State Department Prediction of Visa Cut-Off Date Movement Beyond August 2013 Through 2014
Predication:
FAMILY-sponsored: F-2A: This category has become “Current” for August, and is
expected to remain so for the next several months. This action has been taken in
an effort to generate an increased level of demand. Despite the fact that there
are large amounts of registered F-2A demand, currently there are not enough
applicants who are actively pursuing final action on their case to fully utilize
all of the available numbers.
EMPLOYMENT-based: India Second: This cut-off date has been advanced in an effort
to fully utilize the numbers available under the overall Employment Second
preference annual limit. It is expected that such movement will generate a
significant amount of new India demand during the coming months.
These changes for the Family F-2A, and India Employment Second preference
categories reflect actions which have been taken based on current applicant
demand patterns. Readers should expect that some type of “corrective” action
will be required at some point during FY-2014 in an effort to maintain number
use within the applicable annual limits. Such action would involve the
establishment and retrogression of such cut-off dates, and could occur at any
time.
What it means:
More people will be able to apply for I-485/I-765/I-131 now. However, approval
of their I-485 may take time because of the potential slow-down or backward
movement of the visa numbers ahead, sometime in 2014.
Those with pending EB-485 may be adjudicated fairly quickly because in all
likelihoods, their cases could have been pre-adjudicated. If they are served
with RFEs, unless they can send in responses very quickly, they will potentially
face a long wait for the visa number backward movement.
For August 2013 Visa Bulletin, please see:
http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html
Source:Oh Law