Employment Based Visa Bulletin March 2011

The Department of State released the new visa bulletin for March 2011 (http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5337.html) on February 11, 2011.

Employment Based Visa Bulletin for the month of March 2011:

The EB-1 category is current for both Chinese and Indian nationals. In the EB-2 category, the cut-off dates moved forward 7 days for Chinese nationals (from July 1, 2006 to July 8, 2006), and still remained unchanged for Indian nationals (May 8, 2006). In the EB-3 category, the cut-off dates moved forward from January 1, 2004 to January 22, 2004 for Chinese nationals and moved forward from February 22, 2002 to March 15, 2002 for Indian nationals.

Employment Based Visa Bulletin for the month of February 2011:

EB-1 category was current for both Chinese and Indian nationals. In the EB-2 category, the cut-off dates moved forward 9 days for Chinese nationals (from June 22, 2006 to July 1, 2006), and still remained unchanged for Indian nationals (May 8, 2006). In the EB-3 category, the cut-off dates moved forward from December 15, 2003 to January 1, 2004 for Chinese nationals and moved forward from February 1, 2002 to February 22, 2002 for Indian nationals.