Immigrant visas have become unavailable for Indian and Chinese nationals in the EB-2 category; DOS indicates that it may be necessary to establish a cutoff date for the EB-1 category.

Increased demand over previous years could see H-1B visas exhausted by June 2012 or earlier.

Significant cutoff-date retrogression in the EB-2 category for Indian and Chinese nationals; affected persons should file AOS applications before May 1.