AILA has just reported that theDepartment of State’s Charlie Oppenheim spoke to the AILA Washington D.C.Chapter dinner. While his statements are not official, Mr. Oppenheim is oftencorrect with his predictions.
- The India EB-2 cutoff date is expected to retrogress fromJune 2008 (which is what it is in the November 2013 Visa Bulletin) to 2004 or2005 in December 2013. This is due in large part to Indian nationals”upgrading” from EB-3 to EB-2.
- IndiaEB-3 will continue to move very slowly.
- WorldwideEB-2 is expected to remain current.
- WorldwideEB-3 could move up to 2011 in the December Visa Bulletin.
- WorldwideEB-1 is expected to remain current.
- ChinaEB-2 will continue to move slowly.
- China EB-3 is expected to continue to be ahead of a China’sEB-2 priority date.