cut-off 2008년 11월호 공식 비자 볼러틴[미국무부]-전망 한글 해설 포함

[usaemin]

2008년 11월호 비자 볼러틴

취업이민 3순위 숙련직/비숙련직 당분간 소폭 진전될 듯

취업이민 비숙련: 2003년 1월 15일(2주 진행)

취업이민 숙련직: 2005년 5월 1일(4개월 진행)

D. 취업이민 비자 가용성

이민국(CIS) 사무소로로부터 접수되고 있는 요구수준은 그들이 설정된 컷-오프 일자 보다 빠른 우선순위일자를 가진 상당량의 케이스들을 가지고 있음을 표시합니다.  이는 차기 몇 개월 동안 대부분의 취업이민범주에 대해 컷-오프 일자를 느리게 진전시킬 가능성이 있습니다.  CIS 수요 패턴의 급작스런 변화는 월간 컷-오프 일자에서 요동을 발생시킬 수 있으며, 2009회계연도에 후퇴가 배제될 수 없습니다.

[필자해설:] 이민국에서 자료를 받아 본 결과 이미 설정하고 있는 컷-오프 일자에 비해 빠른 우선순위일자를 가진 건수들이 상당량 있다고 합니다.  따라서 차기 몇 개월(next few month; a few month는 보통 1, 2개월 정도를 표현하나, 역자는 신중하게 2, 3개월 정도로 이해) 동안은 취업이민범주가 느리게 진행할 것이라고 언급하고 있습니다.  만일 이민국이 열심히 일하여서, 현재 설정된 컷-오프 일자 보다 앞선 우선순위일자를 가진 물량을 많이 내 놓으면, 후퇴도 배제할 수 없다고 합니다.

[U.S. Department of State]

Visa Bulletin

Number 2

Volume IX

Washington, D.C.

VISA BULLETIN FOR NOVEMBER 2008

A.  STATUTORY NUMBERS

1.  This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during November. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment of status.  Allocations were made, to the extent possible under the numerical limitations, for the demand received by October 8th in the chronological order of the reported priority dates. If the demand could not be satisfied within the statutory or regulatory limits, the category or foreign state in which demand was excessive was deemed oversubscribed.  The cut-off date for an oversubscribed category is the priority date of the first applicant who could not be reached within the numerical limits.  Only applicants who have a priority date earlier than the cut-off date may be allotted a number.  Immediately that it becomes necessary during the monthly allocation process to retrogress a cut-off date, supplemental requests for numbers will be honored only if the priority date falls within the new cut-off date.

2. Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets an annual minimum family-sponsored preference limit of 226,000.  The worldwide level for annual employment-based preference immigrants is at least 140,000.  Section 202 prescribes that the per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 25,620.  The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7,320

3.  Section 203 of the INA prescribes preference classes for allotment of immigrant visas as follows:

FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES

First:  Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Citizens:  23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.

Second:  Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent

Residents:  114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, and any unused first preference numbers:

A.  Spouses and Children:  77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;

B.  Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older):  23% of the overall second preference limitation.

Third:  Married Sons and Daughters of Citizens:  23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.

Fourth:  Brothers and Sisters of Adult Citizens:  65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.

EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES

First:    Priority Workers:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.

Second:  Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability:  28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference

level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.

Third:  Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers:  28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to "Other Workers".  

Fourth:  Certain Special Immigrants:  7.1% of the worldwide level.

Fifth:  Employment Creation:  7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of P.L. 102-395.

4.  INA Section 203(e) provides that family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each has been filed.  Section 203(d) provides that spouses and children of preference immigrants are entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration, if accompanying or following to join the principal.  The visa prorating provisions of Section 202(e) apply to allocations for a foreign state or dependent area when visa demand exceeds the per-country limit.  These provisions apply at present to the following oversubscribed chargeability areas:  CHINA-mainland born, INDIA, MEXICO, and PHILIPPINES.

5.  On the chart below, the listing of a date for any class indicates that the class is oversubscribed (see paragraph 1); "C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants; and "U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available.  (NOTE:  Numbers are available only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off date listed below.)

