine whether one can already apply. The visa bulletin is updated monthly, and is categorized into India, China, Mexico, and “Other Countries” corresponding to different types of employment-based petitions such as the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 etc. The availability and priority dates of these are determined by quotas, availabilities, and backlogs in the immigration service.
Charlie Oppenheim, the chief of the Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division of the U.S. Department of State, recently pointed out that there has been a decline in filings for the EB-1 category. He mentioned that this decline started in October 2010 and he does not anticipate any changes in the future. This led to at least 12,000 visa numbers being available to be disbursed to other visa categories. In particular, he specified that the EB-2 category for India will be advanced in May and may also lead down the road to EB-3 advancement.
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