Visa Bulletin – July 2009
June 18, 2009 – 8:53 am| All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA- mainland born |
INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIP-PINES | |
| Employment-Based | |||||
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 01JAN00 | 01JAN00 | C | C |
| 3rd | U | U | U | U | U |
| Other Workers |
U | U | U | U | U |
| 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 |
Summary of Visa Bulletin for EB categories
Employment-Based, First Preference (EB-1)
This category remains current for all countries of chargeability.
Employment-Based, Second Preference (EB-2)
This category has further retrogressed by 5 years and 45 days for China. It has no forward or backward movements for other countries of chargeability including those listed, and the cutoff date for India remain the same as last month (i.e., 01 January, 2000). The cutoff dates for all other countries of chargeability remain current.
Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB-3)
This category continues to remain unavailable for all countries of chargeability. The high demand for immigrant visa numbers and a large number of cases with older priority dates are major reasons for EB-3 category becoming unavailable.
The EB-3 (Other Workers) category is also unavailable for all countries of chargeability for rest of the FY2009.
Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB-4)
This category remains current for all countries of chargeability.
The EB-4 (Certain Religious Workers) visa category became current for all countries of chargeability.
Fifth (EB-5) / Religious Workers and Targeted Employment
This category remains current for are all countries.
The EB-5 (Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers) visa category remains current for all countries.
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.
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