Each month, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issue the visa availability of those who wish to immigrate (family-based application) or work (employment based application) in America. For the month of April 2009 here are the abridged priority dates:
FAMILY CATEGORIES
Categories——Worldwide—China (PRC)—-India——–Mexico———Philippines
1st————-08-15-02—-08-15-02——-08-15-02—–10-08-92——-08-01-93
2A————–08-15-04—-08-15-04——-08-15-04—–01-01-02——-08-15-04
2B————–09-01-00—-09-01-00——-09-01-00—–05-01-92——-01-15-98
3rd————-08-22-00—-08-22-00——-08-22-00—–10-22-92——-06-15-91
4th————-04-15-98—-01-08-98——-04-15-98—–04-22-95——-06-22-86
EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES
Categories——Worldwide—China (PRC)—-India——–Mexico———-Philippines
1st————–Current——-Current——–Current——Current———Current
2nd————-Current——-02-15-05——-02-15-04—Current———Current
3rd————-03-01-03—-03-01-03——-11-01-01—–03-01-03——–03-01-03
Unskilled——-03-01-01—-03-01-01——-03-01-01—–03-01-01——–03-01-01
4th————-Current——–Current——–Current——–Current———Current
Religious—–Unavailable—Unavailable—Unavailable–Unavailable—–Unavailable
5th————-Current——–Current——–Current——Current———Current
For detailed information I suggest the websites: State Department Visa Bulletin—http://travel.state.gov/; http://shusterman.com/vb.html (Photo Credit: Yuhuru1701)
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