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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.

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June 2008 Visa Bulletin

June 1, 2008

Employment-Based Priority Dates

EB-2 priority dates for China and India advanced three months for June, with no forward movement for any EB-3 areas. Demand for numbers, primarily by USCIS for adjustment of status cases, is expected to bring the EB-3 category very close to the annual numerical
limit in June. As a result, this category is likely to experience retrogressions or visa unavailability beginning in July. Such action would only be temporary, however, and a complete recovery of the cut-off dates would
occur for October, the first month of the new fiscal year.

Family-Based Priority Dates

Continued heavy demand in the Mexico F2A category will require the retrogression of this cut-off date beginning in July to hold number use within the annual numerical limit.

 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.