May 2014 Visa Bulletin Now Available

Department of State released the May 2014 visa bulletin

Following summary highlights relevant changes for our clients:
• For EB1, all priority dates remain current.
• For EB2 (including National Interest Waiver), all priority dates except China-mainland born and India remain current. Priority date for China-mainland born moved about 1 month to 4/15/2009. The priority date for India remains the same at 11/15/2004.
• For EB3, priority date for China-mainland born remains the same at 10/1/2012. This is same for all countries except India and the Philippines. India’s EB3 priority moved up slightly to 10/01/2003 from 9/15/2003. The Philippines’ EB3 priority date moved up to 11/01/2007 from 6/15/2007.
• For EB5, priority dates remain current.
• In the family sponsored F2A category, the priority date has not changed. The priority date for China-mainland born remains at 9/8/13.

For more detail, please visit the Department of State’s visa bulletin website.

For China-mainland born, EB3 priority date (10/1/2012) continues to be more recent than EB2 priority date (4/15/2009). Therefore, if you already have an approved EB2, you may be eligible to port your priority date to the EB3 category to obtain your green card faster without going through the PERM process again.

Visatopia is committed to providing up-to-date, relevant information for our clients. For a free consultation, please contact e-mail info@www.visatopia.com or call 626-821-1882.