今天收到律师的信。说明年一月绿卡处理有变。中国，印度，菲律宾通过工作申请绿卡的EB3类退回到1/1/2002。（注这个日期是优先日期--我的是1/23/03）。
我是在VSC申请的EB3。140，485 8/2003 同时申请，140已批。前一阵看VSC485已经处理到6/2003，刚觉得有盼头了，却收到这样的消息，真是伤心。
所以问大家
1.有谁EB3的，最近起了。priority date 是什么时候？律师说如果12月底没批的话就不知要脱多久了。
2.我记得有一阵子485申请不分国家了，律师说明年一月的Visa Bulletin做此变动，。请问大家这个绿卡处理经常变吗？Visa Bulletin一般多久出一次。
附律师的信
I would like to inform you for the recent changes in green card processing. Last week the DOS released the Visa Bulletin for Jan. 2005, which shows a retrogression to January 1, 2002 in the Employment based 3rd preference category for China, India and the Philippines.
The Visa Bulletin prioprity date chart is the DOS's notice of whether or not there is an immigrant visa number available for any given case. Availability of an immigrant visa number is determined by category of a case, the date it was first filed (priority date). and the beneficiary's country of origin. In order to file (and approve) an I-485, Application for Adjustment of Status, the priority date must be current, meaning that a visa number must be available. Your priority date is 1/23/2003. If your case is not approved by December 31, 2004, you will have to expect additional delays.