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June 2010 Visa Bulletin

You can read the June 2010 Visa Bulletin here.  Note that the Dominican Republic has been added to the list of countries carved out for special visa allocation.

Here’s the family table:

Family All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st 08NOV04 08NOV04 08NOV04 08NOV04 22OCT92 15MAR95
2A 01JAN08 01JAN08 01DEC06 01JAN08 01DEC06 01JAN08
2B 15NOV02 15NOV02 01JUL02 15NOV02 15JUN92 08MAR99
3rd 22JUN01 22JUN01 22JUN01 22JUN01 22OCT92 22MAY92
4th 01SEP00 01SEP00 01SEP00 01SEP00 08DEC95 01APR88

And here’s the employment table:

Employment- Based All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born DOMINICAN REPUBLIC INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C C C C C C
2nd C 22NOV05 C 01FEB05 C C
3rd 22JUN03 22JUN03 22JUN03 22OCT01 U 22JUN03
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 U 01JUN01
4th C C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C C
5th C C C C C C
Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C C
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May 12th, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

May 2010 Visa Bulletin

Here’s the link.

The family table:

Family All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st 08SEP04 08SEP04 08SEP04 15OCT92 01NOV94
2A 01DEC06 01DEC06 01DEC06 01JUN05 01DEC06
2B 01JUL02 01JUL02 01JUL02 15JUN92 15NOV98
3rd 08JUN01 08JUN01 08JUN01 22OCT92 01MAY92
4th 15MAY00 15MAY00 15MAY00 08DEC95 08DEC87

And the employment table:

  All
Chargeability
Areas
Except
Those
Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
Employment
-Based
         
1st C C C C C
2nd C 22SEP05 01FEB05 C C
3rd 22APR03 22APR03 01OCT01 U 22APR03
Other
Workers
01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 U 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employment Areas/
Regional Centers
C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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April 13th, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

April 2010 Visa Bulletin

Our friends at the Department of State have released the April 2010 visa bulletin here.

Here’s the family table:

Family All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st 08JUL04 08JUL04 08JUL04 15OCT92 01MAR94
2A 01JUN06 01JUN06 01JUN06 01JAN05 01JUN06
2B 01MAR02 01MAR02 01MAR02 15JUN92 15SEP98
3rd 22MAY01 22MAY01 22MAY01 15OCT92 01MAR92
4th 01MAR00 01MAR00 01MAR00 08DEC95 08SEP87

And here’s the employment table:

Employment- Based All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
1st C C C C C
2nd C 22AUG05 01FEB05 C C
3rd 01FEB03 01FEB03 08SEP01 01JUL02 01FEB03
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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March 22nd, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

March 2010 Visa Bulletin

The link is here.

Here’s the family table:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 22JUN04 22JUN04 22JUN04 01OCT92 01MAR94
2A 01APR06 01APR06 01APR06 01JUL04 01APR06
2B 01FEB02 01FEB02 01FEB02 15JUN92 22AUG98
3rd 22MAY01 22MAY01 22MAY01 08OCT92 01MAR92
4th 15JAN00 15JAN00 15JAN00 08DEC95 01SEP87

And here’s the employment table:

  All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment -Based          
1st C C C C C
2nd C 08JUL05 01FEB05 C C
3rd 15DEC02 15DEC02 01JUL01 01JUL02 15DEC02
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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February 11th, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

February 2010 Visa Bulletin

It’s here.

Here’s the family table:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 01JUN04 01JUN04 01JUN04 08SEP92 01JAN94
2A 01MAR06 01MAR06 01MAR06 01MAR04 01MAR06
2B 01JAN02 01JAN02 01JAN02 08JUN92 15JUL98
3rd 22MAY01 22MAY01 22MAY01 22SEP92 01JAN92
4th 15NOV99 15NOV99 15NOV99 01DEC95 01JUL87

And here’s the employment table:

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment -Based
1st C C C C C
2nd C 22MAY05 22JAN05 C C
3rd 22SEP02 22SEP02 22JUN01 01JUL02 22SEP02
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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January 11th, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

January 2010 Visa Bulletin

The January 2010 Visa Bulletin is here.

