State Department Visa Bulletin
August 2011 "Priority Dates" Charts

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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 August 2011 will face more than a 17-year wait for their application to begin to be processed because the USCIS is still working on applications that were originally filed on March 8, 1993.

VISA PRIORITY DATES BY FAMILY PREFERENCE
Family	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01MAY04	01MAY04	01MAY04	08MAR93	15APR96
F2A	22JUL08	22JUL08	22JUL08	01JUN08	22JUL08
F2B	01JUL03	01JUL03	01JUL03	01OCT92	01DEC00
F3	22AUG01	22AUG01	22AUG01	15NOV92	01APR92
F4	08APR00	08APR00	08APR00	08MAR96	15MAY88

*NOTE: For August, F2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 01JUN08. F2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 01JUN08 and earlier than 22JUL08. (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.) )

To receive regular Visa Bulletins directly from the US Department of State, please contact them via one of the methods below:

Online: http://www.travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_1360.html

Email: VISABULLETIN@STATE.GOV

Email List: To be placed on the Department of State’s E-mail subscription list for the “Visa Bulletin”, please send an E-mail to the following E-mail address: listserv@calist.state.gov and in the message body type:
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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.)