Forum Glossary

Acronyms
SOFAD - Spillover Fall Across and Down
SO - Spillover
FA - Fall Across
FD - Fall Down
COD - Cut Off Date
PD - Priority Date
PD<CD (Priority Date within Cut Off Date)
CP - Consular Processing
PWMB - People w PD prior to July 07 who missed boat (i.e. 2007 July 485 Boat).
PWBA - People Waiting for Boat to arrive (i.e. waiting to file 485)
SYA - Same year approvals
R485 - ROW 485 filings in EB2
SFM - Sustainable Forward Movement
BTM - Big Temporary Movement
UFM - Unsustainable Forward Movement
TBM - Temporary Backward Movement

Other Acronyms Used

CO - Charles Oppenheim - Head of DOS Visa Office
CY - Calendar Year - Jan 1 to Dec 31
DD - Demand Data
EB - Employment Based
FB - Family Based
FY - Fiscal Year - Oct 1 to Sep 30
ROW - Rest Of The World (Generally all Countries other than China, India, Mexico, & Philippines. Some people use it to mean all Countries other than China & India)
SC - Service Center
VB - Visa Bulletin