Visa Update

Additional information regarding issuance of visas.

(02/12/08) - The US State Department issued its March Visa Bulletin. The following was posted on the Hammond Law Group Blog:

"As expected, some EB categories greatly moved forward; notably processing is now available for All Other Countries and the Philippines who filed prior to January 1, 2005.EB1 - all current, as usual.EB2 - all current, except China (Dec 1, 2003), and India (U).EB3 - all countries (Jan 1, 2005), China (Dec 1, 2002), India (Aug 1, 2001), Mexico (May 1, 2001), Philippines (Jan 1, 2005)."

As most know, Nurses fall under the EB3 category. As pointed out, All Other Countries and the Philippines was moved forward to January 1, 2005. Prior to this move, the cut off date was November, 2002. There is hope that the EB3 category will be brought current later this year.


Source: American Association of Foreign Educated Nurses