I am sure that many of you do not want to hear this. But it is the actual truth. There still is no special schedule for nurses, and the Schedule A is not included in the Visa Bulletin.
That the dates are current for the month of July does not state that it is over. There is a huge number of applicants waiting for the green card, in addition to nurses, and they have been waiting as well. Remember that most that came to the US under the H1-B visa, are also included with the EB-3 caseload. And many of their attorneys are much faster at getting things done. Example: When the window opened for petitions to be submitted in April for the October 2007 H1-B visas, there were more than a 150,000 submitted in less than one day. And they were gone.
Not trying to burst any bubble, but trying to be honest on this. There are only so many visas available per year, never unlimited number. And this Bulletin does not go into effect until July 1, 2007. And those dates are only for that month and if you notice there is also mention that if the visas get used up that are there, then the dates will not remain in effect all month.
For those of you that got stopped in the processing just before your interview, this will be very beneficial for you. If your DS-230 has been approved and accepted, then this can be beneficial to you. For those that are just starting the process, remember you at the mercy of your agency and attorney and how fast that they will do things. We have seen multiple posts over the years of mistakes made with petitions that delayed things for quite a period of time. There is also a considerable raise in immigration fees going into affect at the end of July that will delay things for some people as the agencies are going to be holding back on paying of fees.
Those that have been paying their own way will find that they may get thru faster.
So please, do not make final plans to leave for the US until you actually have an interview date given to you. We saw what happened last fall to quite a few of you here.
Until there is another Schedule in place for nurses, the retrogression will not be over. Just an open window in the scheme of things, but definitely not over. Look at what happened even last month when the dates were moved up for the PD, you did not see a significant movement of anything. When money is needed to be paid by the agencies, everything drops to a crawl.
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Hello everybody. I am Nodir from Uzbekistan (former USSR). It is in the center of central Asia. I have a CGFNS and Visascreen certs. My attorney sent I-140 and USCIS received it 22nd of March 2007 (in Texas). And it is still pending. As I understand from forum it is not because of retrogression and I'll feel the effect of it after approval. Can anybody tell me?
1. When will I-140 be submitted?
2. How much approximately should I wait to receive a visa (form today)?
3. When should I file I-485? If I file it now will it expedite the process?
3. Will the information that my country is not so popular expedite my process?
Tank's beforehand and I found the site VERY VERY USEFULL.
Visa bulletin is showing a process date of 2002 so a long wait
I485 is submitted when going through AOS and currently there are no visas to adjust and no idea when the next window will open but probably looking at a few years and to go that route you need to be in the US for a few months and can not work. Is actually against immigration to go to the US and use this route. Process is different when going through consul and all that is filed is I140
Please be aware that even when and if the so-called retrogression is lifted, there is still a limit on the number of visas that the US issues per year to those from any one country. There are fewer than 10,000 issued to those from Philippines, China, and India under the EB-3 category. And this includes dependents such as spouses and children.
So with putting that into perspective, it is going to be a longer wait for some than others. Any time that you have more applicants than you have visas available, the wait is always going to be longer.
My I-140 was submitted in october 2007, please someone explain to me when my priority date would be and how long it would take for it to be approved. Also, what happens after approval?
My I-140 was submitted in october 2007, please someone explain to me when my priority date would be and how long it would take for it to be approved. Also, what happens after approval?
Thanks in advance
Your Priority Date (PD) will be the same date that USCIS received it.
How long will depend on which Service center your I-140 was sent.
If Nebraska SC - usu. 8-12 mos., If Texas SC - usu. within 6 mos.
We have a Nebraska and Texas SC tracker thread here in the Int'l forum where you and others on the same boat as you can monitor if someone with this particular PD had his I-140 approved already. You can also read from those threads how to identify if yours is in w/c one and how to instruct USCIS to just send you an e-mail for changes in your status.
It is the same for you as it is for any other nurse in the world, even Canada and Mexico.
There are no visas currently available. Much has been written on this topic, so ask that you just take the time to do a search. The retrogression has actually been in place since October 31 of 2006.
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I140 has already been submitted according to you in march and according to website it is taking approx 6 months for approval https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=TSC
Visa bulletin is showing a process date of 2002 so a long wait
I485 is submitted when going through AOS and currently there are no visas to adjust and no idea when the next window will open but probably looking at a few years and to go that route you need to be in the US for a few months and can not work. Is actually against immigration to go to the US and use this route. Process is different when going through consul and all that is filed is I140
There is no way to expediate your process