Visa Bulletin for April 08: India Gets Unused EB2 Quota

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    The Department of State released the latest Visa Bulletin for April 2008 on March 14.
    There are few changes for applicants born in mainland China filing employment-based immigration petitions. However, there is a big leap in EB-2 for applicants born in India as DOS allotted the unused EB-2 numbers in the previous calendar quarter to the India EB2 applicants.

    The following are cut-off dates for employment-based immigration petitions. Dates in the parentheses are cut-off dates for February 2008.

    For people born in mainland China:
    EB1: Current (Current)
    EB2: December 1, 2003 (December 1, 2003)
    EB3: February 8, 2003 (December 1, 2002).

    Cut-off dates for people born in India:
    EB1: Current (Current)
    EB2: December 1, 2003 (Unavailable)
    EB3: October 1, 2001 (August 1, 2001).

    All chargeability areas except China, India, Mexico and Philippines:
    EB1: Current (Current)
    EB2: Current (Current)
    EB3: July 1, 2005 (January 1, 2005)