Family	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	01MAY02	01MAY02	01MAY02	15SEP92	01MAY93
2A	08FEB04	08FEB04	08FEB04	15JUL01	08FEB04
2B	15JAN00	15JAN00	15JAN00	22APR92	15JUN97
3rd	01JUL00	01JUL00	01JUL00	15SEP92	08MAY91
4th	15NOV97	08JUN97	22JUL97	22JAN95	22MAR86

*NOTE:  For November, 2A numbers EXEMPT from per-country limit are available to applicants from all countries with priority dates earlier than 15JUL01.  2A numbers SUBJECT to per-country limit are available to applicants chargeable to all countries EXCEPT MEXICO with priority dates beginning 15JUL01 and earlier than 08FEB04.  (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 Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
Employment -Based
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	01JUN04	01JUN03	C	C
3rd	01MAY05	01FEB02	01OCT01	01SEP02	01MAY05
Other Workers	15JAN03	15JAN03	15JAN03	15JAN03	15JAN03
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	U	U	U	U	U
5th	C	C	C	C	C
Targeted Employment Areas/Regional Centers	C	C	C	C	C

The Department of State has available a recorded message with visa availability information which can be heard at:  (area code 202) 663-1541.  This recording will be updated in the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month.

Employment Third Preference Other Workers Category:  Section 203(e) of the NACARA, as amended by Section 1(e) of Pub. L. 105-139, provides that once the Employment Third Preference Other Worker (EW) cut-off date has reached the priority date of the latest EW petition approved prior to November 19, 1997, the 10,000 EW numbers available for a fiscal year are to be reduced by up to 5,000 annually beginning in the following fiscal year.  This reduction is to be made for as long as necessary to offset adjustments under the NACARA program.  Since the EW cut-off date reached November 19, 1997 during Fiscal Year 2001, the reduction in the EW annual limit to 5,000 began in Fiscal Year 2002.

B.  DIVERSITY IMMIGRANT (DV) CATEGORY

Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides a maximum of up to 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.  The Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulates that beginning with DV-99, and for as long as necessary, up to 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program.  This reduction has resulted in the DV-2009 annual limit being reduced to 50,000.  DV visas are divided among six geographic regions.  No one country can receive more than seven percent of the available diversity visas in any one year.

For November, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2009 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:

Region	All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately
AFRICA	12,500	Egypt  5,900 Ethiopia 6,300 Nigeria 6,000
ASIA	5,300
EUROPE	11,000
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)	3
OCEANIA	325
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN	550

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-2009 program ends as of September 30, 2009.  DV visas may not be issued to DV-2009 applicants after that date.  Similarly, spouses and children accompanying or following to join DV-2009 principals are only entitled to derivative DV status until September 30, 2009.  DV visa availability through the very end of FY-2009 cannot be taken for granted.  Numbers could be exhausted prior to September 30.

C.  ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF THE DIVERSITY (DV) IMMIGRANT CATEGORY RANK CUT-OFFS WHICH WILL APPLY IN DECEMBER

For December, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2009 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:

Region	All DV Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed Separately
AFRICA	15,100	Egypt 8,700 Ethiopia 7,900 Nigeria 6,700
ASIA	6,850
EUROPE	12,900
NORTH AMERICA (BAHAMAS)	4
OCEANIA	440
SOUTH AMERICA, and the CARIBBEAN	750

D.  EMPLOYMENT VISA AVAILABILITY

The level of demand being received from Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Offices indicates that they have a significant amount of cases with priority dates that are earlier than the established cut-offs.   This is likely to result in slow forward movement of the cut-off dates for most Employment categories during the next few months.  Sudden changes in the CIS demand patterns could result in fluctuations in the monthly cut-off dates, and retrogressions cannot be ruled during FY-2009.

E.  OBTAINING THE MONTHLY VISA BULLETIN

The Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs offers the monthly "Visa Bulletin" on the INTERNET'S WORLDWIDE WEB.  The INTERNET Web address to access the Bulletin is:   

                    http://travel.state.gov

From the home page, select the VISA section which contains the Visa Bulletin.

