In AILA’s latest “Check-inwith Charlie” Department of State’s Charlie Oppenheim explains that thePhilippine retrogression is being caused by “heavy demand”. He says that other categories such asWorldwide EB-2 and Other Worker EB-3 are also in great demand.
Because of thisdemand he does not expect that the Philippine EB-3 date will move forward at anytime in Fiscal Year 2015 (Oct 1, 2014 – Sept 30, 2015). The date may even cut-off this summer. Charlie’s phrase is “further corrective action”.
There remains optimismthat there will be a progression of Philippine EB-3 dates with FY 2016, whichbegins October 1, 2015. From 2008-2014,barely any Philippine EB-3 visa applications were filed, mainly because of therecessed US economy. It therefore standsto reason that any jump in dates that reaches 2008, will progress forward to2014.
Accordingly, MU Lawexpects that the Philippine EB-3 number will return to 2014 before the end ofthis year. However if Philippine EB-3demand continues the Philippine EB-3 number may eventually retrogressnegatively, although it is too early to specifically estimate Visa Bulletindates in calendar year 2016.
One note of interest from a recent DC Circuit case, Xie v. Kerry. The DC Circuit told the DOS to clarify how it applies the Visa Bulletin. The outcome of this remanded case could conceivably alter the way that the Visa Bulletin is compiled.
One note of interest from a recent DC Circuit case, Xie v. Kerry. The DC Circuit told the DOS to clarify how it applies the Visa Bulletin. The outcome of this remanded case could conceivably alter the way that the Visa Bulletin is compiled.