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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

New Green Cards Actually Are Green!

USCIS announces new, more secure permanent resident cards (“green cards”) here.  At one point in the past the cards actually were green.  Since then they’ve been white or pink but everyone still refers to them as green.  Now there won’t be any confusion.  No telling yet whether there will be production delays as the new cards start rolling off the press.  I’ve grown used to the 1 to 2 week turn around times from the card production facility.

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May 12th, 2010 Posted by Thomas Brown | Uncategorized | no comments