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 September 2009:
Family Sponsored Categories:
|
All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed
|
CHINA- mainland
born |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 15MAY03 | 15MAY03 | 15MAY03 | 01JAN91 | 22SEP93 |
| 2A | 15APR05 | 15APR05 | 15APR05 | 22DEC02 | 15APR05 |
| 2B | 01JUL01 | 01JUL01 | 01JUL01 | 15MAY92 | 01MAY98 |
| 3rd | 15DEC00 | 15DEC00 | 15DEC00 | 01JUL91 | 22SEP91 |
| 4th | 22FEB99 | 22FEB99 | 22FEB99 | 22SEP95 | 22OCT86 |
Employment Based Categories:
|
All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed
|
CHINA- mainland
born |
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st |
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
| 2nd |
C
|
08JAN05
|
08JAN05
|
C
|
C
|
| 3rd |
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
|
Other Worker
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
| 4th |
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
| Certain Religious Workers |
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
U
|
| 5th |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
| Targeted Employ- ment Areas/ Regional Centers |
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
*C = CURRENT
*U = UNAVAILABLE
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