See below for the November 2009 Visa Bulletin. Not much relief on the horizon………….
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VISA BULLETIN NOVEMBER 2009
FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES
First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.
Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:
A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation.
Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.
Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.
Family | All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
1st | 15OCT03 | 15OCT03 | 15OCT03 | 08JUL92 | 22OCT93 |
2A | 15AUG05 | 15AUG05 | 15AUG05 | 15JUN03 | 15AUG05 |
2B | 01OCT01 | 01OCT01 | 01OCT01 | 01JUN92 | 15MAY98 |
3rd | 01MAR01 | 01MAR01 | 01MAR01 | 01MAY92 | 22OCT91 |
4th | 15JUN99 | 15JUN99 | 15JUN99 | 08NOV95 | 15JAN87 |
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.
Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.
Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".
Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.
Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.
| All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIP-PINES |
Employment -Based |
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1st | C | C | C | C | C |
2nd | C | 01APR05 | 22JAN05 | C | C |
3rd | 01JUN02 | 01JUN02 | 22APR01 | 01JUN02 | 01JUN02 |
Other Workers | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 | 22APR01 | 01JUN01 | 01JUN01 |
4th | C | C | C | C | C |
Certain Religious Workers | U | U | U | U | U |
5th | C | C | C | C | C |
Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers | C | C | C | C | C |
5th Pilot Programs | U | U | U | U | U |
