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The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) has requested information from the federal government agencies involved in the immigration system for updates on their contingency plans in case of a government shutdown. A possible government shutdown could happen as early as October 1, 2013, the beginning of the new fiscal year 2014 (FY2014). AILA has reported that they have not received any updated information at this time. They suggested reviewing the shutdown plans for the last threatened federal government shutdown, which was in 2011.

Below is an excerpt from MVP Law Group’s original blog post on the subject dated (4/8/11).

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The State Department has confirmed that employment annual limits have been reached, as is often the case at the end of a fiscal year.

USCIS will continue to process pending adjustment cases, and is able to submit visa number requests for all cases which are being finalized. The State Department will place requests in a “Pending Demand” file.

Eligible cases which have been submitted to the State Department that are within the October cut-off dates will be automatically authorized effective October 1, 2013.

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the October 2013 Visa Bulletin

As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the October 2013 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India at 6/15/08; EB3 date for nationals from India at 9/22/03; movement in EB2 for Chinese Nationals at 9/15/08; no movement in EB3 for Chinese Nationals at 07/01/10; and no movement in EB3, WW at 07/01/10; and the F2A category is no longer current, it remains at 9/8/2013, this category is reserved exclusively for Spouses and unmarried children (under the age of 21) of green card holders (LPRs).

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the September 2013 Visa Bulletin

As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the September 2013 Visa Bulletin shows the EB2 date for nationals from India at 6/15/08; EB3 date for nationals from India at 9/22/03; no movement in EB2 for Chinese Nationals; movement in EB3 for Chinese Nationals at 07/01/10; and movement in EB3, WW at 07/01/10; and the F2A category has gone current, this category is reserved exclusively for Spouses and unmarried children (under the age of 21) of green card holders (LPRs).

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the August 2013 Visa Bulletin

As projected by the U.S. Department of State, the August 2013 Visa Bulletin shows EB2 dates for nationals from India at January 2008; no movement in the EB3 WW category; no movement in EB2 for Chinese Nationals; and the F2A category has gone current, this category is reserved exclusively for Spouses and unmarried children (under the age of 21) of green card holders (LPRs).

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The Department of State has released its latest Visa Bulletin.

Click here to view the March 2013 Visa Bulletin.

The March 2013 Visa Bulletin shows employment based second preference (EB-2) and employment based third preference (EB-3) as both being oversubscribed. EB-2 is current for all chargeability areas except those listed.

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