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Aug 15, 2016

September 2016 VIsa Bulletin

Visa Bulletin

Number 96 – Volume IX

Washington, D.C.

 

SEPTEMBER 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 September.  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 September.

 

Family-Sponsored

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

F1

15SEP09

15SEP09

15SEP09

22MAR95

01JUL05

F2A

15NOV14

15NOV14

15NOV14

01SEP14

15NOV14

F2B

01FEB10

01FEB10

01FEB10

15SEP95

01DEC05

F3

01DEC04

01DEC04

01DEC04

15NOV94

15JUN94

F4

08OCT03

01JAN03

01JAN01

22APR97

01MAR93

 

Employment-Based

All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA-mainland born

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HONDURAS

INDIA

MEXICO

PHILIPPINES

1st

C

01JAN10

C

01JAN10

C

C

2nd

01FEB14

01JAN10

01FEB14

22FEB05

01FEB14

01FEB14

3rd

01MAY16

01JAN10

01MAY16

15FEB05

01MAY16

01JUL10

Other Workers

01MAY16

01JAN04

01MAY16

15FEB05

01MAY16

01JUL10

4th

C

C

01JAN10

01JAN10

01JAN10

C

Certain Religious Workers

C

C

01JAN10

01JAN10

01JAN10

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-September-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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