November 2009 Visa Bulletin
Posted Oct 16, 2009
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The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has released the Visa Bulletin for November 2009. The most recent Visa Bulletin chart can always be found on MurthyDotCom. The cutoff dates for backlogged categories remained either unchanged or had slight forward movement for November.
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Summary of Visa Bulletin
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Employment-Based, First Preference (EB1)
This category remains current for all countries of chargeability.
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Employment-Based, Second Preference (EB2)
This category remains current for all countries, except India and China. The cutoff date for India did not change. India continues to have a cutoff date of January 22, 2005. The cutoff date for China moved slightly, to April 1, 2005.
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Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB3)
This category remains extremely backlogged, due to high demand for limited visa numbers. The cutoff date for India moved forward slightly, to April 22, 2001. All other countries have a cutoff date of June 1, 2002. This is a forward movement for China and Mexico. 
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Employment-Based, Fourth (EB4) and Employment-Based, Fifth (EB5) Preference
EB4 and EB5 are current. However, both the EB4 certain religious worker category and the EB5 pilot program category remain unavailable due to the expiration of these categories. The programs expired September 30, 2009, and were recently extended temporarily for just over a month, through October 31, 2009. Thus, the unavailability could change if there are further program extensions.
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Explanation and Conclusion
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The Visa Bulletin for November 2009 is the second monthly Visa Bulletin for fiscal year 2010 (FY10). This bulletin did not contain any dramatic or unexpected changes. We will continue to monitor the Visa Bulletin for MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers.