April 2013 Visa Bulletin: China EB-2 Advances

April's Visa Bulletin is not much different from last month's.  Employment-based 2nd preference for China continues to advance to April 1, 2008 while India Eb-2 remains unchanged. Most other employment categories continue to advance moderately.  On the family side, family-based first categories continue to advance and the most notable advancement is the Philippines’s four-month  advancement  to February 15, 1999.  Family 2A advance three weeks for China, India, the Philippines and the Other Countries.  Family 2B moves forward by five weeks for all countries.  Please see the tables below for details.

Family	Other Countries	CHINA	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	08MAR06	08MAR06	08MAR06	01AUG93	15FEB99
F2A	15DEC10	15DEC10	15DEC10	01DEC10	15DEC10
F2B	08APR05	08APR05	08APR05	22FEB93	15JUL02
F3	22JUL02	22JUL02	22JUL02	22MAR93	01OCT92
F4	01MAY01	01MAY01	01MAY01	01SEP96	15AUG89

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	01APR08		01SEP04		C	C
3rd	01JUL07	22APR07		08DEC02		01JUL07	08SEP06
Other Workers	01JUL07	01AUG03		08DEC02		01JUL07	08SEP06
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)