Visa Bulletin – Priority Dates for March 2010
February 2010 | 
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The Department of State Visa Bulletin provides the summary of the updates on the current cut-off date for the month of March 2010. Petitions filed, whose current dates are earlier than the dates indicated below, are now allocated visas or green cards. A priority date that is current but retrogressed would mean that the applicant needs to wait until it becomes current again.
Visa Bulletin for March 2010:
Family Sponsored Categories:
1st
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 22Jun04
China – mainland born – 22Jun04
India – 22Jun04
Mexico – 01Oct92
Philippines – 01Mar94
2A
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 01Apr06
China – mainland born – 01Apr06
India – 01Apr06
Mexico – 01Jul04
Philippines – 01Apr06
2B
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 01Feb02
China – mainland born – 01Feb02
India – 01Feb02
Mexico – 15Jun92
Philippines – 22Aug98
3rd
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 22May01
China – mainland born – 22May01
India – 22May01
Mexico – 08Oct92
Philippines – 01Mar92
4th
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 15Jan00
China – mainland born – 15Jan00
India – 15Jan00
Mexico – 08Dec95
Philippines – 01Sep87
Employment Based Categories:
1st
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born –C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
2nd
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born –08Jul05
India – 01Feb05
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
3rd
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 15Dec02
China – mainland born – 15Dec02
India – 01Jul01
Mexico – 01Jul02
Philippines – 15Dec02
Other Workers
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – 01Jun01
China – mainland born –01Jun01
India – 01May01
Mexico – 01Jun01
Philippines – 01Jun01
4th
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born – C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
Certain Religious Orders
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born – C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
5th
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born – C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
Targeted Employment Areas / Regional Centers
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born – C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
5th Pilot Programs
All Chargeability Areas except Those Listed – C
China – mainland born – C
India – C
Mexico – C
Philippines – C
*C – Current
*U – Unavailable
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I am an consultant and my GC process was initiated last year 2009 in EB3 category, Got I-140 approved this month and 3.0 yrs H1B remains. My queries are related to change of employer –
1) Can I change the employer by using simple H1B transfer to new employer or is there any other legal paper work that new employer would need? Do current employer need to keep I-140 valid for me to work for new employer?
2) If I do not care about priority date or current GC process. Then can new employer start a fresh PERM and fresh GC process for me? if yes, can new employer wait for 6-8 months or even a year before initiating the GC process because there will still be time left on my H1B? or fresh GC process should be initiated immediately?
It would be a great help to get clarity on my possible options for change of employer.
Be careful with GC/PERM cases as well as H1B cases. Department of Labor is slower than ever! My case has been in DOL since Sept 2008!