May 2013 Visa Bulletin

There are some significant advancement in both Family and Employment categories in May.

Family 2A advances 2 to 2.5 months for all countries across the board including China, India, Philippines, and Mexico.  Philippines 1st moves forward by about 4 months.  Family 2B also enjoys decent forward movements for all countries.  On the employment side, both China and Mexico jump forward by 5 months in the EB-3 category.  The significant advancements in the cut-off dates of the EB-3 category are intentional in an attempt to fully utilize all available visa numbers allocated for the fiscal year.  Such advancements may continue for the next few months, according to the State Department.  EB-2 India remains unchanged while EB-2 China advances again to May 15, 2008.  Please see the tables below for further details.

 

Family	Other Countries	CHINA	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	01APR06	01APR06	01APR06	08AUG93	01JUN99
F2A	01MAR11	01MAR11	01MAR11	01FEB11	01MAR11
F2B	15MAY05	15MAY05	15MAY05	01MAY93	08SEP02
F3	08AUG02	08AUG02	08AUG02	01APR93	22OCT92
F4	01MAY01	01MAY01	01MAY01	08SEP96	01OCT89

 

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	15MAY08		01SEP04		C	C
3rd	01DEC07	01DEC07		22DEC02		01DEC07	15SEP06
Other Workers	01DEC07	01SEP03		22DEC02		01DEC07	15SEP06
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)