F2A Category Likely to Retrogress to 2012

[Niraj 4]

Bad News for F2A Filers Charles Oppenheim, Chief of the Immigrant Visa Control Unit at the U.S. Department of State (DOS), recently provided expectations for cutoff date movement for the remainder of fiscal year 2014 (FY14).

The family-based, second preference "A" (FB2A) category is for a foreign national being sponsored as the spouse or (unmarried, minor) child of a lawful permanent resident (LPR or "green card" holder). The DOS predicts that, at some point during the 2014 summer, FB2A for worldwide, or rest of the world (ROW), is likely to retrogress by more than a year, to 2012 priority dates. FB2A Mexico, which already has rolled back to April 2012, is expected to experience further retrogression in the very near future.

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[bobototokoko 0]

that doesnt make any sense and here is my reason why......this category (F2A) was made current back in the summer of 2013 and therefore the NVC has been catching to meet all the filers up to that date. The visa bulletin has been showing sep 2013 as the priority date because thats when they were all out of visa numbers and the backlog started again,,,,,so if all priority dates are current before sep 2013 how can they retrogress to 2012 ?

[happywife_08 8]

its a sad fact... likely to retrogress ... feeling depressed...

[IrisD 1]

Hey,guys,let's be optimistic here,even if the bulletin is retrogressed to 2012,how many of 2012 filers have left?I don' t think that a lot,most of them got their visas hopefully)))so the bulletin will start to move farward with a new fiscal year,hope and pray.I wish good luck to all of you!!!

[Panda123 1]

that doesnt make any sense and here is my reason why......this category (F2A) was made current back in the summer of 2013 and therefore the NVC has been catching to meet all the filers up to that date. The visa bulletin has been showing sep 2013 as the priority date because thats when they were all out of visa numbers and the backlog started again,,,,,so if all priority dates are current before sep 2013 how can they retrogress to 2012 ?

Do not forgot that cut-off date became current on September 2013 because USCIS did not have enough approved petition and NVC had free visa number. So now USCIS approve more that enough petition and on the other hand lot of people in the USA adjusted their status. What I mean lot of people who were in the USA August and September 2013 married and fill out I 130 and I 485 /I 485 adjustment status/. In the same time Lot of people came in he USA married for LPR. We do not how many people adjusted their status. That is the key!

My husband obtained his GG - 12/12/2012

Married 12/19/2012 in Chicago

My PD - 12/21/2012

Petition was approved 08/2013

Came with B2 in USA 09/11/2013

I 485 - fill out 09/26/2013

green card from - 04/1/2014

Regards,

[happywife_08 8]

Hey,guys,let's be optimistic here,even if the bulletin is retrogressed to 2012,how many of 2012 filers have left?I don' t think that a lot,most of them got their visas hopefully)))so the bulletin will start to move farward with a new fiscal year,hope and pray.I wish good luck to all of you!!!

yah... but why need to retrogress for more than a year, thats too much.. if thats the case,really .need to wait for oct ...

[Mockingjay 10]

I dont believe it will retrogress as far as 2012 cause if yes why they have to wait july and not retrogress together with mexico?

[Mahadi 0]

My PD is 04/16/2012, I don't understand what about me?

[aaron2020 11,651]

that doesnt make any sense and here is my reason why......this category (F2A) was made current back in the summer of 2013 and therefore the NVC has been catching to meet all the filers up to that date. The visa bulletin has been showing sep 2013 as the priority date because thats when they were all out of visa numbers and the backlog started again,,,,,so if all priority dates are current before sep 2013 how can they retrogress to 2012 ?

There are still too many qualified people who have current PDs who have not received their visas and there are not enough visas for all of them. By retrogressing the PD, some of these people will have to wait since visas cannot be given to them. This allows those with earlier PDs to get the visas that are available so they scan immigrate before people who PDs are later.

You are working under the erroneous assumptions there are enough visas for all those with a current PD right now.

[DanDaniel 0]

Dear Friends,

Please refer to the below link.

http://blog.mygcvisa.com/

[simmus0000 4]

Very sad as my pd is may 16 2013 and my case is still in NVC.

[sbai2000 31]

I'm with bobototokoko,.......I still don't understand how F2A can retrogress all the way back to 2012.

My understanding was that part of the reason the category became current in August 2013 was because there was a low demand. That means all the "low demand" numbers from 2012 should have been processed before august 2013 when the category became "current". Its the new applications with PD from 2013 that I would think would run out of visas number due to high demand????

the only way that we have to go back to 2012 is if there are applicants from 2012 who have sat on their applications and have not completed the nvc stage? Is that possible? is there not a time period within which you must address your noa2???

Am I missing the obvious?

[DanDaniel 0]

I'm with bobototokoko,.......I still don't understand how F2A can retrogress all the way back to 2012.

My understanding was that part of the reason the category became current in August 2013 was because there was a low demand. That means all the "low demand" numbers from 2012 should have been processed before august 2013 when the category became "current". Its the new applications with PD from 2013 that I would think would run out of visas number due to high demand????

the only way that we have to go back to 2012 is if there are applicants from 2012 who have sat on their applications and have not completed the nvc stage? Is that possible? is there not a time period within which you must address your noa2???

Am I missing the obvious?

it is important to understand that these are only predictions that F2A might retrogress back to 2012, not guarantees..Just monitor VB!!

[chanhphamvn 5]

it is important to understand that these are only predictions that F2A might retrogress back to 2012, not guarantees..Just monitor VB!!

hi there

i think they will go back 2012 and then they will move forward SEP 8 2013 again look like FY 2006 ,Hope so

[sbai2000 31]

@ DanDaniel - i think you can assume that we are all monitoring VB. That's a given!

However, it was Charles Oppenheim who said that F2A would retrogress to 2012 for ROW...so that's not just casual speculation!! All his insights over the past year have been accurate because he should know - afterall he does head the Visa Control and Reporting Division at the state Dept.

i would still like to understand how F2A category can retrogress to 2012.