June 2008 Visa Bulletin – EB-3 Expected to Retrogress

The June 2008 Bulletin is out.  Among the employment-based visa numbers, there is a slight forward movement in the EB-2 category for China and India, by about 3 months, from January 2004 to April 2004.

Unfortunately, there was no movement in the EB-3 category for any country.  There were more bad news for EB-3 applicants.  According to the June 2008 Visa Bulletin, the annual cap for EB-3 cases is expected to be reached in June; as a result, the EB-3 category is likely to experience retrogressions or visa unavailability beginning in July (stay tuned for the July 2008 Visa Bulletin in mid-June).  It is expected that in October, upon the start of the new fiscal year, the cut-off dates would recover to their present date.

Read the full June 2008 Visa Bulletin.