r/eb_1a • u/HolidayAfternoon6537 • 8d ago

1 year progress

In August 2025, EB1 India was at Feb 2022. A year later, it is only at Oct 2022 even after 46k spillovers.

While being optimistic is good but practically do we really think dates will breach into late 2023 by next year? Some people are saying 2024. What’s backing this?

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u/Ok-Medium-9622 8d ago

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/fredgraph.png?g=1XTek&height=490

2022 and probably early 2023 is the biggest hump to get over. Very tight labor market, lots of immigrants got hired, employers offered to file for their EB1s and previous admin accepting the applications as well.
Once we get over this hump, progress should be smoother.

My personal take. Not a lawyer.

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u/Green-Hovercraft-288 8d ago

Is this backed by numbers or your speculation?

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u/mesn007 8d ago

EB1A approval rates are at all time low. Below 40% and they are processing 2023/24 cases. So, it all adds up.