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To: Follies who wrote (9786)	4/30/2013 6:23:29 PM
From: DallasKevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125061

This does not say they were allowed to immigrate here. It just says they were issued green cards. A great many are from the same way my wife got hers...we married, I filed the paperwork and she got her green card. The actual TOTAL numbers are: Immigration News- Visa Bulletin April 2012 By The Law Offices of Scott Warmuth posted in Immigration 22March 2012 Legal immigration to the United States brings increased talent and diversity to our country. With this in mind, many U.S. citizens would agree that the U.S. is built on the labors of immigrants, both past and present. Continuing a cycle from the very beginnings of our country, today's immigrants are tomorrow's citizens. Despite this, the U.S. does have set quotas of immigrant visas it approves. For family-based immigration the annual quota is at least 226,000 and for employment-based immigration the annual quota is at least 140,000. Out of these numbers, there is a country specific limit of 7%. This means that every year prospective immigrants from a specific country will be allocated 7% (25,620) of the annual U.S. visa quota. Beyond this, there is provision for an additional 2% (7,320) for dependents of prospective immigrants for a particular country. To inform and notify, every month the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs publishes the Visa Bulletin that highlights the number of visas available for specific regions of the world. The Visa Bulletin shows the visa cut-off dates for specific countries/categories where the visa per-country limit is surpassed or oversubscribed. Visa petitioners who filed petitions with priority dates before a select cut-off date will be given consideration for the month during which that cut-off date was published. For example if a cut-off date is listed as "01MAY01", then visa petitions with priority dates earlier than May 1, 2001 will be considered during that month. In addition to the oversubscribed bulletins, the Visa Bulletin also publishes the diversity immigrant bulletin. This bulletin lists the quotas for areas of the world considered to be "non-traditional" sources of immigration to the U.S. The following shows the oversubscribed family-based and employment-based bulletins, as well as, the diversity immigrant bulletins for the month of April 2012. For more details and for further information, please visit the Bureau of Consular Affairs' website. Note: Beyond the possible cut-off dates listed, if an entry is represented as "C" then priority is immediately available for visa petitioners. Family-Sponsored Key (Taken directly from Bureau of Consular Affairs' website) F1- Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens/Spouses and Children, Unmarried Sons and Daughters f Permanent Residents F2A- Spouses and Children F2B- Unmarried Sons and Daughters F3- Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens F4- Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens FAMILY-SPONSORED BULLETIN Employment-Based Key (Taken directly from Bureau of Consular Affairs' website) 1st- Priority Workers 2nd- Members of Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability 3rd- Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers 4th- Certain Special Immigrants 5th- Employment Creation EMPLOYMENT-BASED BULLETIN