Family Based F2A PD Retrogressed to May 1, 2012, how is that?

[vkrishn 97]

As of Nov 2013, number of pending cases as per DOS:-

F1: 279,693

F2A: 238,417

F2B: 467,642

F3: 804,202

F4: 2420,977

total cases: ~4 Million pending in the family based category and here 10K got spilled over from FB to EB(After taking in to country cap and so forth) and weren't used in FB? Really?

[sbai2000 31]

@jan22 - well this is America and everyone is allowed to have an opinion......but in my book, making a category current to increase demand is the definition of manipulation; approving 2014 I-130s when 2013 applicants have not been touched is manipulation; retrogressing a category to slow down the pace of completed cases at NVC is manipulation. That's a fact - not paranoia.

DOS knew full well that a very large number of the people applying when the category was current in 2013 would never make it to the interview to get a visa in 2014FY. So we are all sitting around with carrots dangling....applicants in Cali who sent their I-130 in 2014 and already have approvals are sitting around thinking that their approvals are meaningful and that they are moving closer to getting their GC!!!! NOT!

Tell me how it makes sense to be approving 2014 applicants when there are a ton of 2013 applications still waiting for approvals at VSC? This is fundamentally what causes this constant, cyclical retrogression. It will happen again in a couple of years...the 2014/2015 applicants will be told that they have to retrogress to 2013. Why? because there will be a ton of us 2013 filers still trying to get to the NVC stage in 2015, not least of all hindered by how long it took to initially approve our I-130s. Then, of course, the explanation will be that there was "not enough time to process".

Those who are "less experienced" (and your intended audience) can take comfort in reading your academic explanations of visa number allocations. Pardon me if I don't; I prefer to understand this retrogression so that my husband and I can make an informed decision as to what our next step should be.

That does not make us conspiracy theorist.

[Boiler 46,147]

The visa bulletin just shows how long those getting approved now have been waiting.

In post after post people have been told that it may or more likely may not indicate how long they have to wait.

[brits1998 3]

@jan22 - well this is America and everyone is allowed to have an opinion......but in my book, making a category current to increase demand is the definition of manipulation; approving 2014 I-130s when 2013 applicants have not been touched is manipulation; retrogressing a category to slow down the pace of completed cases at NVC is manipulation. That's a fact - not paranoia.

DOS knew full well that a very large number of the people applying when the category was current in 2013 would never make it to the interview to get a visa in 2014FY. So we are all sitting around with carrots dangling....applicants in Cali who sent their I-130 in 2014 and already have approvals are sitting around thinking that their approvals are meaningful and that they are moving closer to getting their GC!!!! NOT!

Tell me how it makes sense to be approving 2014 applicants when there are a ton of 2013 applications still waiting for approvals at VSC? This is fundamentally what causes this constant, cyclical retrogression. It will happen again in a couple of years...the 2014/2015 applicants will be told that they have to retrogress to 2013. Why? because there will be a ton of us 2013 filers still trying to get to the NVC stage in 2015, not least of all hindered by how long it took to initially approve our I-130s. Then, of course, the explanation will be that there was "not enough time to process".

Those who are "less experienced" (and your intended audience) can take comfort in reading your academic explanations of visa number allocations. Pardon me if I don't; I prefer to understand this retrogression so that my husband and I can make an informed decision as to what our next step should be.

That does not make us conspiracy theorist.

sbai2000, I agree with especially the fact that we still not getting any published demand data for F2A category. Why is that?

[sf786 22]

Hello all....please see latest news about US immigration reform bill dated 19 May 2014.

[cp9 0]

Hello all....please see latest news about US immigration reform bill dated 19 May 2014.

Could you please post the link here?

[sf786 22]

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2014/05/19/89901/house-republicans-have-nothing-to-fear-from-supporting-immigration-reform/

[sf786 22]

https://www.google.co.in/search?q=immigration+reform+bill+latest+news&sa=X&es_sm=93&biw=1366&bih=643&source=univ&tbm=nws&tbo=u&psj=1&ei=3gZ7U_rhGcrGuATZjIE4&ved=0CCkQqAI

[DanDaniel 0]

Can somebody elaborate news about US immigration reform bill..since we are very weak on those immigration procedure!!

Many thanks in advance!