EB-3 visa
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Sep 10, 2026
Deirdre O'ReganHOST
And I know that there's a pause in place now.
Deirdre O'ReganHOST
Could this possibly help with the EB-3 backlog?
Chris MusilloGUEST
And not only could it, Deirdre, but it already has this year.
Chris MusilloGUEST
So I mentioned a little bit earlier that the U.S. government is allowed to issue and it's supposed to target 140,000 employment based visas every fiscal year.
Mike HammondGUEST
You simply go to the new school you're gonna go to, you get a new I-20 issued, and you can start.
Mike HammondGUEST
And one of the reasons why individuals did that is so they could obtain work authorization through what's called first day CPT programs that allowed you to work part-time, sometimes full-time, while you were going to school full-time, typically in grad school programs.
Mike HammondGUEST
And nurses in the U.S. use those frequently in order to kind of bridge the gap from how long it was taken for an I-140 to be filed and retrogression and how long it was taken in the queue for you to become current under the EB-3 charts to file your 45 and get an EAD.
Mike HammondGUEST
So very common program and opportunity.
Zak PaineHOST
You might have heard of it referred to as a genius visa.
Zak PaineHOST
But with EB2 and EB3 backlogs of up to 179 years, as we've reported in the past, for Indians alone, a lot of people misuse the EB1 process for fraudulent research and publications.
Zak PaineHOST
So this fraud has actually surged since 2019.
Zak PaineHOST
And you've got consultancies that are now set up putting out fake journals, fake publications, networks of entirely fake researchers so that they can help applicants fabricate their accomplishments and apply for and get these EB-1 visas.