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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 of March10, 2003.
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 1 Aug, ’99
2A* 1 Feb, ’98
2B 15 Aug, ’94
3rd 8 Mar, ’97
4th 22 Apr, ’91
* Note: For March, 2A numbers exempt from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than July 1, 1995. 2A numbers subject to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries except Mexico with priority dates beginning 15 Aug, 1995 and earlier than 1 Feb, 1998.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED
VISA DATES
Preference Dates for India
1st Current
2nd Current
3rd Current
Other Current
Workers
4th Current
Certain Current
Religious
Workers
5th Current
Targeted Current
Employment
Areas
U.S. State Department
Visa Availability
Information Line
(202) 663-1541