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Visa Bulletin for November 2012
Family Priority Date
F2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to
applicants from all countries
with priority dates earlier than 22JUN10.
F2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country
limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO
with priority dates beginning 22JUN10 and earlier than 15JUL10.
All F2A
numbers provided for MEXICO are exempt from the per-country limit; there are no
F2A numbers for MEXICO subject to per-country limit.
Employment Preference Categories
The Employment First Preference category
remained current for all chargeability areas.
The Second Preference cutoff for
all areas except China mainland-born and India are now current. The cut-off for
China mainland-born advanced six weeks to September 1, 2007. The cut-off for
India remained at September 1, 2004.
The Employment Third Preference category for
Mexico and Worldwide advanced one month to stand at November 22, 2006. The
cut-off for the Philippines advanced one week to August 8, 2006. The cutoff
date for India also advanced one week to stand at October 22, 2002. The cutoff
for mainland-born China advanced 10 weeks to April 15, 2006. For the Third
Preference Other Workers category, the Worldwide and Mexico dates advanced one
month to November 22, 2006. The Philippines cutoff date advanced one week to
August 8, 2006. China mainland-born advanced over one week to stand at July 1,
2003. The cutoff date for India advanced one week to October 22, 2002.
The
Fourth Preference categories are now all current as is the Fifth Preference.
Important Note:
Immigrant visa numbers in the
diversity visa (DV) category are now available to qualified DV-2013 applicants
chargeable to all regions and eligible countries as follows (visas are
available only for applicants with DV lottery rank numbers below the cutoff
number): Africa: 13,900, except Egypt: 6,600, Ethiopia: 9,100, and Nigeria:
8,500; Asia: 2,350; Europe: 7,000; North America (Bahamas): 2; Oceania: 400;
South America and the Caribbean: 500.
For more information please view our website news and resources or contact the New York Law Offices of Norka M. Schell, LLC at (212) 564-1589.
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