Since the BEST NEWS thread has been closed. I will be starting a new one. Topics that will be posted here would be experiences related after retrogression. What really happened to those applications that were pending before retrogression? Did the NVC completely cleared pending cases?
Based on my experience and from what i have read from other posts... I completely agree with Suzanne that NVC did not SPEEED THINGS UP and NVC did not cleared the backlog for Schedule A completely. In other words their processing is the same as even there is no retrogression for EB3. Although the good thing is that nurses were able to get interview appointments and visas.
The most anticipated date would be September 15, 2005. This will be the date (on or before) that the October VISA BULLETIN will be released. According to the Immigration and Nationality Act...October 1 marks the first quarter of the U.S. Fiscal Year 2006. It is stated on their law that new visa numbers will be released during this month.
EB3 applicants that were affected by retrogression particularly TECH workers are anxiously waiting and praying that visa numbers CUT OFF DATES will move. They are hoping that the EB3 category will change to U (unavailable) to a new cut-off date.
WHAT IS THE IMAPACT OF THIS TO SCHEDULE A???
Many are curious what is the impact of the new numbers to Schedule A/ EX Category that will be released this October. If logical analysis would be done, effect would slow down the processing of Schedule A workers because NVC resources would be allocated to other EB3 applicants.
The same logical analysis was done when the EB3 was shut down last June 2005, but it did not SPEED THINGS UP with NVC for the processing of Schedule A.
So i will agree with Suzanne that there will be no effect. Cases will be processed according to priority date or Cut Off Dates and it would still be slow.
THE GOOD NEWS FOR SCHEDULE A...
According to the law, Schedule A workers can EAT UP THE VISAS from the normal pool of visas that will be available as long as their cut-off dates are included in the EB3 visa bulletin. It means that instead of the 50k visas will be depleted, they will be depleting first the allocated visas for the first quarter of the U.S. Fiscal year 2006. More visas for Schedule A this October.
Please post questions, comments, experiences here!
Gulp!!! any ballpark estimate as to how long the recaptured 50,000 additional visas would last? till june next year? till end 2006?
:) Hi Everybody! You may want to check out http://www.shusterman.com. There is a tickler re- Senate Judiciary voted to the recapture of some 90,000 visas for EB3, etc. If this has really been approved, will these visas be for Schedule A again?
The 50,000 Schedule A numbers will provide relief to many Employment Third preference applicants, since any Schedule A applicant whose priority date is beyond the established Third preference cut-off date can be processed and charged against the 50,000 limit. It is expected that such numbers will be available on a "Current" basis throughout all of FY-2006. The DOL backlog reduction effort could have some impact on Schedule A number availability, but it would not be felt very until late in the fiscal year.
So I think we should be safe if we filed application before the next fiscal year (at the end of next year..I guess). !! This is good news at least for now:rotfl: .. I don't know what will happen after the next fiscal year though..
:) Hi Everybody! You may want to check out http://www.shusterman.com. There is a tickler re- Senate Judiciary voted to the recapture of some 90,000 visas for EB3, etc. If this has really been approved, will these visas be for Schedule A again?
I read that!! Great! I hope they will vote in favor for it.
THE best news was the lifeline for hundreds of nurses and their families,i got back to it and found it closed,it was distressing ,maybe the retrogression is over ,BUT WE are still alive we had that common link .its nice that a new thread has been started ,i am in states ,we have our green cards ,ss nos etc ,my daughter is in school ,my husband is doing well ,my son has a job, and he is studying for his college entrance, i am soon appearing for nclex rn ,good luk to dr adhikari and family ,regards to dale ,himdale.suzzanee (i value all of your commitment and comments) KID 80 SORRY FOR forgetting 2 keep in touch ,bye and god bless LUV U ALL
Instead of increasing ,the no of nurses is going down ,ie those appearing for nclex rn ,in 1995 was 75000 and in 2005 was only 65000 ,and the REQUIREMENT has possibly tripled , SO I DONT believe that there is going to be any shortfall in visas unless america decides that they dont value life and healthcare ,NEW LAWS CAN AND will BE MADE ,KID 80
Yes FY 2006 covers October 1, 2005 until September 30, 2006...
congrates boss to see you here those good always look behind to help others keep on coming and advice us we are in dead need of it seniors will be senior
suzanne:) if worst scenario..retrogession hits again.are we going to be affected even our NVC case is already completed and waiting for packet 4,tks:uhoh3:
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:) Hi Everybody! You may want to check out http://www.shusterman.com. There is a tickler re- Senate Judiciary voted to the recapture of some 90,000 visas for EB3, etc. If this has really been approved, will these visas be for Schedule A again?