Questions on the July Visa Bulletin Update

Several of our readers are asking about the effect of the
July Visa Bulletin Update on the status of the priority dates. The Department of State was forced to retract
the first announcement due to the unprecedented use of about 60,000 employment
visa numbers even before the update took effect. The visa limit for the fiscal year 2007 has
been made available for the employment based category, and will open again in
October for the fiscal year 2008.

Since the visa numbers were allocated and made available in
July for the fiscal year 2007, it is advised that anyone who is scheduled for a
consular interview this month should go. It was confirmed that those who got an appointment interviews for this
month will have their visas available for them.

It is still not very clear as to whether the USCIS will
return the previously filed applications in response to the July Visa Bulletin
posted in June. However, there is a big
chance that once the application is received within the first week of July that
it will not be returned. Despite the
Department of State’s announcement of the July Visa Bulletin Revision, the
posted update for July made in June remained unchanged. The DOS only wants to inform the public that
however the visa priority dates are current and available, that they can no
longer authorize further applications made after July 2^nd. This is hopefully a step in resolving the
retrogression starting the fiscal year 2008.

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