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The dates below indicate the immigrant visa "priority
dates" currently being processed - for example, family 1st
preference green card applicants from Mexico who apply in May 2008 will face more than a 15-year wait for their application
to begin to be processed because the USCIS is still working
on applications that were originally filed on July 8, 1992.
| PRIORITY
DATES FOR FAMILY PREFERENCE GREEN CARDS* |
|
Family
Pref. |
All
Chargeability Areas
Except Those Listed |
China
(mainland- born) |
India |
Mexico |
Philippines |
| 1st |
08MAR02 |
08MAR02 |
08MAR02 |
08JUL92 |
15MAR93 |
| 2A |
08JUN03 |
08JUN03 |
08JUN03 |
01MAY02 |
08JUN03 |
| 2B |
01JUN99 |
01JUN99 |
01JUN99 |
01APR92 |
15FEB97 |
| 3rd |
08JUN00 |
08JUN00 |
08JUN00 |
22JUL92 |
01APR91 |
| 4th |
08AUG97 |
15JAN97 |
01JAN97 |
15DEC94 |
08MAR86 |
PRIORITY
DATES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED GREEN CARDS*
(C=CURRENT) |
|
Empl.
Pref. |
All
Chargeability Areas
Except Those Listed |
China
(mainland- born) |
India |
Mexico |
Philippines |
|
1st |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
2nd |
C |
01JAN04 |
01JAN04 |
C |
C |
|
3rd |
01MAR06 |
22MAR03 |
01NOV01 |
01JUL02 |
01MAR06 |
|
Other Workers |
01JAN03 |
01JAN03 |
01JAN03 |
01JAN03 |
01JAN03 |
|
4th |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
Certain Religious Workers |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
5th |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
|
Targeted Employment Areas/
Regional Centers |
C |
C |
C |
C |
C |
To receive regular Visa Bulletins directly from
the US Department of State, please contact them via one of the methods
below:
Online: http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html
Email: VISABULLET@SA1WPOA.US-STATE.GOV
(you may contact the Bulletin by email, but it is not distributed
by email)
Telephone: (202) 663-1541, for a 24-hour recording
that gives the monthly priority dates that are currently being processed.
The recording is updated in the middle of each month with information
on cut-off dates for the following month.
Fax: From your fax, dial (202) 647-3000. Follow
the prompts and enter code 1038 to have the Visa Bulletin faxed
to you.
Mail: To be placed on the Visa Bulletin mailing
list (or to change an address), write to:
Visa Bulletin
Visa Office
Department of State
Washington, D.C. 20522-0106
Please note: Only
addresses within the U.S. postal system may be placed on the mailing
list. When reporting changes or corrections of address, include
a recent mailing label. The Postal Service does NOT automatically
notify the Visa Office of address changes. (Obtaining the Visa Bulletin
by mail is a much slower option than any of the alternatives mentioned
above.)
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