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How does Oct 2020 visa bullet-in impact me

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 After back and forth with the acceptance dates, USCIS is finally accepting filing dates for Employment based visas. It is a great news for lot of immigrants especially Indians who are stuck in visa limbo for many years. Oct 2020 Visa Bullet-in U.S. Department of State (DOS) forecast lesser demand for EB3 compared to EB2 and moved EB3 filing dates to Jan 1st 2015 vs EB2 filing date of May 15th 2011. Also good news is that DOS predicting  rapid forward movement in final action dates due to additional 120k family based spillover.  Based on this information should I downgrade to EB3 if my priority date is after May 15th 2011? Before I make the decision I should analyze the demand and available green cards  I-140 petitions by country Total Indian EB2 applications are 4.5 times the EB3 applications and the applications increase starting 2012. Therefore it makes sense for anyone who is not eligible for EAD should consider downgrading to EB-3 and file I485.  If I am 20...