Visa Bulletin August 2013

For August 2013 Visa Bulletin Analysis, please click here: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/07/analysis-visa-bulletin-august-2013.html

August 2013 Visa Bulletin have been officially released (valid from August 1 to August 31 only). Please see below for more details.

Dates for EB2 China, EB3 China, EB3 India, EB3 ROW, EB3 Mexico, F2B Philippines and F4 Mexico did not move at all.

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01SEP06	01SEP06	01SEP06	01SEP93	01JAN01
F2A	C	C	C	C	C
F2B	01DEC05	01DEC05	01DEC05	01FEB94	22DEC02
F3	08DEC02	08DEC02	08DEC02	01MAY93	01DEC92
F4	22JUN01	22JUN01	22JUN01	22SEP96	08JAN90

Employment Based:

Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	08AUG08	01JAN08	C	C
3rd	01JAN09	01JAN09	22JAN03	01JAN09	22OCT06
Other Workers	01JAN09	22MAR04	22JAN03	01JAN09	22OCT06
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

Link: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_6028.html

Also See:

• August 2013 Demand Data: http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/07/august-2013-demand-data.html

• July 2013 Visa Bulletin (with analysis): http://blog.mygcvisa.com/2013/06/july-2013-visa-bulletin.html

Visa Bulletin Explanation:

Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets an annual minimum family-sponsored preference limit of 226,000.  The worldwide level for annual employment-based preference immigrants is at least 140,000.  Section 202 prescribes that the per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 25,620.  The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7,320.

On the chart above, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available.  (NOTE:  Numbers are available only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off date listed below.) 

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First:  (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. 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, plus any unused first preference numbers:
A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents:  77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents:  23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third:  (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens:  23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth:  (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. 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 Pub. L. 102-395.

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