This column carries priority dates and other transitional information as taken from the U.S. State Depart­ment’s Visa Bulletin. The information below is from the Visa Bulletin for August 2007.

In the tables below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed. “Current” means that numbers are available for all qualified applicants. “Unavailable” means no numbers are available.

FAMILY……………….PREFERENCE
VISA DATES

Preference Dates for India

1st……………………………….August 8, 2001

2A……………………………….July 22, 2002

2B……………………………….April 8, 1998

3rd……………………………….October 1, 1999

4th……………………………….March 1, 1996

Note: For August, 2A numbers exempt from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than Nov. 1, 2001. 2A numbers subject to per-country limits are available to applicants chargeable to all countries except Mexico with priority dates beginning Nov. 1, 2001 and earlier than July 22, 2002.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED
VISA DATES

Preference Dates for India

1st……………………………….Unavailable

2nd……………………………….Unavailable

3rd……………………………….Unavailable

Other ……………………………….Unavailable

Workers

4th……………………………….Unavailable

Certain Unavailable

Religious

Workers

Iraqi and Unavailable

Afghani

Translators

5th Unavailable

Targeted Unavailable

Employment

Areas

The Department of State has a recorded message with visa availability information at (202) 663-1541, which is updated in the middle of each month.

Source: http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3269.html

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