Law Office of
D.Ray Mantle, PLLC

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D.Ray Mantle has devoted his legal career to immigration law. His thorough research and writing skills were relied on by Immigration Judges while he served as an Attorney Advisor in the U.S. Department of Justice, and he has advised Fortune 100 companies on complex immigration cases. Find out how you can benefit from his experience and have Mr. Mantle work for you:

Why Mantle Works.

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972-567-8809 (phone)
888-567-0896 (fax)

2591 Dallas Parkway
Suite 300
Frisco, Texas 75034

Member,
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Visa Bulletin

The Bureau of Consular Affairs within the Department of State controls the allocation of immigrant visa numbers each month. Only individuals with a priority date earlier than the posted cut-off dates for that month are eligible to have their permanent residence applications approved.

April 2008 Visa Bulletin

D.Ray Mantle, March 19, 2008

Employment-Based Priority Dates

Priority dates for several employment-based categories moved forward for April 2008, bringing the world-wide level (other than China, India and Mexico) for EB3 to July 1, 2005, a six month forward movement from March 2008. Visa numbers have once again become available to the India Employment Second preference category, but the State Department warns it may be necessary to make adjustments in EB2 priority dates should the level of demand increase substantially.

	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
Employ-ment -Based
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	01DEC03	01DEC03	C	C
3rd	01JUL05	08FEB03	01OCT01	01OCT01	01JUL05
Other Workers	01MAR02	01MAR02	01MAR02	01MAR02	01MAR02
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th	C	C	C	C	C
Targeted Employ-ment Areas/ Regional Centers	C	C	C	C	C

Family-Based Priority Dates

Family	All Charge- ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPP-INES
1st	22FEB02	22FEB02	22FEB02	08JUL92	01MAR93
2A	08MAY03	08MAY03	08MAY03	01MAY02	08MAY03
2B	22MAR99	22MAR99	22MAR99	01APR92	01FEB97
3rd	22MAY00	22MAY00	22MAY00	22JUL92	01APR91
4th	22JUL97	15DEC96	22NOV96	01DEC94	22FEB86

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.

D.Ray Mantle provides professional immigration services to employers and individuals throughout the United States and around the world. Located conveniently in Frisco, Texas, Mr. Mantle is a local immigration resource for the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex, including Collin County, Dallas County, Denton County, Tarrant County, Allen, Carrollton, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Frisco, Lewisville, McKinney, Plano, and Richardson.