Each month, the Visa Office of the US Department of State publishes the priority dates for that particular month called the Visa Bulletin. This means that visas or green cards would now be available for persons who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off indicated below. If the priority date was current, but retrogressed or became unavailable before the immigrant visa was issued, the applicant would have to wait until it becomes current again.
Here is the Visa Bulletin for August 2009:
FAMILY SPONSORED PREFERENCES:
| FAMILY-SPONSORED CATEGORY |
All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA-mainland born | INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | 08JAN03 | 08JAN03 | 08JAN03 | 01JAN91 | 15SEP93 |
| 2A | 15JAN05 | 15JAN05 | 15JAN05 | 22SEP02 | 15JAN05 |
| 2B | 01MAY01 | 01MAY01 | 01MAY01 | 08MAY92 | 01MAY98 |
| 3rd | 01NOV00 | 01NOV00 | 01NOV00 | 01JUL91 | 08AUG91 |
| 4th | 22DEC98 | 22DEC98 | 22DEC98 | 01AUG95 | 08SEP86 |
EMPLOYMENT BASED PREFERENCES:
| Employment -Based Category |
All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed |
CHINA- mainland born |
INDIA | MEXICO | PHILIPPINES |
| 1st | C | C | C | C | C |
| 2nd | C | 01OCT03 | 01OCT03 | 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 Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers |
C | C | C | C | C |
For the complete Visa Bulletin please visit the US Department of State Website and search for “visa bulletin”.
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