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Visa Bulletin – January 2010

Monday, December 14th, 2009

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES Employment Based 1st C C C C C 2nd C 01MAY05 22JAN05 C C 3rd 01AUG02 01AUG02 22JUN01 01JUL02 01AUG02 Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01MAY01 01JUN01 01JUN01 4th C C C C C Certain Religious Workers C C C C C 5th C C C C C Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C 5th Pilot Programs C C C C C The January 2010 Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State has few changes from the last month. The EB-2 Category has one month forward movement for China from April 01, 2005 to May 01, 2005. ...

Annual DV Program Entries: Up 63%

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

The annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2011) has witnessed a sharp increase in filings. The program that began on October 2 has attracted over 900,000 applications in the first week - a 63 percent increase over the same period last year. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) expects 13,000,000 entries ...

Visa Bulletin – November 2009

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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 The November 2009 Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State has few changes from the last month. The EB-2 category has a new cut-off date for China. The EB-3 category has new cut-off dates for China, ...