United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs VISA BULLETIN IMMIGRANT NUMBERS FOR MAY 2015
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1 Number 80 Volume IX A. STATUTORY NUMBERS United States Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs VISA BULLETIN IMMIGRANT NUMBERS FOR MAY 2015 Washington, D.C. This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during May. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status. Allocations were made, to the extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by April 13th. If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The cut-off date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits. Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number. If it becomes necessary during the monthly allocation process to retrogress a cut-off date, supplemental requests for numbers will be honored only if the priority date falls within the new cut-off date announced in this bulletin. If at any time an annual limit were reached, it would be necessary to immediately make the preference category unavailable, and no further requests for numbers would be honored. 2. Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets an annual minimum family-sponsored preference limit of 226,000. The worldwide level for annual employment-based preference immigrants is at least 140,000. Section 202 prescribes that the per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 25,620. The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7, INA Section 203(e) provides that family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each has been filed. Section 203(d) provides that spouses and children of preference immigrants are entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration, if accompanying or following to join the principal. The visa prorating provisions of Section 202(e) apply to allocations for a foreign state or dependent area when visa demand exceeds the per-country limit. These provisions apply at present to the following oversubscribed chargeability areas: CHINA-mainland born, INDIA, MEXICO, and PHILIPPINES.
2 -2- May Section 203(a) of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of Family-sponsored immigrant visas as follows: FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. 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, plus any unused first preference numbers: A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit; B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents: 23% of the overall second preference limitation. Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences. Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences. 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.) All Chargeability Areas CHINA- Family- Except Those Listed mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES Sponsored F1 15AUG07 15AUG07 15AUG07 08NOV94 01FEB05 F2A 01SEP13 01SEP13 01SEP13 08AUG13 01SEP13 F2B 15SEP08 15SEP08 15SEP08 01APR95 22APR04 F3 22FEB04 22FEB04 22FEB04 15APR94 15AUG93 F4 01AUG02 01AUG02 01AUG02 15JUL97 22OCT91 *NOTE: For May, F2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 08AUG13. F2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 08AUG13 and earlier than 01SEP13. (All F2A numbers provided for MEXICO are exempt from the percountry limit; there are no F2A numbers for MEXICO subject to per-country limit.)
3 -3- May Section 203(b) of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of Employment-based immigrant visas as follows: 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 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of Pub. L 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.) All Chargeability Areas CHINA- Except Those mainland Listed born Employment- Based INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES 1st C C C C C 2nd C 01JUN12 15APR08 C C 3rd 01JAN15 01MAY11 15JAN04 01JAN15 01JUL07 Other 01JAN15 15NOV05 15JAN04 01JAN15 01JUL07 Workers 4th C C C C C Certain C C C C C Religious Workers 5th C 01MAY13 C C C Targeted Employment Areas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs
4 -4- May 2015 *Employment Third Preference Other Workers Category: Section 203(e) of the Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997, as amended by Section 1(e) of Pub. L , provides that once the Employment Third Preference Other Worker (EW) cut-off date has reached the priority date of the latest EW petition approved prior to November 19, 1997, the 10,000 EW numbers available for a fiscal year are to be reduced by up to 5,000 annually beginning in the following fiscal year. This reduction is to be made for as long as necessary to offset adjustments under the NACARA program. Since the EW cut-off date reached November 19, 1997 during Fiscal Year 2001, the reduction in the EW annual limit to 5,000 began in Fiscal Year The Department of State has a recorded message with the cut-off date information which can be heard at: (202) This recording is updated on or about the tenth of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month. B. DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY FOR THE MONTH OF MAY Section 203(c) of the INA provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit additional immigration opportunities for persons from countries with low admissions during the previous five years. The NACARA stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. This resulted in reduction of the DV-2015 annual limit to 50,000. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year. For May, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2015 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: Region All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately AFRICA 32,700 Except: Egypt 20,900 Ethiopia 25,750 ASIA 5,275 EUROPE 30,300 NORTH AMERICA 6 (BAHAMAS) OCEANIA 1,075 SOUTH AMERICA, 1,025 and the CARIBBEAN
5 -5- May 2015 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 the DV-2015 program ends as of September 30, DV visas may not be issued to DV-2015 applicants after that date. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2015 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, DV visa availability through the very end of FY-2015 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September 30. C. THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN JUNE For June, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2015 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 Chargeability Areas Except Those Region Listed Separately AFRICA 34,150 Except: Egypt 24,675 Ethiopia 30,000 ASIA 5,950 EUROPE 34,125 NORTH AMERICA 6 (BAHAMAS) OCEANIA 1,175 SOUTH AMERICA, 1,075 and the CARIBBEAN
6 -6- May 2015 D. OVERSUBSCRIPTION OF THE CHINA-mainland born EMPLOYMENT FIFTH PREFERENCE CATEGORY Heavy applicant demand has required the implementation of an Employment Fifth preference cut-off date to hold number use within the maximum level of numbers which may be made available for use by such applicants during FY No specific prediction regarding movement of this date is possible at present. Future visa availability will depend on a combination of demand for numbers being reported each month, and the extent to which otherwise unused numbers may become available. An increase in visa demand by applicants with relatively early priority dates COULD make necessary a retrogression of this cut-off date prior to the end of the fiscal year; retrogression is NOT being predicted but it cannot be ruled out. It is extremely likely that this category will remain subject to a cut-off date indefinitely. E. PHILLIPPINES VISA AVAILABILITY Family First preference: This cut-off date had been advanced very rapidly during the course of the last year in an effort to generate sufficient demand to fully utilize all available numbers. In recent months the amount of demand being received has been increasing at a steady pace. A continued increase in demand may require a retrogression of the cut-off date within the next several months to hold number use within the annual limit for this preference category. Employment Third preference: This cut-off date had also been advanced very rapidly in an effort to generate sufficient demand to fully utilize all available numbers. The current rate of increase in demand has required the retrogression of this cut-off date for the month of May, in an attempt to hold number use within the annual limit for this preference category.
7 F. OBTAINING THE MONTHLY VISA BULLETIN -7- May 2015 The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs publishes the monthly Visa Bulletin on their website at under the Visas section. Alternatively, visitors may access the Visa Bulletin directly by going to: To be placed on the Department of State s subscription list for the Visa Bulletin, please send an to the following address: and in the message body type: Subscribe Visa-Bulletin (example: Subscribe Visa-Bulletin) To be removed from the Department of State s subscription list for the Visa Bulletin, send an message to the following address: and in the message body type: Signoff Visa-Bulletin The Department of State also has available a recorded message with visa cut-off dates which can be heard at: (202) The recording is normally updated on/about the 10 th of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month. Readers may submit questions regarding Visa Bulletin related items by at the following address: (This address cannot be used to subscribe to the Visa Bulletin.) Department of State Publication 9514 CA/VO: April 13, 2015
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