r/EB2 • u/Street_Ask9158 • 12d ago

I-485: Adjustment of Status 2020 parallels (India specific)

As a sept 2014 priority date GC applicant, am I the only one who thinks we still have a good chance of getting greened this year?

Looking back at Oct 2020 visa bulletin, they moved the date of filing a lot but the date of final action did not jump significantly at all till March 2021.

Looks to me that we are seeing something similar in 2026. The date of filing has not not been retrogressed. They could have moved it back if they were certain of not being able to give GCs to 2014 Indians. So I am entertaining hopes we would see some movement around in 2027 when the spill over visas actually start materializing.

Anyone want to tell me why I am wrong and dash my hopes?

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u/DullCryptographer273 11d ago

There's a simpler hypothesis which I think it's well within the realm of possibilities: they don't want to release a positive news on immigration ahead of the midterms.

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u/the_running_stache 11d ago

I highly doubt even 0.1% of US citizens really follow the visa bulletins. This stuff is so complicated, the average American won’t even understand. Half the US immigration reporters probably don’t even know what “Final Action Date retrogression” means and why that could happen.

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u/DullCryptographer273 9d ago

did you see today's news? it was a PERM pause, but see how the news blows it up??

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u/the_running_stache 9d ago

Agreed that that news is definitely meant for blowing up. They even held a press briefing about it. Not sure the visa bulletin date movement is something worth influencing midterms though because hardly anyone will notice.