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Jan 15, 2016

February 2016 Visa Bulletin

                    Visa Bulletin

Number 89 – Volume IX

Washington, D.C.

 

FEBRUARY 2016

 

As U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has indicated at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, USCIS will use the chart below to control who may file applications for adjustment of status with USCIS during the month of February.  Only applicants with Priority Dates earlier than the cut-off dates listed below may file their adjustment of status applications during February.

 

Family-Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

01OCT09

01OCT09

01OCT09

01APR95

01SEP05

F2A

15JUN15

15JUN15

15JUN15

15JUN15

15JUN15

F2B

15DEC10

15DEC10

15DEC10

01APR96

01MAY05

F3

01AUG05

01AUG05

01AUG05

01MAY95

01AUG95

F4

01MAY04

01MAY04

01MAY04

01JUN98

01JAN93

 

 

Employment-Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

01MAR12

01AUG08

C

C

3rd

01OCT15

01OCT12

15JUN04

01OCT15

08JAN08

Other Workers

01OCT15

22DEC06

15JUN04

01OCT15

08JAN08

4th

C

C

C

C

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

C

C

C

5th Non-Regional Center

C

15JAN14

C

C

C

5th Regional Center

C

15JAN14

C

C

C

 

“C” = Current. No queue or backlog in this visa category at this time.

“U” = Unavailable. No visas available in this category at this time.

 

Excerpted from  http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-february-2016.html


FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:

A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".

Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.

 

 

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