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SEPTEMBER 1995 VISA NUMBERS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES 
First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of 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, and any unused first preference numbers: 
A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit; 
B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation. 
Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences. 
Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult 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 300 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of PL 102-395. 
On the chart below, 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.) 
PREFERENCES 
         All Charge- 
        ability Areas   CHINA-  
        Except Those    mainland  
        Listed          born       INDIA     MEXICO     PHILIPPINES 
Family 
 
1st          C           C           C           C        09JAN86 
 
2A*       01JUL92     01JUL92     01JUL92     22FEB92     01JUL92 
 
2B        22MAY90     22MAY90     22MAY90     22MAY90     22MAY90 
 
3rd      15JAN93     15JAN93     15JAN93     01JUL87     01FEB84  
 
4th      15AUG85     15AUG85     15APR84     01NOV84     13SEP77 
 
 
*NOTE: For SEPTEMBER, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 22FEB92. 2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 22FEB92 and earlier than 01JUL92. (2A numbers subject to per- country limit are "unavailable" for applicants chargeable to MEXICO.) (The three-year transition program which had provided additional visas for spouses/children of legalization beneficiaries has ended; petitions approved on behalf of such spouses/children continue to accord them status in the Family 2A preference, however.) 
         All Charge- 
         ability Areas    CHINA- 
         Except Those     mainland   
         Listed           born       INDIA     MEXICO    PHILIPPINES 
Employment- 
  Based 
 
1st          C           C           C           C           C    
 
2nd          C           C           C           C           C    
 
3rd          C           C           C           C        01MAY94 
 
  Other  01MAR91     01MAR91     01MAR91     01MAR91     01MAR91 
  Workers 
 
4th          C           C           C           C        24NOV93 
 
  Certain    C           C           C           C        24NOV93 
  Religious 
  Workers 
 
5th          C           C           C           C           C    
 
  Targeted Employ-  C    C           C           C           C  
  ment Areas/ 
  Regional Centers 
 
 
NOTE: The visa availability dates shown in the first column of the lists above (that is, the "ALL CHARGEABILITY AREAS etc." column) apply to the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC in all preference categories. The DOMINICAN REPUBLIC is, therefore, not currently an "oversubscribed" country for visa allocation purposes, and accordingly will no longer be listed separately on the chart of monthly cut-off dates. 
Diversity Immigrant (DV) category 
Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year (beginning with FY-1995) to provide immigration opportunities for persons from countries other than the principal sources of current immigration to the United States. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. Not more than 3,850 visas (7% of the 55,000 visa limit) may be provided to immigrants from any one country. 
The allotment of FY-1995 visa numbers for each region is as follows: Africa, 20,200; Asia, 6,837; Europe, 24,549; North America (Bahamas), 8; South America, Central America, and the Caribbean, 2,589; and Oceania, 817. 
For September, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number: 
 
               All DV Charge- 
               ability Areas 
               Except Those 
  Region       Listed Separately 
  
  AFRICA            AF 29,679       EXCEPT:  ETHIOPIA  16,630 
                                             NIGERIA   17,918 
 
  ASIA              AS 06,692 
  
  EUROPE             Current        EXCEPT:  POLAND  (see note below) 
  
  NORTH AMERICA     (see note below) 
   (BAHAMAS) 
  
  OCEANIA           OC 00,681 
  
  SOUTH AMERICA,    SA 01,368 
    CENTRAL AMERICA, 
    and the CARIBBEAN 
 
NOTE: Visas have already been made available to the FY-1995 numerical limit for Poland and North America. At present, additional Poland and North America allocations are unavailable. 
Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for Fiscal (visa) Year 1995 ends as of September 30, 1995, and their lottery registration will confer no benefit after that date. FY-1995 Diversity visa cases should be brought to completion as soon as possible.