Visa Bulletin For March 2013 / Boletín de Visas para Marzo 2013

Boletín de Visas de Marzo 2013

Para tener un estimado de la fecha de tu entrevista entra a la siguiente página, agrega tu fecha de prioridad y elige la categoría (F1, F2A, F2B, F3 o F4).
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Family-Sponsored	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	15FEB06	15FEB06	15FEB06	22JUL93	15OCT98
F2A	22NOV10	22NOV10	22NOV10	15NOV10	22NOV10
F2B	01MAR05	01MAR05	01MAR05	15JAN93	08JUN02
F3	15JUL02	15JUL02	15JUL02	15MAR93	15SEP92
F4	22APR01	22APR01	22APR01	15AUG96	15JUL89

Employment- Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	15FEB08	01SEP04	C	C
3rd	01MAY07	22JAN07	22NOV02	01MAY07	01SEP06
Other Workers	01MAY07	01JUL03	22NOV02	01MAY07	01SEP06
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th Targeted EmploymentAreas/ Regional Centers and Pilot Programs	C	C	C	C	C

D. VISA AVAILABILITY IN THE COMING MONTHS (April – June)

FAMILY-sponsored categories (potential monthly movement)

Worldwide dates:
F1:  Three or four weeks
F2A: Three to five weeks
F2B: Three to five weeks
F3:  One or two weeks
F4:  Up to two weeks

EMPLOYMENT-based categories (potential monthly movement)

Employment First:  Current

Employment Second:

Worldwide:  Current

China:  Three to six weeks 

India:  No movement.  Despite the established cut-off date having been held for the past five months in an effort to keep demand within the average monthly usage targets, the amount of demand being received from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Offices for adjustment of status cases remains extremely high.  Should the current rate of demand continue, it is likely that at some point the cut-off date will need to be retrogressed in an effort to hold demand within the FY-2013 annual limit.  

Employment Third:

Worldwide:    Four to six weeks
China:        Two to three months
India:        Up to two weeks
Mexico:       Four to six weeks
Philippines:  Up to one week

Employment Fourth:  Current

Employment Fifth:  Current

Item D of the December 2012 Visa Bulletin alerted readers that a China cut-off date might be imposed at some point during the second half of the fiscal year.  Currently there is no reason to believe that it will be necessary to establish a China Employment Fifth preference category cut-off date during FY-2013, since demand over first six months of FY-2013 has now averaged out to a manageable level.

The above projections for the Family and Employment categories are for what is likely to happen during each of the next few months based on current applicant demand patterns.  Readers should never assume that recent trends in cut-off date movements are guaranteed for the future.  The determination of the actual monthly cut-off dates is subject to fluctuations in applicant demand and a number of other variables which can change at any time.  Those categories with a “Current” projection will remain so for the foreseeable future.