Availability of Immigrant Visa Numbers for February, 2009

Family-sponsored categories
		All chargeability areas except the countries separately listed	China (Mainland born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
F1	Unmarried Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens	08 JUL 02	08 JUL 02	08 JUL 02	08 OCT 92	15 JUL 93
F2A	Spouses & Unmarried Children of Permanent Residents - Subject to Per Country Limit	01 JUN 04	01 JUN 04	01 JUN 04	22 SEP 01	01 JUN 04
F2B	Unmarried Sons & Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents	22 MAR 00	22 MAR 00	08 MAY 00	01 MAY 92	15 OCT 97
F3	Married Sons & Daughters of U.S. Citizens	01 AUG 00	01 AUG 00	01 AUG 00	08 OCT 92	01 JUN 91
F4	Brothers & Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens	08 FEB 98	22 SEP 97	15 JAN 98	22 MAR 95	01 MAY 86
Employment-based categories
		All chargeability areas except the countries separately listed	China (Mainland born)	India	Mexico	Philippines
E1	Priority workers	C	C	C	C	C
E2	Professionals Holding Advanced Degree or Persons of Exceptional Ability	C	01 JAN 05	01 JAN 04	C	C
E3	Skilled Workers & Professionals	01 MAY 05	01 OCT 02	15 OCT 01	01 APR 03	01 MAY 05
EW	Other Workers (Unskilled Workers)	15 MAR 03	01 OCT 02	15 OCT 01	15 OCT 01	15 MAR 03
E4	Certain Special Immigrants	C	C	C	C	C
E4	Certain Religious Workers (SR)	C	C	C	C	C
E5	Employment Creation (Investors)	C	C	C	C	C
E5	Employment Creation (Investors in Targeted Employment Areas)	C	C	C	C	C

C = Current
U = Unavailable
Cut-off date = The cut-off date for an oversubscribed country is the priority date
of the first applicant who could not be reached within the statutory limits.
Only applicants who have priority dates earlier that the cut-off date may be allocated a number

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