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06/17/2007: Background of EB-2 and EB-3 Numbers Current
Unconfirmed sources indicate that the State Department allocated the EB visa
numbers for the FY 2007 "conservatively" with the expectation that the
USCIS and USDOL would remove backlogs in a fairly rapid pace. Accordingly,
at the end of May 2007, reportedly they allocated only 50% of the total
annual quota for the EB numbers. Now, since it is not anticipated that the
USCIS will produce enmasse I-485 approvals taking out a large number of the
EB visa numbers, the State Department was afraid that unless the FY 2007
quota would be used before the end of September 2007, some of the visa
numbers would be wasted. From such judgment, the State Department had to
open the EB visa numbers current in July so that no EB visa numbers for the
FY 2007 would be wasted. Anyway, it turned out to be a good gift for large
number of EB immigrants. We thank the State Department for making a timely
and right decision.