The family table is here:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 01APR04 01APR04 01APR04 15AUG92 01DEC93
2A 01JAN06 01JAN06 01JAN06 01JAN04 01JAN06
2B 01DEC01 01DEC01 01DEC01 08JUN92 01JUL98
3rd 22MAY01 22MAY01 22MAY01 15SEP92 01DEC91
4th 01OCT99 01OCT99 01OCT99 22NOV95 01MAY87

And the employment table is here:

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed

CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment -Based
1st C C C C C
2nd C 01MAY05 22JAN05 C C
3rd 01AUG02 01AUG02 22JUN01 01JUL02 01AUG02
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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December 12th, 2009 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

December 2009 Visa Bulletin

Our friends at the Department of State have released the December 2009 Visa Bulletin here.

Here’s the family table:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 22JAN04 22JAN04 22JAN04 01AUG92 01NOV93
2A 01NOV05 01NOV05 01NOV05 01OCT03 01NOV05
2B 01NOV01 01NOV01 01NOV01 01JUN92 01JUL98
3rd 22MAY01 22MAY01 22MAY01 22AUG92 15NOV91
4th 08SEP99 08SEP99 08SEP99 15NOV95 22MAR87

And here’s the employment table:

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment -Based
1st C C C C C
2nd C 01APR05 22JAN05 C C
3rd 01JUN02 01JUN02 01MAY01 01JUN02 01JUN02
Other Workers 01JUN01 01JUN01 01MAY01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs C C C C C
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November 13th, 2009 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

October 2009 Visa Bulletin

Here’s the latest from State.

The Family table:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 22JUL03 22JUL03 22JUL03 08JUN92 08OCT93
2A 01JUN05 01JUN05 01JUN05 01MAR03 01JUN05
2B 22AUG01 22AUG01 22AUG01 22MAY92 01MAY98
3rd 15JAN01 15JAN01 15JAN01 08JUL91 15OCT91
4th 15APR99 15APR99 15APR99 08OCT95 01DEC86

The Employment table:

All
Charge-ability
Areas
Except
Those
Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment
-Based
1st C C C C C
2nd C 22MAR05 22JAN05 C C
3rd 01JUN02 22FEB02 15APR01 01MAY02 01JUN02
Other
Workers
01JUN01 01JUN01 15APR01 01JUN01 01JUN01
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers U U U U U
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/
Regional Centers
C C C C C
5th Pilot Programs U U U U U
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September 14th, 2009 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

September 2009 Visa Bulletin

The Department of State has released the September 2009 visa bulletin here.

Here’s the family table:

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA- mainland
born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
Family
1st 15MAY03 15MAY03 15MAY03 01JAN91 22SEP93
2A 15APR05 15APR05 15APR05 22DEC02 15APR05
2B 01JUL01 01JUL01 01JUL01 15MAY92 01MAY98
3rd 15DEC00 15DEC00 15DEC00 01JUL91 22SEP91
4th 22FEB99 22FEB99 22FEB99 22SEP95 22OCT86

And here’s the employment table:

All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed
CHINA- mainland
born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIPPINES
Employment-based
1st
C
C
C
C
C
2nd
C
08JAN05
08JAN05
C
C
3rd
U
U
U
U
U
Other Worker
U
U
U
U
U
4th
U
U
U
U
U
Certain Religious
Workers
U
U
U
U
U
5th

C

C

C

C

C

Targeted Employ-
ment Areas/
Regional Centers
C
C
C
C
C
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August 12th, 2009 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments

August 2009 Visa Bulletin

Here it is.

The family table:

Fam-ily All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA-mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPP-INES
1st 08JAN03 08JAN03 08JAN03 01JAN91 15SEP93
2A 15JAN05 15JAN05 15JAN05 22SEP02 15JAN05
2B 01MAY01 01MAY01 01MAY01 08MAY92 01MAY98
3rd 01NOV00 01NOV00 01NOV00 01JUL91 08AUG91
4th 22DEC98 22DEC98 22DEC98 01AUG95 08SEP86

The employment table:

All
Charge-ability
Areas
Except
Those
Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA MEXICO PHILIP-PINES
Employ-ment
-Based
1st C C C C C
2nd C 01OCT03 01OCT03 C C
3rd U U U U U
Other
Workers
U U U U U
4th C C C C C
Certain Religious Workers C C C C C
5th C C C C C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/
Regional Centers
C C C C C
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July 13th, 2009 Posted by Thomas Brown | visa bulletin | no comments