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Thursday, October 16, 2008
NOVEMBER 2008 VISA BULLETINEmployment Based Visa Bulletin Categories | Worldwide | China (mainland) | India | Mexico | Philippines | EB-1: Priority Workers | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current | EB-2: Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability | Current | 01JUN04 | 01JUN03 | Current | Current | EB-3: Skilled Workers | 01MAY05 | 01FEB02 | 01OCT01 | 01SEP02 | 01MAY05 | Unskilled | 15JAN03 | 15JAN03 | 15JAN03 | 15JAN03 | 15JAN03 | EB-4: Special Immigrants | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current | Religious Workers | U | U | U | U | U | EB-5: Target Area Investment | Current | Current | Current | Current | Current |
Family Based Visa Bulletin Categories | Worldwide | China (mainland) | India | Mexico | Philippines | 1st: Unmarried sons and daughters of US Citizens | 01MAY02 | 01MAY02 | 01MAY02 | 15SEP92 | 01MAY93 | 2A: Spouses and Unmarried Children
(under 21) of Permanent Resident | 08FEB04 | 08FEB04 | 08FEB04 | 15JUL01 | 08FEB04 | 2B: Unmarried Children (over 21) of Permanent Resident | 15JAN00 | 15JAN00 | 15JAN00 | 22APR92 | 15JUN97 | 3rd: Married Children of US Citizen | 01JUL00 | 01JUL00 | 01JUL00 | 15SEP92 | 08MAY91 | 4th: Brothers and Sisters of US Citizen | 15NOV97 | 08JUN97 | 22JUL97 | 22JAN95 | 22MAR86 |
Source: US Department of State
USCIS Increases Period of Stay for Trade NAFTA Professional Workers from Canada and MexicoWASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the maximum
period of time a Trade-NAFTA (TN) professional worker from Canada or Mexico may remain in the United States before seeking
readmission or obtaining an extension of stay. This final rule changes the initial period of admission for TN workers from
one to three years, making it equal to the initial period of admission given to H-1B professional workers. Eligible TN nonimmigrants
may now be allowed to receive extensions of stay in increments of up to three years instead of the prior maximum period of
stay of one year. The TN nonimmigrant
classification is visa category available to eligible Mexicans and Canadians with at least a bachelor’s degree or appropriate
professional credentials who work in certain qualified fields pursuant to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
Qualified professions identified within NAFTA include, but are not limited to, accountants, engineers, attorneys, pharmacists,
scientists, and teachers. USCIS Update 10/14/2008; USCIS Frequently Asked Questions
USCIS Announces Adoption Policy for Hague Transition Cases - Grandfathered Form I-600A AffectedWASHINGTON –U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that prospective
adoptive parents already in the process of adopting a child from a country that has implemented the Hague Convention on Protection
of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention) who filed a Form I-600A, Application
for Advance Processing of Orphan Petition, prior to April 1, 2008, and who have received the one time no-charge
extension, may file one additional Form I-600A, and continue to proceed with their intercountry adoption through the “orphan”
process. The new Form I-600A must be filed before the current approval expires, and only if the prospective
adoptive parents have not yet filed the corresponding Form I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative.
USCIS Update 10/14/2008
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