US Department of State has published the upcoming visa bulletin, which foreign nurses have been keeping an eye on, and the processing has improved tremendously. The cut-off date is at October 1, 2011 last time the bulletin was issued, and it has advanced 244 days or 8 months and a week this time.
Nurses are included in the EB-3 Category of processing: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "*Other Workers".
Here's the Employment Based chart:
| Employment- Based | All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA - mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 08DEC09 | 15FEB05 | C | C |
| 3rd | 01JUN12 | 01JAN10 | 22NOV03 | 01JUN12 | 01JUN12 |
| Other Workers | 01JUN12 | 22JUL05 | 22NOV03 | 01JUN12 | 01JUN12 |
| 4th | C | C | C | C | C |
| Certain Religious Workers | C | C | C | C | C |
| 5th Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs | C | C | C | C | C |
This is a very good news for those nurses who have been waiting for their priority date to be current. We hope that next month, this pace will keep on. What's your priority date? [via Source]
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