Employment Based Categories

The EB2 category remains current for all countries except India and China. The EB2 cutoff date for India advances by one year and four months, to January 1, 2007. The EB2 cutoff date for China advances by just under six months, to September 1, 2010.

The EB3 worldwide category advanced five months to a new cutoff date of June 1, 2014. EB3 China moves to October 22, 2011 and EB3 category for India advances only to January 1, 2004.

Categories Worldwide China (PRC) India Mexico Philippines
1st Current Current Current Current Current
2nd Current 9-1-10 1-1-07 Current Current
3rd 6-1-14 10-22-11 1-1-04 6-1-14 6-1-14
Unskilled 6-1-14 8-15-05 1-1-04 6-1-14 6-1-14
4th Current Current Current Current Current
Religious Current Current Current Current Current
5th Current Current Current Current Current

 

Family Based Categories

Categories Worldwide China (PRC) Mexico Philippines
1st 8-1-07 8-01-07 10-22-94 2-1-05
2A 6-22-13 6-22-13 5-22-13 6-22-13
2B 7-8-08 7-8-08 1-1-95 3-22-04
3rd 1-22-04 1-22-04 2-22-94 8-1-93
4th 5-15-02 5-15-02 6-1-97 9-8-91

 

Source: US Department of State, March 2015 Visa Bulletin