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VISA NUMBERS FOR JUNE 1995
A) STATUTORY NUMBERS (This communication provides priority dates
and other transitional information as taken from the State
Department's Visa Bulletin released May 11, 1995.)
        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 FAMILY
All Charge-
ability Areas    CHINA
Except Those     mainland Dominican
Listed           born     Republic   India   Mexico   Philippines
 
1st  C           C         C          C        C      26DEC85
2A*  15MAY92     15MAY92   15MAY92    15MAY92 15FEB92 15MAY92
2B   01MAY90     01MAY90   01MAY90    01MAY90 01MAY90 01MAY90
3rd  01NOV92     01NOV92   01NOV92    01NOV92 01MAY87 08NOV83 
4th  22JUN85     22JUN85   22JUN85    22NOV83 01JUN84 26AUG77
*NOTE:  For JUNE, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are
available to applicants from all countries with priority dates
earlier than 15FEB92. 2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are
available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO
with priority dates beginning 15FEB92 and earlier than 15MAY92. 
(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           29JUL93  C          C       C        01MAY94
Other 01OCT90    01OCT90  01OCT90    01OCT90 01OCT90  01OCT90
Workers
4th  C           C        C          C       C        13OCT93
Certain  C       C        C          C       C        13OCT93  
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 FOR THE JUNE 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 JUNE, 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
number BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:
                               All DV Chargeability Areas
Region                         Except Those Listed Separately
 
AFRICA                         AF 21,953            EXCEPT:	ETHIOPIA  19
								NIGERIA   18,250
ASIA                           AS 04,296            EXCEPT:	BANGLADESH  AS 03,233
EUROPE                         Current              EXCEPT:	POLAND   (see note 1 below)
NORTH AMERICA                  (see note 1 below)
(BAHAMAS)
OCEANIA                        OC 00,564
SOUTH AMERICA,                 (see note 2 below)
CENTRAL AMERICA,
and the CARIBBEAN
NOTE 1:  No DV visa numbers are available for Poland and North
America for June, since visas had already been made available to
the FY-1995 limit. Further allocations will be possible only to
the extent that numbers already made available are returned
unused and can then be reallocated.
NOTE 2: VISAS HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE FOR FY-1995 TO THE
SOUTH AMERICA LIMIT (2,589).  AT PRESENT FURTHER SOUTH AMERICA DV
ALLOCATIONS ARE "UNAVAILABLE."
When the June DV allocations were initially made, Diversity visa
numbers were provided for South America applicants on a "Current"
basis.  Applicants for whom numbers were allocated were scheduled
for visa interviews and sent notification letter by the National
Visa Center.  Such scheduled visa interviews are not affected by
the unavailability of further allocations, but if final action on
such cases is not taken during the month for which a visa number
has been allocated, there is no assurance that an allocation will
be possible in the future. DV numbers have already been made
available as well to INS offices for many applicants seeking
adjustment of status. Subsequently, FY-1995 South America
allocations reached the regional limit, which has resulted in the
unavailability of any additional South America DV numbers at
present.
Some South America numbers made available to consular offices may
be returned unused to the Department of State at the end of the
month of allocation; such numbers would then be available for
reallocation. It is not likely that the amount of such numbers
will be very great, however.
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.
As with earlier lotteries, to permit DV visas to be made
available to the limits, substantially more persons have been
registered than there are visas, since many applicants are liable
not to pursue their visa case.