To be placed on the Department of State’s E-mail subscription list for the “Visa Bulletin”, please send an E-mail to the following E-mail address:

listserv@calist.state.gov

and in the message body type:

Subscribe Visa-Bulletin First name/Last name

(example:  Subscribe Visa-Bulletin  Sally Doe)

To be removed from the Department of State’s E-mail subscription list for the  “Visa Bulletin”, send an e-mail message to the following E-mail address:

listserv@calist.state.gov

and in the message body type: Signoff Visa-Bulletin

The Department of State also has available a recorded message with visa cut-off dates which can be heard at: (area code 202) 663-1541. The recording is normally updated by the middle of each month with information on cut-off dates for the following month.

Readers may submit questions regarding Visa Bulletin related items by E-mail at the following address:

VISABULLETIN@STATE.GOV

(This address cannot be used to subscribe to the Visa Bulletin.) 

Department of State Publication 9514

CA/VO: October 8, 2008

November 2008

이 글은 http://cafe.daum.net/us365 카페의 카페지기가 가져다 올린 것입니다.

[usaemin]

제가 개인적으로 인터넷 접속이 한동안 안되었기에 11월호를 늦게 제 카페에 올렸고, 너무 늦어 이곳에는 올리지 않으려 하다가 다음 호 전망에 대해서 혼선이 좀 있을 수 있고, 특히 국무부의 이번호 전망에서 영어 표현이 좀 어려웠기에... 저도 어렵습니다. 그래서 이 글을 여기에 올립니다. 참고 하십시오. 참고로 국무부는 항상 후퇴 가능성을 이야기 합니다. 상투적으로요. 국무부 전망에서 앞으로 몇개월은 느리게 진전된다는 이야기만 참고하시고 그 이후는 좀더 기다려 보아야 한다고 생각하셨다면 정확히 인식하신 것이라고 생각합니다.

[에스더]

고맙습니다..가셔서 이렇게 신경쓰시는게 힘들덴데.. 정착잘하셔서 꼭 하신일 성공하시길빕니다^^

[usaemin]

에스더님 고맙습니다.

[저녁노을]

언제나 이렇게 글을 써주시니 감사합니다 . 모두 마음이야 빨리 영주권 받고자 하는 심정이지만 칼자루를 상대편이 쥐고 있으니 처분만 기다릴수밖에요. 그래도 기다리면 언젠가는 문이 열려 들어가겠지요

[미션이글]

향후 몇개월은 느리게 진전 또는 소폭 진전 된다고 하셨는데 느리게와 소폭의 범위가 어느정도나 될는지 예상해 주시면 감사하겠습니다. 전 개인적으로 2003년2월인데 약 1달만 열리면 해당됩니다. 거의 다 온것같은데 예상해서 준비해야 될일들이 많아서입니다. 이곳저곳 다 둘러보아도 usaemin님만큼 정확하고 예리하게 판단하시는분은 없는것 같습니다. 고견을 부탁드리고 시작하시는 모든일들위해 늘 행운과 평안이 함께하길 기원합니다.

[usaemin]

제가 좀 신중한 편입니다. 국무부 비자 볼러틴 발행부서도 신중할 수 밖에 없습니다. 국무부가 지난호와 이번호에서 밝힌 내용을 종합해서 보면, 글의 행간에 흐르는 의미를 해석하면, 앞으로 몇 개월은 느리게 소폭 진행될 것이라고 했습니다. 그리고 최근 들어 통상적으로 3~5월호에서 그 해 진전시킬 것을 대폭 진전시킨 경향이 있었습니다. 따라서, 지금의 행보는 지난해와 별반 차이가 없습니다. 국무부도 이민국의 눈치를 보며 결정을 미루고 있습니다. 정확한 정보가 습득되지 않고 있기 때문입니다. 따라서 제가 섣부르게 이야기하면 그것은 점쟁이로 돗자리 깔고 나서야 할 것입니다. 이민국이 일처리 속도를 가속하지 않는 한

[usaemin]

최근 몇 년의 전철을 밟지 않을까 생각하고 있습니다. 시원한 답변드리지 못해서 죄송합니다.