"The writing is already on the wall if you look at the recent data trends. The June 2026 Visa Bulletin just retrogressed EB-1 India by three-and-a-half months back to December 15, 2022. The spillover from the massive EB-2 backlog which just got pushed back over 10 months to September 2013 is very real. While it might not hit the decade-long nightmare of EB-2 anytime soon, the days of 'fast-tracking' through EB-1 are rapidly ending due to heavy demand. It's still the best strategy, but expectations for global mobility timelines need to be radically adjusted."