The Department of State’s Charlie Oppenheim projects that the employment-based EB1 category will move up to 3 months for the worldwide and China categories, and for India, little if any forward movement until January 2020 at the earliest.
Potential EB-2 movement:
| Worldwide: | CURRENT |
| China: | Up to two months |
| India: | Up to one week |
Potential EB-3 movement:
| Worldwide: | CURRENT |
| China: | Little if any forward movement |
| India: | Little if any forward movement |
| Mexico: | Will remain at the Worldwide date |
| Philippines: | Up to several months |
