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Subject to certain transitional laws,
immigration into the US is limited to 675,000 persons per
year, not including persons who are coming under (Immigrants
not under Numerical Limitation). This figure is divided into 3
distinct sub categories.
Family-Sponsored Immigrants:
Preference relatives may receive all of the visas not used by
Immediate Relatives, but in no case less than 226,000 visas
per year globally. The per country limit is 25,620. These
family-based preference categories with minimum preference
limits in brackets are:
F-1 First Preference: (1A) Unmarried
sons and daughters of any age, of US citizen parent
and children, if any.
F-2 Second Preference: (2A) Spouses, and unmarried
sons and daughters under the age of 21 of lawful
permanent resident aliens. At least 77% of all visas
available for this category will go to the spouses and
children; the remainder will be allocated to unmarried
sons and daughters over 21. (2B) Unmarried sons and
daughters (21 years or older) of Green Card holders.
F-3 Third Preference: Married sons and daughters of
any age, who have at least one US citizen parent and
their spouses and unmarried children under 21.
F-4 Fourth Preference: Brothers and sisters of US
citizens and their spouses and unmarried children under
21, provided the US citizens are of 21 years of age or
over.
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