Asian Journal- The Filipino-American Community Newspaper

BASED on the latest visa bulletin, hopeful immigrants, specifically, professionals or skilled workers [i.e., RNs, PTs, accountants, computer analysts, etc.] and unskilled workers [i.e., caregivers, clerks, etc.], appear to face tough times ahead. The October 2009 Visa Bulletin shows a regression on the issuance of immigrant visas for the 3rd preference employment-based category (EB-3 - professionals, skilled workers, and unskilled workers) to persons born all over the world.

Retrogression connotes "a return to an earlier and usually worse condition;" regression implies "a going backward, especially from a more advanced or better state to a less advanced or worse one."

According to the October 2009 Visa Bulletin, if you were born in the Philippines, the new cut-off dates for the EB-3 category beginning October 1, 2009 is June 1, 2002 for professionals and skilled workers and June 1, 2001 for unskilled workers.

This means that by October 1, 2009, the US government will only allocate or issue an immigrant visa to a professional or skilled worker born in the Philippines if the case of said individual has a priority date of May 31, 2002 or earlier. In the case of an unskilled worker who was born in the Philippines, the US government will only allocate or issue an immigrant visa if the case of said individual has a priority date of May 31, 2001 or earlier.

The new cut-off dates also mean that the current waiting time for Philippine-born applicants who belong to the EB-3 category is approximately seven (7) years for professionals and skilled workers and eight (8) years for unskilled workers.

Individual is in the US with a pending adjustment application but priority date is not yet current.

In this case, the regression would cause severe delay in the processing of the adjustment application. Pending approval thereof, however, the applicant is entitled to be issued and to renew his employment authorization document.

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