August 2003
August 2003Employment-Based |
All Charge-Ability Areas Except Those Listed
|
India |
Mexico
|
Philippines
|
---|---|---|---|---|
1st
|
Current
|
Current
|
Current
|
Current
|
2nd
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
3rd
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
Other Workers
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
4th
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
Certain Religious Workers
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
5th
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers
|
Current
|
Current |
Current
|
Current
|
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. 102-395.
Family-Based |
All Charge-Ability Areas Except Those Listed
|
India |
Mexico
|
Philippines
|
---|---|---|---|---|
1st
|
February 1st 2000
|
February 1st 2000 |
July 15th 1994
|
March 22nd 1989
|
2A*
|
July 1st 1998
|
July 1st 1998 |
January 15th 1996
|
July 1st 1998
|
2B
|
January 15th 1995
|
January 15th 1995 |
November 22nd 1991
|
January 15th 1995
|
3rd
|
May 1st 1997
|
May 1st 1997 |
May 22nd 1994
|
March 22nd 1988
|
4th
|
September 22nd 1991
|
May 22nd 1990 |
September 22nd 1991
|
March 1st 1981
|
First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens
Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents
A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents
B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents
Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens
Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens