strynz Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Information from ********* : _______________ 09/15/2011: FY 2011 Employment-Based Visa Numbers Exhausted as of 09/15/2011 and No EB Visa Number Will be Authorized to USCIS Until 10/03/2011 AILA has reported that the State Department notified today the USCIS that no EB visa numbers would be authorized effective today because all the FY-2011 Employment Based visa numbers have been exhausted. The visa numbers will thus start being authorized beginning from 10/03/2011, the first business day of October when the October Visa Bulletin visa cut-off takes effect. Accordingly, the USCIS office will not be able to ask the EB visa number authorization to the State Deparment from today and until October 3, 2011. They will start authorizing visa number request by the USCIS offices beginning from October 3, 2011 covering all the eligible cases which had been entered into the pending Demand from 09/15/2011 through 09/30/2011 and those within the October cut-off date. What does this mean? Those EB cases which could have been completed adjudicated and approved during the next 15 days (the pending Demand data for the FY 2011 between 09/15/2011 and 09/30/2011) will experience a little bit of delay in obtaining visa number allocation for them until after October 1, 2011. There is no information available about what the September 2011 EB 485 Demand Data was transmittted to the Visa Services by the USCIS. [This message was edited by Admin on September 16, 2011 at 04:24 PM.] Link to comment
Attorney_17 Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 11:54 AM To: Subject: USCIS Office of Public Engagement: Updates on Employment Based Visas and Transformation Dear Stakeholder- 1) USCIS Announces Use of Fiscal Year 2011 Employment-Based Visa Allocations The Department of State has informed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that all employment-based immigrant visas have been distributed for fiscal year 2011. Every fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th), at least 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to qualified applicants who seek to immigrate based on an offer of employment to the principal applicant. Applicants should note that USCIS will continue accepting adjustment of status applications based on the September visa bulletin through the entire month of September. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more information about employment-based immigration. To view the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin, please visit www.state.gov. Thank you for your continued interest in USCIS programs. Link to comment
halaat Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 I am current in Oct bulletin (PD June 2007) and i want to apply I485 for my wife on oct 3 or 4 2011...Can they still accept the 485 Applications ? I am confused with the term for EB Visas exhausted ..Please advice. Thanks Link to comment
strynz Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Originally posted by Murthy Law Firm Attorney 17: From: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 11:54 AM To: Subject: USCIS Office of Public Engagement: Updates on Employment Based Visas and Transformation Dear Stakeholder- 1) USCIS Announces Use of Fiscal Year 2011 Employment-Based Visa Allocations The Department of State has informed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that all employment-based immigrant visas have been distributed for fiscal year 2011. Every fiscal year (October 1st – September 30th), at least 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to qualified applicants who seek to immigrate based on an offer of employment to the principal applicant. Applicants should note that USCIS will continue accepting adjustment of status applications based on the September visa bulletin through the entire month of September. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more information about employment-based immigration. To view the Department of State’s Visa Bulletin, please visit www.state.gov. Thank you for your continued interest in USCIS programs. I am current since 2 mnths, since august bulletin with a PD of mar 07. I am stuck in ac21 RFE processing. Does this mean, I might get delayed possibly until spillover next year? since 280 visas a month starting from october will be peanuts compared to the number of people that might be in my situation. Link to comment
sidharth07 Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 hi.can any guru's explain what it means? Does it mean that any further I-485 approval will happen after 10/03? What about those I-485 which were current in april and are still pending in initial review? Link to comment
Shurap1 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Originally posted by sidharth07: hi.can any guru's explain what it means? Does it mean that any further I-485 approval will happen after 10/03? What about those I-485 which were current in april and are still pending in initial review? Well it does not matter. The fact that EB2 India has annual visa quota of 2800, USCIS do not utilize these visas in a single month, rather they distribute these visas evenly across the year. Only spill over happens in the last quarter, so even we say these visas are distributed across 9 months (excluding last quarter), each month only 300 cases will be approved max. Link to comment
simpleguy81 Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 This is little confusing.. So if only 300 cases will be approved per month - how does it affect people who are current in October 2011 bulletin? I am sure there must be many more than 300.. so will those be approved? If not, then what's the point of bulletin being current? What about people who already applied I-485 in July 2007? Link to comment
simplevini Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 My PD is 25th July 2007. I am reading about exhausted EB visas. Does it mean that dates will not move for a while now? Link to comment
Transformer Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 @simpleguy81: What's that surprises you. It's a fact that EB2 India has only 2800 Visa numbers available per year (excluding the spill overs from other categorie). If the PD is current for a particular category means you (n your dependents) can apply for 485. The 485 will not be approved until a visa number is available. That's why (lack of visa numbers)there is a huge backlog for India and China and the dates retrogress sometimes. Link to comment
simpleguy81 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 @Transformer: So, are there any estimates/predictions or educated guesses as to when 485 will be approved and/or GC received by someone who concurrently filed 140 and 485 in the July 2007 fiasco with PD May-end 2007? Link to comment
Shurap1 Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Originally posted by simpleguy81: @Transformer: So, are there any estimates/predictions or educated guesses as to when 485 will be approved and/or GC received by someone who concurrently filed 140 and 485 in the July 2007 fiasco with PD May-end 2007? Think about a lottery, thousands of them buy but only few win. Can you predict who can win? Link to comment
Transformer Posted September 21, 2011 Report Share Posted September 21, 2011 Probably another 4-6 months. It's wild guess and USCIS always defy your logic. Link to comment
vs_cl Posted September 22, 2011 Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Does this mean Nov VB EB2 India PD will retrogress? Link to comment
strynz Posted September 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2011 Originally posted by vs_cl: Does this mean Nov VB EB2 India PD will retrogress? No. This just means that if you have already filed your 485 in 2007, then priority date movement and visa bulletins don't mean much. It means that everyone will get their GCs at next year spillover and priority date movement depends on whther USCIS wants to build a pipeline or not. Link to comment
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