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May 08, 2014

June 2014 Visa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin

Number 69 / Volume IX

Washington, D.C.

 

JUNE 2014

 

Family-Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

22MAR07

22MAR07

22MAR07

15DEC93

01JUN02

F2A*

01MAY12

01MAY12

01MAY12

15MAR11

01MAY12

F2B

01APR07

01APR07

01APR07

01AUG93

15JUL03

F3

01OCT03

01OCT03

01OCT03

22JUL93

08MAR93

F4

15DEC01

15DEC01

15DEC01

08DEC96

15NOV90

 

*NOTE:  For June, F2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 15MAR11.  F2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 15MAR11 and earlier than 01MAY12.  (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.)

 

Employment-Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

C

C

C

C

2nd

C

22MAY09

15NOV04

C

C

3rd

01APR11

01OCT06

15OCT03

01APR11

01JAN08

Other Workers

01APR11

01JAN03

15OCT03

01APR11

01JAN08

4th

C

C

C

C

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

C

C

C

5th / Targeted
Employment Areas/
Regional Centers and Pilot Programs

C

C

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/english/law-and-policy/bulletin/2014/visa-bulletin-for-june-2014.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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