June 2015 Visa Bulletin has been released (valid from June 1 to June 30 only). Please see below for more details.
Family Based:
| Family-Sponsored | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| F1 | 01SEP07 | 01SEP07 | 01SEP07 | 15NOV94 | 01MAR00 |
| F2A | 01OCT13 | 01OCT13 | 01OCT13 | 08AUG13 | 01OCT13 |
| F2B | 15SEP08 | 15SEP08 | 15SEP08 | 08APR95 | 01MAY04 |
| F3 | 22FEB04 | 22FEB04 | 22FEB04 | 15APR94 | 15AUG93 |
| F4 | 08SEP02 | 08SEP02 | 08SEP02 | 01MAR97 | 08NOV91 |
Employment Based:
| Employment- Based | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA - mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 01JUN13 | 01OCT08 | C | C |
| 3rd | 15FEB15 | 01SEP11 | 22JAN04 | 15FEB15 | 01JAN05 |
| Other Workers | 15FEB15 | 01JAN06 | 22JAN04 | 15FEB15 | 01JAN05 |
| 4th | C | C | C | C | C |
| Certain Religious Workers | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs |
C | 01MAY13 | C | C | C |
Link: http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-june-2015.html
Also See:
- Immigration News (updated every 15 minutes): http://www.mygcvisa.com/news/
- March 2014 Demand Data: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2014/02/march-2014-demand-data.html
- May 2015 Visa Bulletin And Analysis: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2015/04/may-2015-visa-bulletin.html
1. If applicant is inside US, they will have to file I-485: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/04/how-to-file-i-485-application.html
2. If applicant is outside US, it will be sent to NVC: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/09/nvc-consular-processing-steps.html
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Bad for F2A wait time is killing
ReplyDeleteToo bad, expected alot with June, wait time continues.....
DeleteThis year F2A movement is too slow.., i don't understand how long they will divide the families.... frustration is killing.... expected alot with this bulletin....
Deleteoh my god.... this process will kill
ReplyDeleteI think they r in love with 2013, as they don't want to end it
ReplyDeleteHe he he well said, In 2013, 2014, 2015 the visa bulletin is till in 2013 for F2A, mind blowing
ReplyDeleteReally Sep Oct Nov 2013 priority dates are the worst cases in the NVC history.....
ReplyDeleteF2A people you just have to wait two years. F2B people have to wait ten years. Patience is a virtue. If your marriage is true, then you would stay together despite the years apart.
ReplyDeleteStop saying the same thing over and over again. Just wait. At least you have paperwork to enter the United States. I bet a majority of your citizens don't even have that opportunity.
Who are you to decide marriage is true or not.Though process and human relations are separate on paper they should go hand in hand for ethical reasons.So it is unethical on part of USCIS to separate husband and wife.Period.
DeleteYes, you are right, two years living in the distance does not affect your marriage at all (read with sarcasm)
DeleteWell said... you are true....
Deletewell if ur wife or husband is a resident why dont they visit you while u wait for ur papers? come on! we got ourselves in this wait for a better future, nobody said it was going to be fast, we have to be patient!! sadly we werent born in the US and this is the wait we have to wait. please reading you complaining it is getting tiring. and there are marriages that are waiting longer than only two years, there are even children without seeing their parents and that i recall it is more important than marriages. the wait is killing but learn to wait and you will be rewarded. i am waiting also.
DeleteMy thoughts exactly. I have been waiting to reunite with my mom for 9 years now and every time I come here, I always see comments of people getting frustrated for a 2 year wait. Again, patience is a virtue.
Deletewe have seen our father after 15 YEARS and my my her husband (our father) she waited for him to get his paper and then he visited us, now we are wating our papers to reunite with him in american, we are waiting two year and one more to be in america, but 15 YEARS passed!! stop crying about just 2 years, and that person is right if you marriage its genuine it will wait, STOP COMPLAINING.
DeleteToo bad, expected alot with June, wait time continues.....
ReplyDeleteVery true, they has been working with all year 2013, part fiscal year 2014 and completely FY 2015, I suposse that they will continues working with 2013 PD, to the end the current years, however we not can expect future change for them.
