Understanding the Visa Bulletin: Employment-Based Categories

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Understanding the Visa BulletinEmployment-Based
Categories

• Immigration Attorney
• Carl Shusterman

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EB Preference Categories

• EB-1 Priority Workers
• EB-2 Advanced Degrees
• EB-3 Professionals, Skilled/Unskilled Workers
• EB-4 Religious Workers, et al
• EB-5 Investors

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Doing The Numbers

• 140,000 Persons Per Year
• Principal Derivative Beneficiaries
• 7 Per-Country Limitation
• Alternate Chargeability

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Waiting Times Looking Forward

• Monthly Visa Bulletin
• Looks Backwards
• Priority Dates PERM and I-140
• EB-3 India Frozen in Time

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Changing Categories Employment-Based

• EB-3 to EB-2 (to EB-1)
• Retention of Priority Date
• New Petition (and PERM) Required

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Immigration Reform Bill Would

• Eliminate EB Per-Country Quotas
• Exempt Many Persons from Quotas
• Recapture Unused Green Cards