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title: The February 2015 Visa Bulletin Has Been Released
description: The February 2015 Visa Bulletin continues the advancement trend that we saw both in December and January.
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# 2015 Old Blog

# The February 2015 Visa Bulletin Has Been Released

Posted by [admin](https://info.envoyglobal.com/blog-old-test/author/admin) on Jan 13, 2015 7:06:28 AM

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The February 2015 Visa Bulletin continues the advancement trend that we saw both in [December](http://www.visanow.com/december-2014-visa-bulletin-released/) and [January](http://www.visanow.com/january-2015-visa-bulletin-released/).

## Family-Based

[![Family-Based-Visas-Feb-15](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765640168-jpg/blog-files/family-based-visas-feb-15.jpg?width=1336&height=899&name=family-based-visas-feb-15.jpg)](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765640168-jpg/blog-files/family-based-visas-feb-15.jpg)

As a reminder, the categories for Green Card petitions are as follows:

- **F1:** The unmarried sons and daughters of U.S. citizens.
- **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.

Each and every category saw an advancement of their priority dates.

## Employment-Based

[![Work-Based-Visas-Feb-15](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765640198-jpg/blog-files/work-based-visas-feb-15.jpg?width=1336&height=899&name=work-based-visas-feb-15.jpg)](https://info.envoyglobal.com/hs-fs/file-3765640198-jpg/blog-files/work-based-visas-feb-15.jpg)

 

The priority dates for employment-based visa are organized into the following categories:

- **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.

The EB-2 for China moved up about six weeks. That category also saw and advancement of six months for India.

There was also advancement across the board for the EB-3 category.

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