Charlie Oppenheim, the officer at the Department of State in charge of visa numbers and the Visa Bulletin, recently released an update to his predictions for the upcoming months. Below is a summary of some of that update.
Family Based Visa Numbers
According to Charlie, in September most of the family-based categories will likely hold or retrogress from where they are in August. Only F-4 Worldwide has the potential to advance in September. Charlie expects a full recovery from retrogressions in all of the family-based categories in October, with the exception of F-4 China and F-4 India which will take some time. Beginning in November 2015, beneficiaries of F-4 China and F-4 India started responding to NVC Agent of Choice letters in larger numbers, which has given Charlie better visibility into the demand in these categories, but ultimately resulted in the retrogression of these cut-off dates.
It should be noted that when we state that there will be a “full recovery” Charlie is not saying that the categories will become current, but that they will go back to their pre-August 2015 dates.
Employment Based Visa Numbers
CHINA:
The Final Action date of January 1, 2010 that was imposed in June for both EB-2 and EB-3 China remains the same in August with no forward movement in either of these categories expected this fiscal year (which ends on September 30, 2016).
EB-2 should recover partly in October, 2016 and should fully recover to its previous dates by the end of this calendar year.
INDIA:
EB-3 India should advance modestly into a 2005 Final Action date in September. EB-2 India will continue to track one week ahead of the EB-3 India Final Action date in September.
EB-2 will advance in October 1, 2016 with the new fiscal year, and should fully recover by December of this year.
WORLDWIDE:
EB-3 Worldwide has been hovering close to “current” for some time, and is expected to do so through at least October.
Eb-2 was retrogressed in August to February 1, 2014 with the hope of holding number use to within the EB-2 annual limit. That date should hold in September and is expected to fully recover to “current” in October.
Immigration Briefs 
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my parents are u.s. citizen my father applied for green card f3 category 2012 April priority date .I am in US b1/b2 visa with only my kids any possibility to get my green card soon .can I get adjustment of status pls guide me.
Thank you for the comment. Right now, for most countries, the F3 category is in 2004. This means it is quite a long wait (up to 10 more years for you) before it would be possible to even file the I-485 based upon that category. There may be other options open to you depending on your work, etc. However we would need to discuss those over email or phone. You can find my email on the blog website if you wish
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happy to hear some positive reply from you.when can I apply for adjustment of status and I am a diploma in hotel management by profession.please advice me your opinion
I would be happy to help you in this regard if you could email me at adam.frank@leavyfrank.com. Thank you.