ReplyDeleteI am sad, because I want to be with my wife but still we need wait our opportunity. PD Dec 02 2013.
Well said, many applicants are waiting to join with their families..., really sad
DeleteHow many years they are going to be in 2013 only, i don't understand their process....
DeleteYou just have to hope and pray that when your PD becomes current you will get an interview date cause my PD is April 2008 F2B has being current since January 2015 and still haven't received IL as yet.
DeleteWe are waiting CC our case from NVC office, yesterday Sh called and the operatos said, we need wait 30 days more to receive notice from them.
DeleteSo, so, so sad... what do you think?
Just got my NVC case number. PD March 10, transferred case from Vermont to California.
ReplyDeleteCan someone tell me the fees that I should pay in this step? I got two bills, one $120.0 as Affidavit of Support Fee and one $ 325.0 for Immigrant Visa Application Processing Fee. Is that all?
DeleteYes, it is all, but when they sheduled your Interview you have to spend in medical examination and other minor expenses.
Deletefor the moment is all.
Thanks
DeleteYou have to pay &120 first for Aos then fill out the form and submit with the supporting documents. The next step is to pay $325 and fill out the IV form. Those two payments are all you need to pay.
ReplyDeleteAlright, thanks for the confirmation.
DeleteAnyone with priority date Feb2014 completed their NVC processing?
ReplyDelete**Yes, my PD is February 2014 and my case is complete. I am very worried because my daughter is turning 21 in September- which will most likely be before the case becomes current. According to the attorney CSPA does not protect her and nothing can be done to expedite my case. I am more than anxious.....
DeleteYou should still call NVC, because when you explain them your situation, they might get her an interview faster.
DeleteYes......
ReplyDeleteNo one is interested to update on this blog, people are frustrated....
ReplyDeleteIn July 2015 bulletin it will be jan or feb 2014 because all of till feb 2014 are waiting or just case complete
ReplyDeleteYes... it will move more than 3 months
DeleteAre you sure that would be good Caz I just started my F2A case it would be nice to know my family can be here in a lil over a year.
DeleteI got an email from OH Law that, USCIS Planing to move the Bulliten relase date end week of the month to have better understanding of Visa numbers. That is why USCIS Not chaning May 2015.
ReplyDeleteGood news for all
ReplyDeletehttp://www.immigration-law.com/
If they really recapture the unused visas from previous years. F2A would jump significantly. However, based on user comments, I didn't see anybody got Interview letter from October 2013. So I don't have idea whats going on....We are hoping something again maybe this time they make us happy.....
DeleteMy PD is sept 3, 2013 and i received my IL via email for June. Feeling so excited after waiting for 2 1/2 years. Keep the faith guys your time will come soon even though its very frustrating at times.
Deletehow long did it take for u to get your IL after ur PD was current?
DeletePlease what is the purpose of pay stub? Is it just to see if you currently have a job or could it be used to add up your income if you are below poverty level?
ReplyDeleteTo prove that you have a job now
DeleteThank You Mr Hardik for good news" The Oh "about Visa Bulletin Reform!
ReplyDeleteI so appreciate your help.Maybe I will see my family soon;)
I'm waiting for children F1 pd 2012.
PD: 02 Dec 2013, CC on 07 May 2015 by email, already, just waiting for Current date.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that people with priority date jan-feb-march etc recived welcome letter or completed case DOESNT mean it will be a big jump!! theres people from aug-sept-oct that completed their cases a while ago and there was not a big jump. please stop giving ppl fake hope and get them excited with bad predictions, lets just hope there is a big jump but dont say something if ur not sure, lets be patient and see what happens. dont desesperate, the wait it is sad, just enjoy your life while you wait, you will be reunited with your family soon. just dont frustrate. i am way from my family too and waiting
ReplyDeleteI think u dont love your family or husband or wife ...loll
Deletewell said.... Give hope to others.... Visa Bulletin will take a big jump in upcoming months
ReplyDeleteImmigrant Community is Anxious to Learn Whether the State Deparment Implements Immigration Actions to Ensure Use of All Statutorily Authorized Immigrant Visa Numbers
ReplyDeleteImmigrant community is more than ever waiting for the release of June 2015 Visa Bulletin to see whether the State Department is implementing immigrant visa reform mandate of the President Obama. The USCIS has been seeking stakeholders input on these issues and we have learned that the AILA recommended to implement the following reforms. We fully agree with and support the AILA's recommendations and ask the State Department to implement the following reforms which may even not require the rule-making process.
