Why EB-2 India Jumped 10 Months, but EB-3 India Didn't Move at All
We got a lot of requests after our EB-2 analysis to do the same for EB-3. So here it is.
Full data tables and analysis: greencardclock.com/blog/eb3-row-india-spillover-perm-delays-2026
EB-3 April 2026 bulletin changes:
- ROW: +8 months (Oct 2023 to Jun 2024), DFF went Current
- Mexico: +8 months, DFF went Current
- India: FAD unchanged at Nov 2013, but DFF jumped +5 months to Jan 2015
- Philippines: No change
- China: +1.5 months
EB-3 ROW pending I-485 by PD year:
- 2021: 3,053
- 2022: 1,627
- 2023: 5,381
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
Same PERM cliff as EB-2. Almost Zero cases with 2024 or 2025 priority dates.
EB-3 India has 13,291 pending cases between the current FAD (Nov 2013) and Dec 2014. After Dec 2014, zero pending cases in the inventory.
Key difference from EB-2: Philippines consumes 34% of EB-3 consular visas (6,954 in 11 months) and is not affected by travel bans. This limits how much EB-3 spillover reaches India compared to EB-2 where ROW was 91% of consular issuance.
Also covered: EB-3 to EB-2 upgrade dynamics silently shrinking the EB-3 queue.
Source: USCIS inventory reports, DOS visa bulletins, DOS issuance statistics. Not legal advice.