07/29/10
U.S. Department of State Makes Predictions About Cut-Off Date Movement in the Employment Based Preferences
The U.S. State Department writes the following in its December 2009 Visa Bulletin:
"Based on current indications of demand, the best case scenarios for cut-off dates which will be reached by the end of FY-2010 are as follows:
Employment Second:
- China: July through December 2005
- India: February through early March 2005 (it may progress as far as December 2005 if there are unused numbers from the EB-2 worldwide quota, even though it may exceed India's annual per-country EB-2 limit)
Employment Third:
- Worldwide: April through August 2005
- China: June through September 2003
- India: January through February 2002
- Mexico: January through June 2004
- Philippines: April through August 2005
Please be advised that the above date ranges are only estimates which are subject to fluctuations in demand during the coming months. The actual future cut-off dates cannot be guaranteed, and it is possible that some annual limits could be reached prior to the end of the fiscal year."
The solution is to file your company's employment based Immigrant cases as early as possible to establish a "Priority Date". Click for more information about the Employment Based Immigration Quota System .