Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) published the May 2012 Visa Bulletin reflecting significant retrogression in EB-2 immigrant visa availability under the India and China employment-based second preference (EB-2) immigrant categories. Subsequently, the Department of State confirmed that all EB-2 visas available for applicants born in India and China have been exhausted for the current fiscal year, which ends September 30, 2012.