Department of State released the latest Visa Bulletin for October 2006 on September 13. There are slight moves compared to last month.

For people born in mainland China filing employment-based immigration petitions, cut-off dates remain the same as last month for EB1 and EB2 categories (EB1: Current; EB2: April 1st, 2005), and cut-off date for EB3 moved forward 2 months to May 1st, 2002.

The situation gets better for people born in India too. EB1 is CURRENT; EB2 moves to June 15, 2002, EB3 moved to April 22nd, 2001. 

Worldwide, Visa numbers are CURRENT for both EB1 and EB2, EB3 moves to May 1st 2002.