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VISA BULLETIN
FOR MARCH 2010


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Immigrant visas are numerically limited by category and by country of chargeability (which is, in most cases one's country of birth). What follows is the visa bulletin showing backlogs in each immigrant visa category for the month of March 2010.

Persons born in countries other than India, China, Mexico and the Philippines should look in the "Worldwide" current on the left side of the page to determine their "priority date". A priority date is established by the submission of a relative visa petition in the family categories, and by either the submission of an application for alien labor certification or by the submission of an employment-based visa petition in the employment categories.

The word "Current" indicates that no backlog presently exists in a particular category. Alternately, the word "Unavailable" indicates that it is not possible to apply for permanent residence in that category.

If you are unfamiliar with the Visa Bulletin, here is an explanation of the Family Categories and the Employment Categories.

The dates in the Visa Bulletin can be misleading. Some dates, particularly in the Employment Based Categories, are "current" now, but may backlog before you can say "I-485". Others, particularly in the Family Based Categories, look closer on the Bulletin than they are in reality. To see the rate of advance in a particular category, check the State Department's Visa Bulletin Archive. This allows you to see Visa Bulletins from February 1995 to the present.

See the complete State Department Visa Bulletin.

FAMILY CATEGORIES
Categories Worldwide China (PRC) India Mexico Philippines
1st 6-22-04 6-22-04 6-22-04 10-01-92 3-01-94
2A 4-01-06 4-01-06 4-01-06 7-01-04 4-01-06
2B 2-01-02 2-01-02 2-01-02 6-15-92 8-22-98
3rd 5-22-01 5-22-01 5-22-01 10-08-92 3-01-92
4th 1-15-00 1-15-00 1-15-00 12-08-95 9-01-87



EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES
Categories Worldwide China (PRC) India Mexico Philippines
1st Current Current Current Current Current
2nd Current 7-08-05 2-01-05 Current Current
3rd 12-15-02 12-15-02 7-01-01 7-01-02 12-15-02
Unskilled 6-01-01 6-01-01 6-01-01 6-01-01 6-01-01
4th Current Current Current Current Current
Religious Current Current Current Current Current
5th Current Current Current Current Current

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