Visa Numbers for February 2010

The visa numbers for February 2010 have been released by the Department of State. Again, there has been little movement in most categories, and the employment-based categories are still way behind. It is truly unfortunate that the Congress is not working on a fix for this issue since the United States will be negatively affected in the long run. There are many professionals who have been waiting for years to finalize their process and there are more and more signs of people giving up and go back to their home countries. While immigration law is a very emotional and political issue, it also is an economical issue. Hopefully the Congress will get to comprehensive immigration reform discussion sooner than later……….

 

VISA BULLETIN FOR FEBRUARY 2010

FAMILY

Family	All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPP-INES
1st	01JUN04	01JUN04	01JUN04	08SEP92	01JAN94
2A	01MAR06	01MAR06	01MAR06	01MAR04	01MAR06
2B	01JAN02	01JAN02	01JAN02	08JUN92	15JUL98
3rd	22MAY01	22MAY01	22MAY01	22SEP92	01JAN92
4th	15NOV99	15NOV99	15NOV99	01DEC95	01JUL87

EMPLOYMENT

	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIP-PINES
Employment -Based
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	22MAY05	22JAN05	C	C
3rd	22SEP02	22SEP02	22JUN01	01JUL02	22SEP02
Other Workers	01JUN01	01JUN01	01JUN01	01JUN01	01JUN01
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th	C	C	C	C	C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Pilot Programs	C	C	C	C	C