Legal Resources. Judicial Assistance Country Information. The Visa Bulletin. Visa Statistics. Loss of U. Unless otherwise indicated on the U. Procedures for determining dates. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; USCIS reports applicants for adjustment of status.
Allocations in the charts below were made, to the extent possible, in chronological order of reported priority dates, for demand received by August 2nd. If not all demand could be satisfied, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed. The final action date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits. If it becomes necessary during the monthly allocation process to retrogress a final action date, supplemental requests for numbers will be honored only if the priority date falls within the new final action date announced in this bulletin.
The fiscal year limit for family-sponsored preference immigrants determined in accordance with Section of the Immigration and Nationality Act INA is , The fiscal year limit for employment-based preference immigrants calculated under INA is , INA Section e provides that family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each has been filed.
Section d provides that spouses and children of preference immigrants are entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration, if accompanying or following to join the principal. The visa prorating provisions of Section e apply to allocations for a foreign state or dependent area when visa issuances will exceed the per-country limit. Section a of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of Family-sponsored immigrant visas as follows:.
Citizens: 23, plus any numbers not required for fourth preference. Second : Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: ,, plus the number if any by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds ,, plus any unused first preference numbers:. Citizens: 23,, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.
