Visa Bulletin June 2017: How many millions are waiting?

a one-year period (November 2015 to 2016), while 225,701 immigrant applicants in the family-sponsored categories were either issued their visas overseas or obtained permanent resident status in the United States, the overall total still hovered over the 4 million mark.

In the Philippines, the total number of Filipinos waiting for the issuance of their visas dropped from 417,511 to 387,323. Are Filipinos no longer interested to migrate to the US of A?

Visa allocations are set each year: 226,000 minimum for family-sponsored categories and at least 140,000 for the employment-based visas. The State Department theoretically should notify applicants in the visa waiting list whose

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priority dates are about to be current to start their applications.

The 226,000 limit to familysponsored preferences does not apply to the immediate relatives of US citizens: spouse, minor child and parent. Upon approval of a petition by a US citizen and completing documentation at the National Visa Center stage, he or she could be scheduled for an interview at the US Embassy unlike relatives in the preference categories who need to wait for their priority date to be current. month by the State Department through the Visa Bulletin.

Immigrant visa applicants from the top 12 countries represent 78 percent of the total. This list from the State Department includes all countries with at least 50,000 persons on the waiting list. For was set at 25,620.

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Lower overall, higher sibling petitions

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Automatic change in categories

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All Chargeability Areas Excep t Those Listed Nov. 2014

Nov. 2015

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