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 STATE DEPARTMENT VISA BULLETIN - JUNE 2002
FAMILY NUMBERS
|
Family |
All Chargeability Areas
Except Those Listed |
China |
India |
Mexico |
Philippines |
|
1st |
01MAR99 |
01MAR99 |
01MAR99 |
22APR94 |
22MAY88 |
|
2A* |
22SEP96 |
22SEP96 |
22SEP96 |
22OCT94 |
22SEP96 |
|
2B |
22JUN93 |
22JUN93 |
22JUN93 |
22OCT91 |
22JUN93 |
|
3rd |
08MAY96 |
08MAY96 |
08MAY96 |
15JUL95 |
22NOV87 |
|
4th |
08OCT89 |
08OCT89 |
01APR88 |
08OCT89 |
08AUG1979 |
EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS
|
Employment-
Based |
All Chargeability Areas Except Those
Listed |
CHINA-Mainland born |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
|
1st |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
2nd |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
3rd |
c |
01AUG00 |
01JAN99 |
c |
c |
|
Other Workers |
01MAY99 |
01MAY99 |
01MAY99 |
01MAY99 |
01MAY99 |
|
4th |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
Certain Religious Workers |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
5th |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
|
Targeted Employment Areas |
c |
c |
c |
c |
c |
DV NUMBERS FOR JUNE
|
Region |
All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately |
|
|
Africa |
AF 19,930 |
Except: Ethiopia AF 16,800 |
|
Asia |
AS 10,520 |
|
|
Europe |
EU 20,000 |
Except: Albania EU 12,275 |
|
North America (Bahamas) |
NA 15 |
|
|
Oceania |
OC 845 |
|
|
SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN |
SA 1,600 |
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ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN JULY
|
Region |
All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately |
|
|
Africa |
AF 24,700 |
Except: Ethiopia AF 19,700 |
|
Asia |
AS 12,000 |
|
|
Europe |
EU 24,000 |
Except: Albania EU 13,000 |
|
North America (Bahamas) |
NA 15 |
|
|
Oceania |
OC 900 |
|
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SOUTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN |
SA 1,740 |
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The Third Preference Employment category, Other Workers, subdivision, experienced a substantial movement in visa numbers this month. The reasons for this are not completely clear, but it is possible that one reason for it is the spill down provision for employment based visas enacted last year.
The State Department has also warned of retrogression in priority dates of a number of family based immigration categories. It says that the annual limits on immigration are rapidly being approached, and that heavy demand, especially in adjustment of status cases filed in the US, could mean that 2001 cut off dates are reached in July or August.
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