
Visa Bulletin May 2015
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:
- (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
- (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.
Family Sponsored | All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | India | Mexico | Philippines |
F1 | 15AUG07 | 15AUG07 | 15AUG07 | 08NOV94 | 01FEB05 |
F2 | 01SEP13 | 01SEP13 | 01SEP13 | 08AUG13 | 01SEP13 |
F2B | 15SEP08 | 15SEP08 | 15SEP08 | 01APR95 | 22APR04 |
F3 | 22FEB04 | 22FEB04 | 22FEB04 | 15APR94 | 15AUG93 |
F4 | 01AUG02 | 01AUG02 | 01AUG02 | 15JUL97 | 22OCT91 |
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. 102-395.
Employment- Based | All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed | CHINA- mainland born | India | Mexico | Philippines |
EB-1 | C | C | C | C | C |
EB-2 | C | 01JUN12 | 15APR08 | C | C |
EB-3 | 01JAN15 | 01MAY11 | 15JAN04 | 01JAN15 | 01JUL07 |
EB-3 Other Workers | 01JAN15 | 15NOV05 | 15JAN04 | 01JAN15 | 01JUL07 |
EB-4 | C | C | C | C | C |
EB-5 | C | 01MAY13 | C | C | C |