Allocate immigrant visa numbers that Congress provided for and intended to be issued, and recapture the immigrant visa numbers that were not issued in past years: As reflected in INA §201, Congress clearly indicated its intent to ensure that no available immigrant visa number should go unused. The statutory scheme sets forth a system whereby unused employment-based visas are to be passed to the family-based category and unused family-based visas are to be passed over to the employment side. Moreover, under INA §203, unused numbers within each of the family- and employment-based preferences trickle down to the next preference within the broader categories. Yet despite this clear mandate, it is reported that approximately 220,000 family and employment-based visas have gone unused. Although recapture of unused numbers has previously been accomplished through congressional action, the INA does not specifically prohibit the State Department from exercising its authority to recapture unused visas on its own. Moreover, cases indicating that recapture is not possible are limited to or based on recapture of visas under the DV lottery. Unlike the family- and employment-based preference scheme, there is no congressional mandate for unused DV lottery numbers to be carried over to the employment-based or family-based categories or vice versa.
it is reported that approximately 220,000 family and employment-based visas have gone unused.......
DeleteIf they use unused visas in family based then F2A takes a big jump more than 8 months.. Lets see will they use in June Bulletin
People are struggling to stay with their families, see they had 2,20,000 unused visas...... really mind blowing process.....
DeleteIf they dont used visa in junr they they have to use unused visa in july nd august
DeleteThey have only one option left make visa bulletin current. ..
DeleteVisa Bulletin" Current" will help US family to be together,will be humanitarian! The old visa system will go to history when immigrants was siting on the boat for years!
DeleteI check on calculator if unused visas will go to F1 for American Family
ReplyDeleteF1 will be Current!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't dream
Deletelol yeah definitely
DeleteLol f2a unused visa going to be f1 not all unused visa ... nd no f2a unused visa last years too much ..lollll
DeleteVisa bulletin may not release this month, they are planning to capture ynused visas, they are planing to see the demand, F2A will take a big jump....it is sure
ReplyDeletehttp://cis.org/vaughan/waiting-list-legal-immigrant-visas-keeps-growing
ReplyDeleteThis website said only about lot of people waiting for visa but every year there are visa limit nd they busy with illegal immigrants give them work permit ...
DeleteGood morning .
ReplyDeleteI would like to say HUGE THANKS for all people who fights :
to stop counting family members of legal immigrants toward annual visa limits.
05/08/2015: The United States Digital Services in Charge of "Technical" Part of Modernization of Immigration System
ReplyDeleteConsumers must have noticed lately that the USCIS has been going through a lot of technical changes with the online services and management of immigration business. Here is the report of 05/07/2015 from the Uniteed States Digital Services which apparently has been created by the OMB of the White House to take charge of technical reform of the immigration system. This report gives a glimpse of "What is Going on" from the ongoing technical changes with the USCIS immigration management system. This report does not help a bit to understand procedural and substantive program modernization of immigration system under the President's immigration executive actions, but at least gives some information to our "techy" readers for the direction of forthcoming technical changes to the immigration system. You can participate in this technical modernization process of the United States Digital Services. Obviously, a new "younger looking" Technical Director in the White House plays an important role. Such technical reform will bring with it some aches and pains for non-techy consumers of immigration services just as any other online services did including the government healthcare system. Amen!
Some thing is going to be happen in this month, suspense is on for Visa Bulletin.....
ReplyDeleteThey had 2,20,000 unused visas......Oh my God.... If they use it then F2A will be almost Current or move more than a year
DeleteVisa Bulletin doesn't show "June coming soon".....
