The Department of State has released the
April 2010 Visa Bulletin, its projection of immigrant visa availability for the coming month. In April, there will be a five-week advancement in the priority date cut-off for the employment-based second preference (EB-2) category for China, to August 22, 2005, but the EB-2 India subcategory will remain unchanged. In the third employment-based preference category (EB-3) for professionals and skilled workers, priority dates will advance nine weeks for India, to September 8, 2001, and six weeks for China and most other countries, to February 1, 2003.
In April 2010, priority date cut-offs for the employment-based immigrant categories will be as follows:
EB-1 Current for all countries.
EB-2 China – August 22, 2005.
India – February 1, 2005.
All other countries – current.
EB-3 Professionals and Skilled Workers China – February 1, 2003.
India – September 8, 2001.
Mexico – July 1, 2002.
All other countries – February 1, 2003.
EB-3 Other Workers All countries – June 1, 2001.
EB-5 Current for all subcategories and countries.
For general information on how the Department of State determines immigrant visa availability and gauges demand for employment-based immigrant visas, click
here and
here.