December 2009 Visa Bulletin – One-week Forward Movement for EB-3 India
The December 2009 Visa Bulletin was released today by the State Department. The third visa bulletin for the fiscal year 2010 does not bring much movement. In fact, the only movement in the EB categories is a one week only forward movement in EB-3 India. All other categories, including EB-3 Rest of World (ROW) remain unchanged. Here is a summary of the December 2009 Visa Bulletin:
- EB-1 remains current across the board.
- EB-2 remain unchanged – EB-2 ROW remains current, EB-2 China remains unchanged at April 1, 2005 and EB-2 India remains at January 22, 2005.
- EB-3 ROW remains unchanged at June 1, 2002, EB-3 China remains unchanged at June 1, 2002, while EB-3 India moves forward by one week to May 1, 2001.
- Other worker visa numbers remains unchanged at June 1, 2001, except for India which moves forward by one week to May 1, 2001.
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