DeleteI think unused visas will go to the First preference F1.
DeleteAmerican citizens are a first priority.
But I don't know...
No visa bulletin this timģe, have to wait few more days... they are planing for some thing big this time..... let's wait and watch....
Deletehow to obtain police clearance certificate for submit with IV package????...from local police station or passport office (PCC)???....India
ReplyDeleteWill they provide me without iv coversheet???
Passport clearance certificate you required, it can be issued from passport office..., no need of cover sheet, just carry your passport and local id proff, they will issue the pcc on the same day..m
DeleteWhat happen visa bulletin June ..??
ReplyDeleteNo visa bulletin this time, have to wait few more days... they are planing for some thing big this time..... let's wait and watch....
ReplyDeleteHalleluiah !!!
DeleteHi i aged out for f2A but they said i apply for CSPA. I want to know if my lawyer has to do something during the process about my age or do they decide if CSPA aplys in my case in the interview?
ReplyDeleteThis notice was published in the federal register on 12/30/2014, not too long after the President Obama released immigration action plans in November 2014. This notice is intended to solicit inputs and recommendations from the public and stakeholders on each of 18 (eighteen) items of proposed reforms for the modernization. The items 15 and 16 covered proposal for Ensuring Use of All Immigrant Visa Numbers as follows:15. What are the most important policy and operational changes, if any, available within the existing statutory framework to ensure that administrative policies, practices, and systems fully and fairly allocate all of the immigrant visa numbers that Congress provides for and intends to be issued each year going forward? [Policy and Operation Changes to Fully and Fairly Allocate All of the Immigrant Visa Numbers in Each Year]16. What are the most important policy and operational changes, if any, available within the existing statutory framework to ensure that administrative policies, practices, and systems fully and fairly allocate all of the immigrant visa numbers that Congress provided for and intended to be issued, but were not issued in past years? [Policy and Operational Changes to Recapture the Unused Immigrant Visa Numbers]
ReplyDelete05/10/2015: State Department and USCIS Joint Publishing of Notice in the Federal Register Soliciting Inputs for Modernization of "Legal" Immigration System
ReplyDelete"RECAPTURING 'UNUSED' GREEN CARDS
ReplyDeleteThe Gang of Eight's bill requires that all supposedly "unused" green cards from 1992-2013 in both the family-sponsored and employment-based categories be recaptured and issued in 2015.
Under current law, the annual cap for all preferences in the family-sponsored green card category is 226,000. Between 1992 and 2012, the U.S. failed to issue the full number of green cards in 14 of the 21 years, amounting to 298,436 green cards. These green cards would be issued in 2015.
In the employment-based category, the annual cap between 1992 and 2013 was 140,000 green cards. The U.S. failed to grant the full number of green cards in 10 of those 21 years, amounting to 404,658 green cards. But that's not all. Remember, the Gang's bill creates a new employment-based preference for spouses and minor children of employment-based green card holders. Using the same 54% from before and applying it to the 404,658 recaptured employment-based green cards, that's another 474,000 green cards that would be issued in 2015!
That makes a grand total of 1,177,000 green cards issued through this additional provision."
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/cchmielenski/may-3-2013/33-million-green-cards-10-years-heres-how.html
Wooooow, if they use in June bulletin, F2A will move more than a year....
DeleteF2A will be current id they use unused visas
DeleteSuspense going for June Bulletin, Don't know what will be the output.....
ReplyDeleteCan someone help here? I got an email to pay IV fees (PD: March 2014) but when i am logging in to CEAC site, and click on PayNow link (to pay IV fees), it is not allowing me pay. It is going back to the screen that shows AOS fees completed.
ReplyDeleteAnd Yes, i got an email on May 7, 2015
DeleteHi i aged out for f2A but they said i apply for CSPA. I want to know if my lawyer has to do something during the process about my age or do they decide if CSPA aplys in my case in the interview?
ReplyDeleteGuys no bulletin this week, we have to wait few more days, they are going to use unused visas, big jump in all the categories
ReplyDeleteAnywhere released ? I mean source of this information ???
