June Visa Bulletin

From the American Association of Foreign Educated Nurses :

The June Visa Bulletin has been published. Unfortunately, there has been no changes in the status of EB-3 visas from the May Bulletin.

The only changes that did take effect was that EB-2 visas for China and India moved forward 3 months to April 1, 2004.

There are 3 pieces of legislation working its way through the US Congress.

H.R. 5924 seeks to lift retrogression for Schedule A workers. The Bill, if it becomes law, will set aside 20,000 visas annually for healthcare workers.

H.R. 5882 seeks to recapture unused visas from 1992 to 2007. These would be work-related visas. While the Bill does not single out healthcare workers, it does set a minimum of 226,000 visas to be recaptured, so there should be plenty for healthcare workers.

S 2838 "Global Competitive Act of 2008" seeks to recapture 61,000 visas for healthcare workers.