AILA recentlypublished its May“Check-In with Charlie”. The Check-Inis a Q&A with the Department of State’s Chief of the Visa Control andReporting Division. Charlie isultimately the person responsible for the publication of each month’s VisaBulletin. This month’s Check-In providedthese insights into the Visa Bulletin for Beneficiaries of the most commonemployment-based immigrant visas.
India. The EB-2 date will only advance slowly forthe remainder of the US Fiscal Year, i.e. until October 1, 2016. The EB-3 date will also move slowly for therest of this fiscal year.
China. EB-2China has a more favorable date than EB-3 China. This is expected to remain in place for theremainder of the fiscal year. SinceChina EB-2 is now more favorable than China EB-3, it is expected that EB-3 “downgrades”will end.