Feb. 2013 Visa Bulletin: EB advances for China but
stagnant for India
For February 2013, the Visa Bulletin published by the U.S. State
Department continues to be a tale of two countries for employment
immigration. While China continues to move forward in the employment
categories, India remains stagnant.
Employment based second preference (advance degree holders) moves
forward by five weeks for China while India remains unchanged at September 1,
2004. China’s employment based third
preference (bachelor’s degree and skilled workers) moves forward by seven weeks
while India’s EB3 category tiptoes forward by one week only.
For family-sponsored immigration, most first and second preference
categories continue to move forward while third and fourth preference
categories remain unchanged or move slowly.
Significantly, family 2B advances five weeks for China, India and “Other
Countries”. Family forth preference for the Philippines
also moves forward nicely by more than two months to June 1, 1989. Please see the tables below for details:
|
Family
|
Other Countries
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
F1
|
15JAN06
|
15JAN06
|
15JAN06
|
15JUL93
|
08MAR98
|
|
F2A
|
22OCT10
|
22OCT10
|
22OCT10
|
08OCT10
|
22OCT10
|
|
F2B
|
15JAN05
|
15JAN05
|
15JAN05
|
15DEC92
|
15MAY02
|
|
F3
|
08JUL02
|
08JUL02
|
08JUL02
|
08MAR93
|
22AUG92
|
|
F4
|
15APR01
|
15APR01
|
15APR01
|
01AUG96
|
01JUN89
|
1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens
(about 23,000 per year).
2A: The 2 "A" preference is for
Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.
2B: The 2 "B" Preference is for
Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.
3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of
Citizens.(about 23,000 per year)
4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult
Citizens.(about 65,000 per year)
|
Employment
|
Other Countries
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
1st
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
2nd
|
C
|
15JAN08
|
01SEP04
|
C
|
C
|
|
3rd
|
15MAR07
|
15NOV06
|
15NOV02
|
15MAR07
|
22AUG06
|
|
Other Workers
|
15MAR07
|
01JUL03
|
15NOV02
|
15MAR07
|
22AUG06
|
|
4th
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
5th
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability
aliens, multinational companies executives/managers, outstanding
prof./researchers)
2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced
Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.
3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other
Workers (Unskilled.)
4th: "Special Immigrants" (Religious
& others)
5th: Employment Creation (Investors)
Jan. 2013 Visa Bulletin: Slow to Moderate
Advancements
The first month of 2013 does not bring us any unusual movements in the
visa bulletin. Most family sponsored visa categories advance slowly
to moderately. For examples, Family 2A move forward by 4 weeks for most
countries. The big winner is Family 1st
for the Philippines, which leap forward by10 weeks to December 22, 1997.
On the Employment side, EB-2 India continues to be stagnant with no
movement while EB-2 China moves forward by about 6 weeks. Most EB-3 visa categories enjoy moderate
forward movements. Please see the tables
below for details:
|
Family
|
Other Countries
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
F1
|
01DEC05
|
01DEC05
|
01DEC05
|
01JUL93
|
08OCT97
|
|
F2A
|
22AUG10
|
22AUG10
|
22AUG10
|
01AUG10
|
22AUG10
|
|
F2B
|
15NOV04
|
15NOV04
|
15NOV04
|
01NOV92
|
22MAR02
|
|
F3
|
08JUN02
|
08JUN02
|
08JUN02
|
01MAR93
|
01AUG92
|
|
F4
|
01APR01
|
01APR01
|
01APR01
|
22JUL96
|
22MAR89
|
1st: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens
(about 23,000 per year).
2A: The 2 "A" preference is for
Spouses and Children (under 21 & unmarried) of LPR's.
2B: The 2 "B" Preference is for
Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 or older) of LPR's.
3rd: Married Sons and Daughters of
Citizens.(about 23,000 per year)
4th: Brothers and Sisters of Adult
Citizens.(about 65,000 per year)
|
Employment
|
Other Countries
|
CHINA
|
INDIA
|
MEXICO
|
PHILIPPINES
|
|
1st
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
2nd
|
C
|
22OCT07
|
01SEP04
|
C
|
C
|
|
3rd
|
22DEC06
|
01JUL06
|
01NOV02
|
22DEC06
|
15AUG06
|
|
Other Workers
|
22DEC06
|
01JUL03
|
01NOV02
|
22DEC06
|
15AUG06
|
|
4th
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
|
5th
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
C
|
1st: Priority Workers (Extraordinary ability
aliens, multinational companies executives/managers, outstanding
prof./researchers)
2nd: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced
Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.
3rd: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other
Workers (Unskilled.)
4th: "Special Immigrants" (Religious
& others)
5th: Employment Creation (Investors)
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