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May 18, 2016

June 2016 Visa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin

Number 93 – Volume IX

Washington, D.C.

 

JUNE 2016

 

As U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has indicated at www.uscis.gov/visabulletininfo, USCIS will use the chart below to determine who may file applications for adjustment of status (Form I-485) with USCIS during the month of May.  Only applicants with Priority Dates earlier than the cut-off dates listed below may file their I-485 adjustment of status applications with USCIS during May.

 

Family-Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

15JAN09

15JAN09

15JAN09

22FEB95

22DEC04

F2A

08NOV14

08NOV14

08NOV14

01SEP14

08NOV14

F2B

22OCT09

22OCT09

22OCT09

08SEP95

01JUN05

F3

01DEC04

01DEC04

01DEC04

22OCT94

01FEB94

F4

08AUG03

01JAN03

01JAN01

15APR97

01DEC92

 

Employment-Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

01JAN10

C

01OCT04

C

C

3rd

15FEB16

01JAN10

15FEB16

22SEP04

15FEB16

01NOV08

Other Workers

15FEB16

22APR07

15FEB16

22SEP04

15FEB16

01NOV08

4th

C

C

01JAN10

C

C

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

01JAN10

C

C

C

5th Non-Regional Center

C

15FEB14

 

C

C

C

5th Regional Center

C

15FEB14

 

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  https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-june-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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