
SEPTEMBER 2011
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
PREFERENCES |
WORLDWIDE |
CHINA |
INDIA |
MEXICO |
PHILIPPINES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1ST |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
| 2ND |
CURRENT |
15APR07 |
15APR07 |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
3RD |
22NOV05 |
15JUL04 |
08JUL02 |
22NOV05 |
22NOV05 |
| Other Workers |
01AUG05 |
22APR03 |
01JUN02 |
01AUG05 |
01AUG05 |
4TH |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
| Certain Religious Workers |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
|
5TH Targeted |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
CURRENT |
1ST: Priority Workers.
2ND: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability.
3RD: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers.
4TH: Certain Special Immigrants.
5TH: Employment Creation.