--- title: The December 2014 Visa Bulletin Has Been Released description: The Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for December 2014 image: https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765638498-jpg/blog-files/dec-family-based-visas.jpg --- [![Envoy Global company logo](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eg_logo%20_2000.png?width=2000&height=218&name=eg_logo%20_2000.png "Envoy Global company logo")](https://www.envoyglobal.com/) # 2015 Old Blog # The December 2014 Visa Bulletin Has Been Released Posted by [admin](https://info.envoyglobal.com/blog-old-test/author/admin) on Nov 20, 2014 10:44:49 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   Here is the Visa Bulletin for December 2014 [![Dec-Family-Based-Visas](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765638498-jpg/blog-files/dec-family-based-visas.jpg?width=1000&height=700&name=dec-family-based-visas.jpg)](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765638498-jpg/blog-files/dec-family-based-visas.jpg) The U.S. Department of State organizes Green Card petitions into categories based on the sponsor’s legal status. The categories for Green Card petitions are as follows: - **F1:** The unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. - **F2:** The spouses and children of Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs or green card holders). - **F2A**: Spouses and Children of LPRs. - **F2B**: Unmarried Adult Children of LPRs. - **F3**: Married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens. - **F4**: Brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens. Last month we saw advancement in every category and this month is no different. There was a lot of advancement throughout each category.   [![Dec-Work-Based-Visas](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765638513-jpg/blog-files/dec-work-based-visas.jpg?width=1000&height=700&name=dec-work-based-visas.jpg)](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765638513-jpg/blog-files/dec-work-based-visas.jpg)   The categories for employment-based Green Cards are as follows: - **EB-1: **Priority workers with extraordinary abilities, outstanding professors or researchers, and executives or mangers who have transferred to the U.S. - **EB-2: **Individuals with advance degrees, exceptional abilities, or holding a national interest waivers. - **EB-3: **Skilled workers, professionals, and others who don’t qualify for EB-1 or EB-2. - **EB-4:** Religious workers, broadcasters, Iraq/Afghan translators, Iraqis who have assisted the United States, physicians, Armed forces members, Panama Canal Zone employees, Retired NATO-6 employees, spouses and children of deceased NATO-6 employees. - **EB-5: **Investors who are investing in a new commercial enterprise. 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