You are receiving this because you subscribed to this publication. If you wish to unsubscribe, please go to http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html. SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - MAY 1999 E-mail subscribers as of May 29, 1999: 21,304 persons (50 states/126 countries) Published by Greg Siskind, partner at the Immigration Law Offices of Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, Attorneys at Law; telephone: 800-748-3819, 901-737-3194 or 615-345-0225; facsimile: 630-604-9306, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], WWW home page: http://www.visalaw.com. SSHD serves immigration clients throughout the world from its offices in the US, Canada and the People's Republic of China. To schedule a telephone or in-person consultation with the firm, go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html. To receive a free e-mail subscription to Siskind's Immigration Bulletin, fill out the form at http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html or send an email message to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message in the body of the e-mail "subscribe your e-mail address". TO UNSUBSCRIBE GO TO http://www.visalaw.com/subscribe2.html. To subscribe to the free Siskind's Immigration Professional Newsletter, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and tell us your name, location, e-mail address, and the type of immigration occupation you are in (immigration lawyer, paralegal, foreign student advisor, journalist, Congressional staffer, etc.). Dear Readers: As difficult as this will be to believe for many of our readers from India and China, we have just received word that all employment based categories (except unskilled workers) are current for ALL nationalities for August 1999. Even as last as this past month, backlogs for Indians and Chinese workers meant that many of those with priority dates less than four years old were still waiting. We recommend acting quickly to submit adjustment applications since there is every reason to believe that the dates will become backlogged again. Below you will find the current numbers. Also, should the State Department have erred (which we do not believe they have), then we will send a corrective notice. IMMIGRANT NUMBERS FOR AUGUST 1999 A. STATUTORY NUMBERS (This communication provides priority dates and other transitional information as taken from the State Department's Visa Bulletin released July 14, 1999.) On the following chart, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed; "C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available. PREFERENCES All Charge- ability Areas CHINA- Except Those mainland Listed born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES Family 1st 01MAY98 01MAY98 01MAY98 08SEP93 22NOV87 2A* 08APR95 08APR95 08APR95 22MAR94 08APR95 2B 22AUG92 22AUG92 22AUG92 08AUG91 22AUG92 3rd 01AUG95 01AUG95 01AUG95 01MAR91 08SEP87 4th 22JUL88 22JUL88 01NOV86 22JUL88 15MAY79 *NOTE: For AUGUST, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 22MAR94. 2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 22MAR94 and earlier than 08APR95. (All 2A numbers provided for MEXICO are exempt from the per-country limit; there are no 2A numbers for MEXICO subject to per-country limit.) All Charge- ability Areas CHINA- Except Those mainland Listed born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES Employment- Based 1st C C C C C 2nd C C C C C 3rd C C C C C Other 08MAR93 08MAR93 08MAR93 08MAR93 08MAR93 Workers 4th C C C C C Certain C C C C C Religious Workers 5th C C C C C Targeted Employ- C C C C C ment Areas/ Regional Centers The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa availability information which can be heard at (202) 663-1541. This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month. ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE AUGUST 1999 VISA BULLETIN B. DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides 55,000 immigrant visas each fiscal year to permit immigration opportunities for persons from countries other than the principal sources of current immigration to the United States. DV visas are divided among six geographic regions. Not more than 3,850 visas (7% of the 55,000 visa limit) may be provided to immigrants from any one country. For AUGUST, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-99 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number: All DV Charge- ability Areas Except Those Region Listed Separately AFRICA Current ASIA Current EUROPE EU 25,100 NORTH AMERICA NA 24 (BAHAMAS) OCEANIA Current SOUTH AMERICA, SA 3,071 CENTRAL AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN Entitlement to immigrant status in the DV category lasts only through the end of the fiscal (visa) year for which the applicant is selected in the lottery. The year of entitlement for all applicants registered for the DV-99 program ends as of September 30, 1999. DV visas may not be issued to DV-99 applicants after that date. Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-99 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 1999. DV visa availability through the very end of FY-1999 cannot be taken for granted. Numbers could be exhausted prior to September 30. Once all numbers provided by law for the DV-99 program have been used, no further issuances will be possible. Regards, Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law ************************************************************************** Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine - Serving clients throughout America 800/748-3819 (voice) * (630) 604-9306 (fax) Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://www.visalaw.com/ Siskind's Immigration Bulletin newsletter: To subscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "subscribe [your email address]". To unsubscribe, send the message "unsubscribe [your emailaddress]" to the same address. **************************************************************************
SISKIND'S IMMIGRATION BULLETIN - Special Update 7/14/1999
Gregory Siskind, Attorney at Law Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:40:23 -0700
