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AUGUST STATE DEPARTMENT VISA BULLETIN
Immigrant Numbers For August 1995 
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS 
On the following chart, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed; "C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available. 
PREFERENCES
  All Charge-
  ability Areas  CHINA-
  Except Those   mainland DOMINICAN
  Listed         born     REPUBLIC  INDIA    MEXICO  PHILIPPINES 
Family

1st  C           C        C         C        C        08JAN86

2A*  15JUN92     15JUN92  15JUN92   15JUN92  22FEB92  15JUN92
 
2B   22MAY90     22MAY90  22MAY90   22MAY90  22MAY90  22MAY90

3rd  15DEC92     15DEC92  15DEC92   15DEC92  22JUN87  01FEB84

4th  15AUG85     15AUG85  15AUG85   15MAR84  01OCT84  13SEP77
*NOTE: For AUGUST, 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 15JUN92. (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.) 
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
  All Charge-
  ability Areas   CHINA-
  Except Those    mainland DOMINICAN
  Listed          born     REPUBLIC   INDIA    MEXICO PHILIPPINES 

1st    C          C        C          C        C         C

2nd    C          C        C          C        C         C

3rd    C          01NOV93  C          C        C         01MAY94

Other  01JAN91    01JAN91  01JAN91    01JAN91  01JAN91   01JAN91
Workers

4th    C          C        C          C        C         22NOV93

Certain C         C        C          C        C         22NOV93 
Religious Workers

5th    C          C        C          C        C         C

Targeted C        C        C          C         C        C   
Employment Areas/Regional Centers 
The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa availability information which can be heard at (202) 663-1541. This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month. 
ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUGUST 1995 VISA BULLETIN 
B. 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 AUGUST, 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 19,114      EXCEPT:       ETHIOPIA  15,503                    
                                                                           
                                             NIGERIA   8,126

ASIA             AS 05,736      EXCEPT:       BANGLADESH  AS 05,502  

EUROPE           Current        EXCEPT:       POLAND  (see note 1 below)  

NORTH AMERICA     (see note 1 below)
 (BAHAMAS)
 
OCEANIA          OC 00,419
 
SOUTH AMERICA,      (see note 2 below)
CENTRAL AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
NOTE 1: 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. 
NOTE 2: When the August DV allocations were made, no Diversity visa numbers were available for South America. No South America allocations were provided for August, therefore. 
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.