The biggest news this month is that the EB-1 category came current for Most Countries (but not all). Additionally, the EB-2 category remained current. Otherwise, there was movement but not much in terms of surprises. Mr. Oppenheim did ensure us that the Visa Bulletin is being processed based upon the same infomration in the past during this difficult time. However, as he is working remotely, he did not have access to the necessary databases when talking with AILA this month, so was unable to make precise predictions. Details are below:
Family Based Categories
F1: Moved forward almost three months to March 22, 2014 for most of the World EXCEPT Mexico (moved forward about 1 month October 22, 1997) and the Philippines (moved forward 6 months to September 1, 2010).
F2A: Remained Current for the World.
F2B: Moved forward two and a half months to January 15, 2015 for most of the World EXCEPT Mexico (moved forward about one and a half months to January 15, 1999) and the Philippines (moved forward 4 months to June 1, 2010).
F3: Moved forward about one and a half months to March 15, 2008 for most of the World EXCEPT Mexico (moved forward one month to June 8, 1996) and the Philippines (moved forward 6 months to November 15, 2000).
F4: Moved forward about three weeks to July 22, 2006 for most of the World EXCEPT India (moved forward about 2 weeks to January 8, 2005), Mexico (moved forward about 1 month to April 15, 1998) and the Philippines (moved forward 5 months to October 1, 2000.
UPDATE FROM DOS:
Mr. Oppenheim stated that all family categories should continue to move forward consistent with his projections last month.
Employment-Based Preference Categories
EB-1: is now CURRENT for most of the world EXCEPT China (moved forward about 1 month to July 15, 2017) and India (moved forward about three months to August 1, 2015).
EB-2: Stayed Current for most of the world EXCEPT China (moved forward about 1 month to September 15, 2015) and India (moved forward about one week to June 2, 2009).
EB-3: Stayed BACKLOGGED to January 1, 2017 for most of the world EXCEPT China (moved forward one month to May 15, 2016) and India (moved forward over one month to March 1, 2009).
UPDATE FROM DOS:
No further predictions were given this month. Hopefully Mr. Oppenheim can get us this information next month.
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