Im expecting more tightening of the visa availability

I think they will jump a few months

@J A meaning further retrogression ? 😕

@Barbara b I hope it jumps to early 2021

Normally at the last few months of the fical year the availability of visa is so low already its either they move forward, stall or retrogress. If you look at the data and most predictions the probability of it retrogressing is higher so my bet would be the start of the fiscal year which is October

I believe August will be same as July.

@T T me too my PD is 03/2021

Visa Bulletin probably won't move

if they’ve issued only 4000 visa till date why won’t it move ? If it doesn’t move, won’t the available visas go to waste ?

i heard they only issued 4000-ish green card only for this year out of 10,000 green card. Hopefully they would speed up in the upcoming months to at least catch up to that 10,000. But hope is just hope.

july 01, 2021

@ChipuKu Singer where can I confirm this info please?

@GRU Alpha where did you get this data from?

just from a livestream of an attorney.

@ChipuKu Singer do we have that data released by USCIS? If attorney can look then we can as well. Otherwise it’s hard to believe that just 4k visa was granted till almost end of the fiscal year.

@Mr X they will spend the rest for the last months of this FY 2023

Where did you hear about 4K visas?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/bdvsolutions/permalink/3641260239443206/ it’s here about the 4K

@Esther Lebron yes, I’m sure

I’d rather have it remain the same as July than further retrogression 😕

October as in the actual month of October or the October visa bulletin ? @J A

@Barbara b haha BDV? How can that be a reliable source? If they know then we should know too. I mean if USCIS has released that information then we should be able to access that too.

@Mr X BDV has a guy who was a former officer... possibly he has contacts that gives him info. But it will be so preposterous if that info is true

@Mr X I have no problems with BDV. I like the way they communicate. as @X Y said Chris is a former officer and he came with that info but he was also honest saying that it is very hard to predict right now

Chris is a former officer, you're right. It doesn't seem like he has access to any government agencies.

@Barbara b I am not saying I have problem with BDV. I am saying how can they have access to information if that’s not made public. if that’s made public I might not be aware about it.

@Barbara b is it for eb3 unskilled or just eb3 alone?

Let see, the last months of the end this FY 2023 will jump 1,5 years. I’m sure

@Mr X In the video he explains about the source

@jjw A unskilled :)

do you have like a Youtube link for that ? I can’t access the Facebook group ? @Barbara b

@Mr X no way he doesn't still have friends over there..... his numbers might not be "official" but they might be what he was told. Again, it's going to be such a letdown if this is true though

@Z Q I doubt 2023 can move like that again... best case is they will move it back to June 2020 where it was before and rush through those with CRPs

@X Y if that number is true then how about they moving the date forward and giving GC to all those whose case were pending till visa becomes current?

The start of the problem with EB3 Unskilled isn't really that there are too many applicants beyond quota. It is because USCIS/DHS failed to use enough visas available during previous years especially during covid years... and now there are so many carryovers from 2018-2020. And those unused visas were not carried over... just wasted

they’re still have alot of visa available

@T T https://youtube.com/@BDVSolutions not sure if this one is there but here is their YouTube page

@Z Q Then why don’t they distribute? still a lot of people are there with PD before 2020. Still if visa will be more then why are they still retrogressing? so that 4000 figure doesn’t make sense.

@Mr X you can ask them, nobody know about that.

based on USCIS’s data, the maximum number of EB3 unskilled green cards given out was around 4900 which was in 2019. there were certain years where they didn’t even give up to 500. again, the 10k maximum was set as a deterrent; not a goal because if that was the case, we wouldn’t be dealing with backlogs of any kind in our category.

I just watched the video on YouTube He said 3 to 4 to 5k He didn't give an exact number. I'd say 5k makes sense There's noway there are 10k approved I140 prior to Jan 2020 still pending I485 adjudication. And he also opined there might be fire brigade approvals towards end of 2023 fiscal year. Perhaps it will move forward. Let's keep fingers crossed

@X Y yes, it will move forward

It will forward maximum December 2020, then again 1 year retrogression.

@Z Q When? after new fiscal year or before?

@Alex brown based in?!

new fiscal year 2024. EB3 unskilled will never be current upcoming years , just forward 6 to 12 months ahead

@Alex brown You must be an USCIS officer. 👮‍♀️

@Alex brown I hope you are wrong lol

Based on my research, Im pretty sure the 10k green card IS indeed the limit for other workers category AND what they aim to hit as close as to that number every year too, not just only being the limit. So, like a guy who commented earlier, I really hope that there will be a fire bridage approvals in the next couple months. I wish the best to everybody. It just doesnt make sense not only for us but also for the sponsored-employer to wait freaking years to get some labor.

@ChipuKu Singer when I heard Chris saying about the 4/5 thousand approved so far I was wondering why since we are under retrogression for almost a year. why it takes so long for them to clear it up? so in my mind if they only approved 4/5K they will try to speed it up to reach the 10K until September. let’s see! can’t wait to close this chapter.

Altogether, if this is all true The decision to move it from June 2020 back to Jan 2020 makes no sense at all then! Like it was actually a wicked thing to do. Let's see what happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qx5bprGzf4

check this above link seems like their predictions was right on last October as well

@Danial dd They predicted it will go to March 22. Isn’t to too much? But I hope this prediction gets correct.

No offense at all but 2 years jump just doesnt seem right lol for right now. But i do hope this is true.

@Alex brown never 6-12 months. At least 1,5 years

good afhenoon

hey guys! are you all already working for your sponsor? if so how long have you been working for them?

@Esther Lebron same here!

@jjw A @Barbara b @ChipuKu Singer @Danial dd hi how are you, the july visa bulletin say this "Employment Third Preference Other Workers Category: Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997, as amended by Section 1(e) of Pub. L. 105-139, provides that once the Employment Third Preference Other Worker (EW) cut-off date has reached the priority date of the latest EW petition approved prior to November 19, 1997, the 10,000 EW numbers available for a fiscal year are to be reduced by up to 5,000 annually beginning in the following fiscal year. This reduction is to be made for as long as necessary to offset adjustments under the NACARA program. Since the EW final action date reached November 19, 1997 during Fiscal Year 2001, the reduction in the EW annual limit to 5,000 began in Fiscal Year 2002. For Fiscal Year 2023 this reduction will be limited to approximately 150" what does For Fiscal Year 2023 this reduction will be limited to approximately 150 mean?

@Barbara b 9 months now.

I am in US and my I-130 priority date is jun2021 but I filled I 485 on March 2022. which one will be count as priority date for visa bulletin? (F2A category)

@T T Lawer said we have to keep working for one more year after GC. is that true?

lawyer **

@Barbara b No, What is the logic behind that? During Naturalization?

@Barbara b I don’t know about that but I’m definitely leaving after I finish my one year. With or without my greencard.

@Mr X I think so! but it doesn’t make any sense for me. I’ll leave once I receive my doc.

@T T I think I’ll wait until my card 😓

hello misted

My PD is March 16, 2020. Can anyone estimate the time to get interview letter?

@Abu Md Anisuzzaman You're current and not getting an interview? Are you Consular from South East Asia?