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IMMIGRATION AND POLICY BY NYC BUSINESS IMMIGRATION LAWYER - Phone (212) 564-1589: VISA BULLETIN FOR AUGUST 2017
IMMIGRATION AND POLICY BY NYC BUSINESS IMMIGRATION LAWYER - Phone (212) 564-1589: VISA BULLETIN FOR AUGUST 2017: LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL, LLC 11 Broadway, Suite 615 New York, New York 10004 Tel. (212) 564-1589 Website: www.lawschell.co...
VISA BULLETIN FOR AUGUST 2017
LAW OFFICES OF NORKA M. SCHELL, LLC
11 Broadway, Suite 615
New York, New York 10004
Tel. (212) 564-1589
Website: www.lawschell.com
The Visa Bulletin for August 2017 summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during August for: "Final Action Dates" and "Dates for Filing Applications," indicating when immigrant visa applicants should be notified to assemble and submit required documentation to the National Visa Center.
FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES
First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S.
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, plus any unused
first preference numbers:
A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents:
77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from
the per-country limit;
B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or
older) of Permanent Residents: 23% of the overall second preference
limitation.
Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens:
23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.
Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens:
65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.
A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR FAMILY-SPONSORED
PREFERENCE CASES
Family-
Sponsored |
All Chargeability
Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA-mainland
born |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
F1
|
22DEC10
|
22DEC10
|
22DEC10
|
01FEB96
|
15OCT06
|
F2A
|
22SEP15
|
22SEP15
|
22SEP15
|
01SEP15
|
22SEP15
|
F2B
|
01NOV10
|
01NOV10
|
01NOV10
|
01JUL96
|
08DEC06
|
F3
|
08JUL05
|
08JUL05
|
08JUL05
|
08APR95
|
22JAN95
|
F4
|
08MAY04
|
08MAY04
|
22SEP03
|
15SEP97
|
08APR94
|
B. DATES FOR FILING FAMILY-SPONSORED
VISA APPLICATIONS
Family-
Sponsored |
All Chargeability
Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland born |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
F1
|
22JUL11
|
22JUL11
|
22JUL11
|
01APR96
|
08SEP07
|
F2A
|
08APR16
|
08APR16
|
08APR16
|
08APR16
|
08APR16
|
F2B
|
01SEP11
|
01SEP11
|
01SEP11
|
08AUG96
|
22JUL07
|
F3
|
01DEC05
|
01DEC05
|
01DEC05
|
01MAY95
|
01FEB95
|
F4
|
15NOV04
|
15NOV04
|
22JUN04
|
08JAN98
|
08FEB95
|
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 Pub. L. 102-395.
A. FINAL ACTION DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED
PREFERENCE CASES
|
Employ-
ment based |
All Charge-
ability Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland born |
EL SALVADOR
GUATEMALA HONDURAS |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
1st
|
C
|
01JAN12
|
C
|
01JAN12
|
C
|
C
|
|
2nd
|
01APR15
|
22APR13
|
01APR15
|
22JUL08
|
01APR15
|
01APR15
|
|
3rd
|
C
|
01JAN12
|
C
|
15JUL06
|
C
|
01JUN15
|
|
Other Workers
|
C
|
01JAN04
|
C
|
15JUL06
|
C
|
01JUN15
|
|
4th
|
C
|
C
|
15SEP15
|
15SEP15
|
15SEP15
|
C
|
|
Certain Religious Workers
|
C
|
C
|
15SEP15
|
15SEP15
|
15SEP15
|
C
|
|
5th
Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5) |
C
|
15JUN14
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
5th
Regional Center (I5 and R5) |
C
|
15JUN14
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
B. DATES FOR FILING OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED
VISA APPLICATIONS
|
Employment-
based |
All Chargeability
Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA-
mainland born |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
1st
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
2nd
|
C
|
01OCT13
|
01FEB09
|
C
|
C
|
|
3rd
|
C
|
01SEP15
|
01JAN07
|
C
|
01JAN16
|
|
Other Workers
|
C
|
01JUN08
|
01JAN07
|
C
|
01JAN16
|
|
4th
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
Certain Religious Workers
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
5th
Non-Regional Center (C5 and T5) |
C
|
01SEP14
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
5th
Regional Center (I5 and R5) |
C
|
01SEP14
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
* Information extracted from www.travel.state.gov/