DeleteWhere did you get this information?
DeleteI don't understand this. Where are you guys getting the intel that the unused visas are going to be used. Do you guys even think straight? Do you guys think it is that easy? To issue 1,177,000 extra visas, can you imagine how much manpower will be needed? Morons!
DeleteBczz obama law .. daca nd dapa they hold june visa bulletin but there are no any news that tell you exactly they hold june visa bulletin. . Lets see nd watch .. hope good news
DeleteGuys tell me the reason why this time visa bulletin not yet released..., i said they are working on unused visas, it may take some days to finish their work to finalise unused visas in each category...keep hope guys....
DeleteYou should add words like "I guess", "I think". Stop making prediction using an indicative mood.
DeleteF2A will be current soon....
DeleteUnused visas are going to be recapture, so visa bulletin will release late this time..., F2A going to take a long jump
DeleteYes, Authoritative source - F2A will take 3 month jump!!
DeleteHow ridiculous!
DeleteAny F2B get any Interview Letter please update.
ReplyDeleteF2A will move 4-5 months may be in June or july....
ReplyDeleteNo visa bulletin this month ( Reliable source)
ReplyDeleteGuys think about it, no visa bulletin, some thing is going to be happen... wait and watch
DeleteSir you have the wisdom of an 8 month old monkey!
DeleteWhat a reliable source!
DeleteSuspense with June Visa Bulletin....
ReplyDeleteVB is out
ReplyDeleteF2A 01 Oct 2013, only one month very sad:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-june-2015.html
June VB is out. EB2-India moved to Oct 2008.
ReplyDeleteHey every one.
ReplyDeleteJune visa bulletin in this link:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2015/visa-bulletin-for-june-2015.html?src=MyGCVisa.com
it will be available at the official US DEPARTMENT OF STATE very soon .
I'm getting this error when I try to pay my IV fee. Does anybody knows what's the problem?
ReplyDelete"This case is in the process of termination. Fee payments and online forms can no longer be accepted. If you believe you have received this message in error, or to resume processing of the case, please contact the NVC immediately."
I had that kind of problem. try log in by https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/
Deleteand choose Online choice of agent
Can't wait for july my priority date should be current. my case is complete.priority date Oct 8th 2013 . what date end of month will i get my interview letter.
ReplyDeleteyou will get IL within 2 weeks! Enjoy. i have to wait another 3 month to get IL!
DeleteI BELIEVE WITH YOU
DeleteThanks need the encouragement almost there have been separated two years now. But god is good he keeps be strong
Deleteone of the hardest things to do in this life is "WAIT".who agrees with me?
DeleteIm current!! Pd oct 1 2013 but i have not complete my case yet :(
ReplyDeleteYou are not current. Only those BEFORE Oct 01 are current. You will be current next month. Also, you might have case complete by then.
DeleteNot yet darling. in july
DeletePainful procedure, not treating as humans, atleast they should have given relief to F2A category, how can you separate husband and wife.....
ReplyDeleteDon't keep any hope on unused visas or any other thing, they don't care about Family based categories they just need the employment based..., they will prefer only employment based so they will use all the unused visa to them....
ReplyDeleteAll the F2A applicants have to wait for 2 years, it is sure... If they take big jump then they slap retrogression on our face..., as it happened in 2013
ReplyDeleteThat is so negative of you sir...while we wait,we stay positive.its a rigorous process.retrogression last year does not automatically amount to retrogression this year.things are getting better.alot of folks got visas in the past one year.there is hope
DeleteDid any of us ever imagine that they will UNUSED VISAS AT all?things are getting better in the midst of waiting.it shall work together for good.WAITING IS NOT WASTING...MY PD jan 14 2014
Interesting thing about F2A, In 2013, 2014, 2015 F2A is still in 2013 cases..... They don't want to leave 2013.........
ReplyDeleteI can't believe F2B didn't move forward even for a day ! WTF is going ?
