The U.S. Department of State visa bulletin for August shows that the visa backlog is moving forward. The employment based second preference (EB-2) for China has moved forward four months, while for India it has moved forward five months. The current EB-2 priority date for August for both countries is March 1, 2006. There was similar movement in the EB-3 category as well, with the largest jump being in the “all other countries” which moved forward almost a year to June 1, 2004. Priority dates in many of the family preferences also moved forward by a few months. For the full visa bulletin please visit: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html