EB3 category in Visa Bulletin is moving fast.Is backlog finally clearing?

[LanaMay 5]

Hi everyone,

I have been keeping track of visa bulletin as probably many of you out there, and as you know it's progress is painfully slow.

Recently EB3 line seems to be speeding up significantly.

In 2012 it moved on average only a little over 4 weeks ahead every moths.Than this year it moved up 5 weeks in January,6 weeks in both February and March,8 weeks in April and than... I can not really believe it ))), 6 months in May and 8 month in June!!!

Even with all this progress it is still only got to June 2008, but projection for next months is February 2009!!! My priority date is November 2009))) The way it was explained in this blog I read,it is because of of 18 000 additional visas (spillovers) from family based to employment based category.USCIS seems to have slowly started applying these spillovers to EB categories.

Can anyone confirm those dates are real from your own experience? Visa Bulletin seems to be a legitimate source, but still can not believe it is not a joke.

[Lisa Anderson 0]

Hi everyone,

I have been keeping track of visa bulletin as probably many of you out there, and as you know it's progress is painfully slow.

Recently EB3 line seems to be speeding up significantly.

In 2012 it moved on average only a little over 4 weeks ahead every moths.Than this year it moved up 5 weeks in January,6 weeks in both February and March,8 weeks in April and than... I can not really believe it ))), 6 months in May and 8 month in June!!!

Even with all this progress it is still only got to June 2008, but projection for next months is February 2009!!! My priority date is November 2009))) The way it was explained in this blog I read,it is because of of 18 000 additional visas (spillovers) from family based to employment based category.USCIS seems to have slowly started applying these spillovers to EB categories.

Can anyone confirm those dates are real from your own experience? Visa Bulletin seems to be a legitimate source, but still can not believe it is not a joke.

The Visa Bulletin is THE source. It is published by the Dept. of State and they decide immigrant visa availability. So you should believe what is happening is true.

Here are a couple of links for your reference:

www.visapro.com/Visa-Bulletin-Employment.asp

www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5993.html

Edited June 12, 2013 by Lisa Anderson