October 2009 Visa Bulletin – Sad News For EB3s Again

The Visa Bulletin for October 2009 was just released and the family and employment-based categories are listed below. It is not good news for those in the EB3 category where visa numbers had become unavailable and it was hoped that the October numbers would enable those professional and skilled workers who have been waiting through their pending adjustment of status applications filed in 2007 to finalize the process. Not so. When the EB3 numbers became unavailable, the numbers were back to 2005. Now, they are back to 2002. These delays create huge burdens and stress, and re-emphasizes the need for comprehensive immigration reform………………………..

Dan

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VISA BULLETIN OCTOBER 2009

Fam-ily	All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	22JUL03	22JUL03	22JUL03	08JUN92	08OCT93
2A	01JUN05	01JUN05	01JUN05	01MAR03	01JUN05
2B	22AUG01	22AUG01	22AUG01	22MAY92	01MAY98
3rd	15JAN01	15JAN01	15JAN01	08JUL91	15OCT91
4th	15APR99	15APR99	15APR99	08OCT95	01DEC86

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	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment -Based
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	22MAR05	22JAN05	C	C
3rd	01JUN02	22FEB02	15APR01	01MAY02	01JUN02
Other Workers	01JUN01	01JUN01	15APR01	01JUN01	01JUN01
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	U	U	U	U	U
5th	C	C	C	C	C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Pilot Programs	U	U	U	U	U