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Visa Count-down For April 2008
1ST	22 FEB 02
2A	08 MAY 03
2B	22 MAR 99
3RD	22 MAY 00
4TH	15 DEC 96



Employment Categories
1st (Priority Workers)	Current
2nd (Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability)	01 DEC 03
3rd (Skilled workers, Professionals, and other workers)	01 OCT 01
Other Workers	01 MAR 02
4th (Certain Religious Workers)	Current
Certain Religious Workers	Current
5th (Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers)	Current
Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers	Current

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First: Unmarried Sons and Daughters of 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, and any unused first preference numbers:
A. Spouses and Children: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
B. Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older): 23% of the overall second preference limitation.
Third: Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.
Fourth: Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

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 P.L. 102-395.

Information Courtesy:
U.S. State Department
Visa Availability
Information Line
Phone: (202)663-1541
http://travel.state.gov/visa_bulletin.html

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