The Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin for March 2008 reports that effective March 1, 2008, there will be movement for all employment-based third preference (EB-3) categories as well as movement for EB-2 China. The EB-2 preference category remains "unavailable" for individuals born in India.

EB-1 remains current for all countries, and EB-2 is current for all countries other than India and China. The other categories in the March Visa Bulletin will also have some forward movement. EB-2 China progressed to December 1, 2003. In the EB-3 category, for all countries other than China, India, and Mexico, the priority date moved more than two years to January 1, 2005. EB-3 China moved forward several months to December 1, 2002. EB-3 India moved forward slightly to August 1, 2001, and EB-3 Mexico moved forward two weeks to May 1, 2001.

It is important to note that "nationality" is not the same as citizenship. Generally, DOS looks at the country of birth in determining whether a person is a national of a given country. As a result, persons who become citizens of other countries (i.e., Indians who become Canadian citizens) are still considered nationals of their birth country for immigrant visa purposes.
For general information on visa retrogression, please see our FAQ on this subject. For more information on the Visa Bulletin and country quota movements, including information about movement in the Family-Based Quotas, please see our DOS Visa Bulletin and Quota Movement page which includes detailed nationality-specific charts of quota movement for the past decade.

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