Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Visa Bulletin for November 2009

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

  

  

  

  

  

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

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