DeleteMy priority date is sept 23,2013 in F2A n my case is complete ...jus praying and hope all goes well
DeleteCan someone help here? I got an email on 7th May, 2015 to pay IV fees (PD: March 2014) but when i am logging in to CEAC site, and click on PayNow link (to pay IV fees), it is not allowing me pay. It is going back to the screen that shows AOS fees completed.
ReplyDeleteI have the same situation. This should be temporary and happens to other people before. It should be fine in two days or so
Deleteante de pagar la cuota de lo 325, tiene que ver el formulario 261 esta lleno
DeleteYes. I have filled DS261 form and I was able to pay the fees for AOS, Anyways, I got to know that, there were some technical issues hence we were facing the problem and i have take appropriate action (sending IV fees via mail). Also, it would be great if you can communicate in English - sorry No knowledge on Spanish- i used Google translate.
DeleteWhat a disappointment!
ReplyDeleteReading some comments i have a question. Does people with Oct 01 2103 f2a is current? Or do they have to wait another month? I have that question everytime.
ReplyDeleteNo. May is current for those PD up to August 31 2013. June will be current for those PD up to September 30 2013.
DeleteOctober 01 2013 pd will be current in July when the visa bulletin will have move passed the previous cut off
Following is written in all Visa Bulletins. Hope this will give your answer's about priority date.
DeleteA. STATUTORY NUMBERS
1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during June. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations were made, to the extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by May 11th. If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The cut-off date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits. Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number.
Following is written in all Visa Bulletins. Hope this will give your answer's about priority date.
DeleteA. STATUTORY NUMBERS
1. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during June. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations were made, to the extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by May 11th. If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The cut-off date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits. Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number.
For Example: Your Priority Date: October 1, 2015.
Cut-Off Date: October 1, 2015. All the dates "Earlier" than October 1, 2015 will be current and not "October 1, 2015".
PD=April 2014, Got the NVC e-mail
ReplyDeleteWhen? My PD is april 1th, I haven't received anything.
Delete" Recapture of up to 250,000 unusued visas will very much wipe out the existing employment-based immigrant visa backlogs".....
ReplyDeletehttp://www.trackitt.com/usa-discussion-forums/i485-eb/1547838989/potential-visa-recapture-coming-amen
I don't believe for any help to make ours family together.
Child over 21 is ALIEN !
Separate is not a SUFFERING.
I will never be separate with my children more than I do :(
My children are not ALIENS to me!
;(;(;(
My heart is destroyed to wait for Family Based F1.
Guys..My PD is Nov 15 2013...I got Invoice to pay IV last week...But still i am not able to login and pay the fees....Anyone in a similar situation...???
ReplyDeleteI have sent all my docs and just have to pay IV fees and submit DS-260...
read the comments before sending question.
DeleteMay 2014 priority dates got NVC welcome letter to start paying fees and submit the documents...
ReplyDelete220,000 UNUSED VISAS SHOULD BE REALLOCATED TO EASE RETROGRESSION OF VISA NUMBERS AND WAITING DATES
ReplyDeleteLike most items paid for in the United States, visas have an exchange and return policy.
Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) ensures that no available immigrant visa number should go unused. When an immigrant visa in the Family-based category is not used, the U.S. Congress allows its usage by trickling down to another Family-preference category.
The 4th Preference category for example (Sisters and brothers of adult U.S.C citizens) has a 65,000 visa allocation, but it can use any other unused visas in the first three Family-based categories (F1 – Over 21 unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; the F2 (Second Family based subdivided into F2A – spouse and minor children of lawful permanent residents and F2B – over 21 unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents and finally the F3 – married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens.
Visa allocation for the Philippines and three other countries are always used up since there are more applicants than visa available under the yearly per-country limits (25,620).
When a visa petitioner dies, or a visa applicant does not pursue his or her immigrant visa application, that visa is not used and by regulation must be returned to the visa allocation for that year so that others may use it.
IF YOU HAVE A VISA PETITION PENDING, you may call or text us at +63-917-529-8472 on your concern.
Over the years, unused visas were never returned also called “recaptured.” Hence, the spirit and intent of Congress under Section 203 of INA is being ignored at least, violated at worst.
