Visa bulletin November 2013

November 2013 Visa bulletin has been released (valid from November 1 to November 30 only). Please see below for more details. 

Family Based:

Family-Sponsored	All Charge -ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA- mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	22OCT06	22OCT06	22OCT06	22SEP93	01JUL01
F2A	08SEP13	08SEP13	08SEP13	01SEP13	08SEP13
F2B	22MAR06	22MAR06	22MAR06	01APR94	01MAR03
F3	08FEB03	08FEB03	08FEB03	01JUN93	08JAN93
F4	22AUG01	22AUG01	22AUG01	22OCT96	22APR90

Employment Based:

F2A is no longer current

As our firm predicted, F2A, the family based category for green cards was no longer current in October.

The F2A refers to the minor unmarried children and spouses of green card holders which was current from August 1 through September 30, 2013, but it will retrogress for October and probably for much longer after that.

Green Card Spouse and Children: F2A remains current

Green card holder’s spouse and children under 21 years old which called F2A category starting from August 1 remain current. Current means there is currently no line in this category and the green card holders can apply their spouse and children under 21 for green card.

However, it is likely to remain current only until November. This is because once enough applications have been accepted, then it is very likely to retrogress which means the line will come back as before. And once the line come back, the expectation for F2A is continuing to move forward slowly. How far it retrogress depends on how many applications are filed in the next few months. Therefore, there will be no surprise even if the line comes back in October.