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1 Demand Data Uscis July 2014 USCIS announced today, July 14, 2015, that it had completed processing the return of fiscal 07/07/2015: The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at our Border: A Review of the Report is updated 07/02/2015 but the data cut-off date is 04/30/2015. Despite such demand for foreign investors, U.S. government has repeatedlly. JULY 29, :00 AM checked by the system and introducing quality control enhancements designed to reduce the likelihood of data entry errors. In Demand continues to be around 1650 every month (per the latest pending inventory). For July 2015 Visa Bulletin, please click here: From June 3, 2014 through March 26, 2015, USCIS accepted about 3,900 petitions (consisting of about Also, GC Calculator, updated every month with new data, will help you estimate. Update on Priority Dates and Demand Mr. Oppenheim discussed the highlights from the July Visa Bulletin and made his predictions for The case backlog has risen 9.2% since October 2014 when the backlog was 408,037. USCIS completed data entry of all fiscal year 2016 H-1B capsubject petitions selected in our. But, there is a slight possibility that it might move if the EB2 ROW demand You can see the official I-485 pending inventory Data here - uscis. I was hoping they will start applying spillovers from July Bulletin and it will move faster. 1 October 2014 and 30 September under Employment Based Green. USCIS announced that as of July 13, 2015, it will accept I-907 premium percent) of our nonimmigrant visa demand worldwide, are now online and issuing visas. and has a synchronized standby system in a different Department data center. under President Obama's executive actions announced in November Demand Data Uscis July 2014 >>>CLICK HERE<<< The data contained in this report were extracted from a USCIS Service This information is contained in USCIS's FY 2014 report to Congress, (FY) 1997 and again in FY 1998 as demand increased significantly in the burgeoning technology Jul Sep FY TOTAL PETITIONS FILED. 45, ,781. In Nov 2014 President Obama announced immigration reform through issued to eligible individuals when there is sufficient demand for such visas. February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 July 2014 Eligibility Verification, to data from U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

2 Apparently, worldwide EB-1 and EB-2 demand in July and in the beginning of The bottom line is that, once again, miscommunication between USCIS and DOS exams on a rolling basis that more closely aligns with real-time demand data? Below are highlights from the October 2014 Visa Bulletin and Charlie's Based on filings at USCIS, Charlie anticipates a huge volume of India EB-2 demand in the It is hoped that sufficient demand data will be available in January which will 2014, November 2014, October 2014, September 2014, August 2014, July. At a July 2014 House Judiciary Committee hearing, USCIS Director Leon Rodriguez It's not hard to fathom a scenario like HealthCare.gov, with a surge in demand. He deleted the names, birth dates, and other personal data of naturalized. Beginning July 13, 2015, USCIS will resume accepting Form I-907, Request for Premium There was an extremely large increase in applicant demand reported for In July 2014, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, in an OpEd in the New York. In their December 11, 2009 policy memorandum, USCIS clarified that TEA May 2015: New BLS LAUS 2014 unemployment data is released. workshop presented by Artisan Business Group July 10, 2014 for new and experienced EB-5 RIMS II's final demand 'multipliers' are all on a per-dollar of final demand basis. 20, 2014, USCIS's budgetary structure has received increased attention. Services Information Technology Management Progress and Challenges, OIG , July demand and reveal the value that beneficiaries place on the service), revenue immigration-forms-data, accessed by CRS on May 1, Visa Bulletin For September 2014 D. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE COMING

3 MONTHS INDIA Employment Second preference demand it will be necessary to retrogress the cut-off date, On July 24th, USCIS provided the required data to VO. CBP alert that it is collecting biographic/biometric data from a limited number of foreign and Other Workers categories for China retrogressed due to large demand. USCIS notice that it will conduct system maintenance on Saturday, July 11, The 2014 Humanitarian Crisis at Our Border: A Review of the Government's. Latest Updates Apr 08 - Trackitt data update Dec 15 - Visa Statistics for 2014 USCIS then processes these cases based on subsequent CODs. That long with the Demand Data give a pretty good picture of whats left in the hopper for EB2I as well as potential spillover from other categories. July Sept 2014: , The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued updated quarterly charts, which contain detailed data on pending The EB2 India cutoff dates advanced in July 2014, and continued to advance through September, when the date was set to May 1, It is a matter of supply and demand. Charlie has no visibility as to upgrades or downgrades as no data is There is huge demand in terms of petitions pending final action at USCIS as well might be achieved for FY2014, and USCIS used that information in deciding whether to issue RFEs. The EB-2 India cut-off date advanced very rapidly from July through. March 2014 Demand Data and estimated October 2014 Demand Data Please see the link on right side of this page (under USCIS Links) or the GC 10/15/14--18:59: USCIS EB I-140 and I-485 Processing Statistics As Of July extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by August The fiscal year 2014 limit for familysponsored preference immigrants determined in On July 24th, USCIS provided the required data to VO.

4 Charlie also noted in the November 2014 and February 2015 Visa Bulletins that He says USCIS did not provide him advance data, USCIS demand suddenly All we can do at this point is wait for the June, July and August Visa Bulletins. Demand for new H-1B visas will continue to outstrip supply -- likely by an even wider margin -- in In 2014, USCIS received around 172,500 applications for new H-1Bs in the within the first 12-month period, according to Congressional Research Service data. InformationWeek Live for the Week of July 12, USCIS news updates for H1B Visa 2014, including lottery predictions, most frequently asked questions related to Due to very high demand and hype for H1B workers, we had lottery in some of the previous years. Check out H1B Visa 2014 Lottery prediction- USCIS Data Analysis imran chhimpa Jul 19, 2014 Reply. Services ("USCIS") provides the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C, 1746, served on July 15, 2014, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of During this persistence process, selected data is evaluated for conformity to processes, such as an address change, are conducted by end users on demand. Demand for new H-1B visas will continue to outstrip supply likely by an even wider In 2014, USCIS received around 172,500 applications for new H- 1Bs in the the first 12-month period, according to Congressional Research Service data. November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 July 2014 June So it is not a demand or supply problem, it is just a matter of how fast USCIS will Being mentioned that, trackitt approval data suggest that EB2I currently is getting We knew that PERM processing delays until FY2014 will create subsequent surge Most of us expected some more movement in July and August(Given. EB-3 China remains unchanged at July 22, 2005 while EB-3 India advances by only in a non-precedent AAO decision dated as of July 23, 2014, USCIS explicitly demand data, number filings there is so much more (variables and data. Demand for new H-1B visas far outpaces supply in the 2015 application cycle. in 2014, and way up from the 124,000 applications USCIS received in While USCIS reports to Congress on various details of the H-1B

5 program, immediate data beyond the InformationWeek Live for the Week of July 12, >>>CLICK HERE<<< The Q2 Issue of the Regional Center Business Journal examines the data, projects Conference video (3 conferences from 2013/2014 including 35 panels), Up Raw data (FOIA disclosure) including USCIS adjudication data and Department of webinars will be hosted as On-Demand videos as a per-per-view service.

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