The estimate for unused family-based visas rolling into the employment-based (EB) pool for Fiscal Year 2027 has been revised down from 95,000 to approximately 55,000. This adjustment was made following the analysis of the May 2026 visa bulletin, which indicated that the U.S. State Department actively redistributes unused family-based visas before they can contribute to the EB pool.
Key Details:
- Original estimate: 95,000 unused family-based visas for FY2027
- Revised estimate: approximately 55,000, with a range of 10,000 to 90,000
- Impact: Changes in wait time projections for Indian EB-2 and EB-3 applicants, shifting by months rather than years
- Data sourced from travel.state.gov bulletins and historical trends
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Source: r/EB2