Priya runs the desk. She built Deep Visa Labs because search results for "EB-2 NIW approval rate" returned a wall of attorney landing pages, not a number. The promise here is narrow: when USCIS or DOL publishes a dataset, we read it, we publish the math, and we cite the file. Not a law firm. No lead-gen revenue.
We publish the DOL math, not the lawyer pitch.
A federal-data terminal for visa, green-card, and PERM analytics. Sourced direct from DOL OFLC quarterly disclosure files and USCIS public records — no anecdotes, no funnels, no consultations.
visa_bulletin / May 2026 · final action dates
| COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITY | EB-1 ↕ | EB-2 ↑ | EB-3 PROFESSIONAL | EB-3 OTHER WORKERS | EB-5 UNRESERVED | 12-MO TREND |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHINA | 22 JAN 2022· | 22 MAR 2020+14d | 01 SEP 2020+7d | 01 APR 2017-21d | 01 OCT 2017+14d | |
| INDIA | 01 FEB 2022+30d | 01 APR 2013+7d | 22 AUG 2013· | 22 AUG 2013· | 15 JAN 2020+7d | |
| MEXICO | CURRENT· | CURRENT· | 22 NOV 2023· | 22 NOV 2023· | CURRENT· | |
| REST OF WORLD | CURRENT· | CURRENT· | 01 JUN 2024+30d | 01 JUN 2024+30d | CURRENT· | |
| PHILIPPINES | CURRENT· | CURRENT· | 22 NOV 2023· | 15 JAN 2023+14d | CURRENT· |
desks · 9 research streams
Visa Bulletin
Monthly Final Action + Filing dates, retrogression history, India & China priority-date forecasts.
H-1B
Lottery odds, extension cycles, transfers, cap-exempt employers, prevailing-wage compliance.
PERM
DOL labor certification timeline, audit triggers, prevailing-wage determinations, denial patterns.
Green Card
EB-1, EB-2 NIW, EB-3, I-140, I-485, adjustment of status, H-1B-to-green-card path.
Non-Immigrant Visas
L-1A / L-1B, O-1 extraordinary ability, TN treaty, E-3 Australian, H-2B, B-1/B-2.
F-1 · OPT · CPT
OPT extension, STEM 24-mo, Day-1 CPT schools, F-1 → H-1B transition, school risk profiles.
Lawyer Information
Specialization, fee benchmarks, free-consultation programs, pro-bono lists. Informational only.
Tax for Aliens
Substantial-Presence Test, Form 1040NR, FBAR, H-1B + F-1 tax filing, IRS Pub 519.
USCIS Tools
Processing-time calculator, case status, receipt-number lookup, biometrics, RFE timelines.
toolbox · 3 calculators
Prevailing Wage Checker
Validate any salary offer against DOL OFLC wage levels for your SOC and metropolitan area. Returns Level 1–4 thresholds + compliance verdict.
Priority Date Tracker
Given category and country of birth, plot your position on the bulletin retrogression curve. 144 mo of history + Charlie Oppenheim-style commentary.
H-1B Tax Calculator
Federal + state + FICA take-home for H-1B workers, including substantial-presence-test branching for the year of arrival. 51 states · 2026 brackets.
research · editor's picks
EB-2 NIW had a 73 % approval rate in FY 2025 — but the trend is bending.
H-1B extensions take 2.7 months at TSC — and 8.4 at VSC.
PERM processing crosses 14.5 mo. Audit rate jumps from 19 % to 27 %.
Risk profile of 14 Day-1 CPT universities, ranked by SEVIS revocation history.
The USCIS processing-time calculator is wrong. We can prove it by month.
methodology · how the data lands here
Public records → cleaned data → published math.
Every datapoint on this site can be traced to a federal file. Quarterly disclosures from DOL OFLC, USCIS public reports, the State Department's Visa Bulletin PDF, and IRS Pub 519 — pulled, normalized, validated, and timestamped. No anonymous "industry surveys".
- 01 DOL OFLC · LCA + PERM + PWD quarterly CSV ~500K rec/yr
- 02 USCIS · Form I-129, I-140, I-485 quarterly reports ~2.1M rec/yr
- 03 DoS Visa Bulletin · Final + Filing dates monthly 144 mo back
- 04 IRS Pub 519 · 1040NR mechanics, SPT, FBAR 2026 ed.
1# Prevailing-wage check, OFLC FY26 Q1 2# source: dol.gov/agencies/eta/foreign-labor 3from dvl.oflc import load_pwd 4 5pwd = load_pwd( 6 soc="15-1252", # Software Developer 7 msa="41940", # San Jose-Sunnyvale 8 level=4, 9) 10 11assert pwd.offer_meets(182_000) 12 13# → True · L4 thresh = $172,432 14# → margin: +$9,568 (5.5%) 15 16$ python -m dvl.verify 17 ✓ oflc.lca.q1_2026 487,219 rec 18 ✓ uscis.i129.fy25 2,103,448 rec 19 ✓ dos.vb.2026_05 2026-04-14 20 ✓ irs.pub519.2026 checksum ok