The State Department has recently announced that they anticipate that the EB-2 permanent resident visa numbers for people born in China and India will retrogress to sometime in 2007. Lately, the EB-2 category for people born in China and India moved forward dramatically. Apparently, the State Department has moved forward too quickly and needs to retrogress the numbers to make sure they do not issue more than the allotted visa numbers. The retrogression in EB-2 numbers is anticipated to take place in May or June 2012. Because of a high demand in the EB-1 category, it is not expected that any numbers will trickle down from that category to the EB-2 pool. Additionally, there is no word as to whether the bill introduced to address visa backlogs will pass both Houses of Congress and become law. Therefore, permanent resident applicants from China and India in the EB-2 category should engage in immigration strategic planning to deal with the expected retrogression in EB-2 numbers.