It is reported that approximately 220,000 family and employment-based visas have gone unused.
While in some instances, unused visas have been recaptured by congressional action, the IMA does not specifically prohibit the State Department from exercising its authority to recapture unused visas on its own initiative or even use available visas as regulations allow.
The same is true with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). In July 2007, the USCIS used up all the 3rd Preference Employment-based categories. On the first day of July 2007, the U.S. State Department reported that the EB3 category was “Current”.
The next day after the USCIS exercised its discretion to allocate the visas to those in the United States applying for adjustment of status, the State Department issued a revised Visa Bulletin showing the EB category as “Unavailable.”
Anticipating the administrative initiative to institute immigration reforms within its mandate and authority, the Obama administration (which includes the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security which in turn trickles to the consular posts/Embassies and the USCIS) is widely expected by the immigrant community to exercise its authority – without need for Congressional action – to allocate or recapture the reported 220,000 immigrant visas.
By recapturing and reallocating the 220,000 immigrant visas, the backlog or retrogression of visa cut-off dates would ease significantly.
Hopefully, the 7-year retrogression of the EB3 will return to just months of waiting and the Family-based categories specifically for the F2A, F1, F2B, F3 and F4 will move forward faster.
Stay tuned, mga Kavisas or call/text us at 0917-529-8472 for immediate answers.
They don't care the families, they will not use any unused visas, they will not move the dates faster...
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DeleteHello my PD 07th May 2014...just got email from NVC to pay fee n support all documents...F2a category...so happy
ReplyDeleteim not exited for a jump because i am scared they will make a retrofression, lets just wait for what happens and have hope it moves fast. remember before last retrogression they didnt give visas to all the current people so i dont want tonwant for a big jump but i dont know how this works, we should just wait...
ReplyDeleteHello my pd March 2014 I got case number and invoice number
ReplyDeleteWhat is my next step ....help me please
Here are the steps if this helps you. http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/interview.html
DeleteGuys plz update about interview letter....pd sep2013 to nov2013
ReplyDeleteOctober to December. . Not now end of this month
DeleteI just got email with CC from NVC, PD 02 Dec 2013
Deletewhat is CC
Delete" The statutory scheme sets forth a system whereby unused employment-based visas are to be passed to the family-based category and unused family-based visas are to be passed over to the employment side. "
ReplyDeleteSounds good ;)
Any update on F2B anyone got IL as yet.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone from India who have submitted iv packet plz help... We need to submit police certificate with iv packet....so from where to get police certificate? From police station or from passport office???..
ReplyDeleteAnd wt documents do I need to get it?
Thanks
Yo need to obtain PCC from both passport office and from district SP offices.Folow this link http://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/pccOnlineApp to apply for PCC from passport office.And for clearance from SP office, visit district SP office in direct and apply.
Deletedid u sent the iv packet?....and wt documents do i need to get this certy?...i hv not paid iv fees yet.....so do i need coversheet or any communication from NVC to obtain police certificate.....i only have welcome letter and paid aos fee,sent aos docs and ds261(Choice of Agent)....
Deleteyes..I have sent the packet.You don't need any document from NVC to obtain PCC.For obtaining PCC from passport office,take an appointment from passport seva kendra and visit with your passport.PCC will be issued on the same day itself.And to get from SP office, visit district SP office and give an application for PCC.They will issue PCC after back ground checking with your local police station.this may take 1 or 2 week.
DeleteCall nvc bczz i heard that india special mumbai dont need to pcc now . But u have to bring during interview. I heard from other blog. But i suggest that call nvc for conform. .
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ReplyDeletePD 13 jan 2014..
Case complete May 11 2015
waiting for interview letter. Any prediction when will I receive IL???? Thanks
How you knew that your case is complete?
Deletei am on same boat as you nigga
Deletesame as you.PD JAN 14 2014.
Deletecase complete April 18.i will inform as soon as i get interview letter...
PD June 2014. Just completed choice of agent, Whats next? F2A
ReplyDeleteAny update for F2B category.
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