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With the new Delta plus variant, there is a good chance that most companies will extend their "return to office" dates from January 2022 to an indefinite date in the future. Most H-1B employees are doing second IT consulting projects to supplement their income.
Due to Covid 19, many family-based immigrants could not get their green cards as most US embassies worldwide were closed. Family green cards roll over to the employment-based quota of next year, but if there are any leftover employment-based green cards this year, they will not roll over again to the following year.
Hence, the visa bulletin dates went forward until October 2021 and EB3 dates retrogressed in November 2021. EB2 dates may also retrogress in the future..
Approximately 120,000 green cards were rolled over from family-based category to employment-based green card category between October 2020 and October 2021, but USCIS wasted almost 80,000 green cards. One of the main reasons for this wastage was due to USCIS prioritizing Afghan refugee applications over employment-based green cards.
If you had already filed your 485 more than six months ago, you could request a senator or house representative to make an inquiry to USCIS before dates may retrogress again. In addition, you can concurrently file a request with the USCIS ombudsman to also inquire into your matter.
Many 485 applicants have downgraded from EB3 to EB2, hoping they would get their green card before the end of the USCIS fiscal year in October. Since the dates have retrogressed in the EB3 category, another 485 can be filed in the EB2 category if the priority date is still current in the EB2 category.
As an alternative, if the employee's current position is in EB3 and has more than five years of experience, the current employer or a new IT consulting employer can sponsor for a new EB2 position.
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