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May 17, 2015

IMMIGRATION AND POLICY BY NYC BUSINESS IMMIGRATION LAWYER - Phone (212) 564-1589: JUNE 2015 VISA BULLETIN UPDATES


Visa Availability & Priority Dates

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets the number of immigrant visas that may be issued to individuals seeking permanent resident status (a green card) each year.
Immigrant visas available to “immediate relatives” of U.S. citizens are unlimited, so are always available.  Immediate relatives include, parents of a U.S. citizen, spouses of a U.S. citizen and, unmarried children under the age of 21 of a U.S. citizen. 
Immigrant visa numbers for individuals in a “preference category” are limited, so are not always available.  For more information on both family-based and employment-based preference categories, please see the “Green Card Eligibility” page.
The U.S. Department of State is the agency that distributes visa numbers. Family sponsored preference categories are limited to a minimum of 226,000 per year and employment based preference visas are limited to a minimum of 140,000 per year.  In addition, there are limits to the percentage of visas that can be allotted to each country.
Because the demand is higher than the supply of visas for a given year for some categories, a visa queue (waiting list) forms. To distribute the visas among all preference categories, the Department of State gives out the visas by providing visa numbers according to the preference category and one’s priority date. The priority date (explained below) is used to determine an individual’s place in line in the visa queue.  When the priority date becomes current, the individual will be eligible to apply for an immigrant visa.










JUNE 2015 VISA BULLETIN UPDATES

LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL BLOG

11 Broadway, Suite 615
New York, New York 10004
Tel. (212) 564-1589/(973)621-9300



Posted by: NYC Immigration Attorney Norka M. Schell

This is a summary of the U.S. Department of State Visa Bulletin which shows the availability of immigrant numbers during the June 2015.


 FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES                                         
Family-SponsoredAll Chargeability Areas Except Those ListedCHINA-mainland bornINDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
F101SEP0701SEP07 01SEP0715NOV9401MAR00
F2A01OCT1301OCT1301OCT1308AUG1301OCT13
F2B15SEP0815SEP0815SEP0808APR95 01MAY04
F322FEB0422FEB0422FEB0415APR9415AUG93
F408SEP0208SEP0208SEP0201MAR9708NOV91



EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

Employment- Based
All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA - mainland bornINDIAMEXICOPHILIPPINES
1stCCCCC
2ndC01JUN1301OCT08CC
3rd15FEB1501SEP1122JAN0415FEB1501JAN05
Other Workers15FEB1501JAN0622JAN0415FEB1501JAN05
4thCCCCC
Certain Religious WorkersCCCCC
5th
Targeted
Employment
Areas/
Regional Centers
and Pilot Programs
C01MAY13CCC