Federal Agencies, Agency Memos & Announcements

DOS July 2, 2007 Notice to USCIS Regarding EB Visa Availability

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July 2, 2007

TO : CIS Section 245 ADJUDICATIONS

FROM : Immigrant Visa Control

SUBJECT : Authoriirations for Employment CASES

Effective Monday July 2, 2007 there will be no further authorizations in response to requests for Employment-based preference cases. All numbers available to these categories under the FY-2007 annual numerical limitation have been made available. Employment preference numbers will once again be available to these chargeability areas beginning October 1, 2007, under the FY-2008 annual numerical limitation.

The above action is a direct result of the sudden backlog reduction efforts of CIS offices during June and the first few days of July. During this short time period over 60,000 requests have been received and authorized. This is in comparison to the 66,425 CIS requests which were authorized during the first eight months of the fiscal year.

Please be sure that this information is passed to all personnel involved in the process of obtaining visa authorizations from the Visa Office for Section 245 cases.

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Cite as AILA Doc. No. 07070663.