March 2011 visa bulletin predictions

March 2011 visa bulletin predictions

January 27th, 2011

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March 2011 visa bulletin predictions

Update: The Visa Bulletin March 2011 has been released by State Department. Its a big disappointment for Indians again and for Chinese nationals it brought some hope.

The February 2011 Visa Bulletin was released by the State Department on 11^th January. It was a big disappointment for Indian nationals, as there was no improvement in the Priority dates.

The dates were stagnated at May 08. Though, there was slight movement in the EB3 category for India, where it moved forward by few days to 22 February 2006.

The Chinese nationals saw a slight improvement in the priority dates. For Eb2 category the dates inched by a week to 1^st July, and for Eb3 they moved to 1^st January.

See the table below for previous months.

Table: Visa Bulletin for Previous Months

Month	India EB2	India EB3	China EB2	China EB3
Aug 2010	01 Mar 2006	01 Jan 2002	01 Mar 2006	22 Sept 2003
+Sept 2010	08 May 2006	01 Jan 2002	08 May 2006	22 Oct 2003
Oct 2010	08 May 2006	15 Jan 2002	22 May 2006	08 Nov 2003
Nov 2010	08 May 2006	22 Jan 2002	01 Jun 2006	22 Nov 2003
Dec 2010	08 May 2006	22 Jan 2002	08 Jun 2006	08 Dec 2003
Jan 2011	08 May 2006	01 Feb 2002	22 Jun 2006	15 Dec 2003
Feb 2011	08 May 2006	22 Feb 2002	01 JUL 2006	01 Jan 2004

As you can see in the table above, there was no forward movement in the priority dates for EB2 category for India in the last six months.

There is very little movement in the EB3 category and was updated only thrice in the last 6 months. It inched by two weeks in one of them and by one week at two other times.

Get more information on http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5212.html

For Chinese nationals, it was a bit encouraging. Both for EB2 and EB3 categories it showed some positive movement, as the dates were updated five six times in last 6 months.

Will March 2011 Visa Bulletin augur good news for the Indian and Chinese nationals. Leave your comments in the reply section below. The March bulletin is expected to be released by 9^th Feb 2011.