September 2015 Visa Bulletin: Major Retrogression in EB-2

The last bulletin of the fiscal year reports that both EB-2 India and EB-2 China retrogress to 01/01/2006, representing backward movement of 33 months and approximately 8 years respectively for these two countries. For future predictions, read my earlier blog entry.

Family visa categories continue to advance moderately.

FAMILY	Other Countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	12/15/07	12/15/07	12/15/07	11/15/94	10/22/00
F2A	03/01/14	03/01/14	03/01/14	02/01/14	03/01/14
F2B	12/22/08	12/22/08	12/22/08	07/15/95	09/08/04
F3	05/08/04	05/08/04	05/08/04	05/22/94	09/15/93
F4	01/15/03	01/15/03	01/15/03	03/15/97	03/01/92

1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens (about 23,000 per year).

2A: The 2 "A" preference is for Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.

2B: The 2 "B" Preference is for Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.

3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens.(about 23,000 per year)

4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens.(about 65,000 per year)

EMPLOYMENT	Other Countries	China	India	Mexico	Philippines
EB1	C	C	C	C	C
EB2	C	01/01/06	01/01/06	C	C
EB3	08/15/15	12/22/04	12/22/04	08/15/15	12/22/04
Other Workers	08/15/15	01/01/04	12/22/04	08/15/15	12/22/04
EB4	C	C	C	C	C
EB5	C	09/22/13	C	C	C

1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability aliens, multinational companies executives/managers, outstanding prof./researchers)

2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.

3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers (Unskilled.)

4th: "Special Immigrants" (Religious & others)

5th: Employment Creation (Investors)