The Department of State has released the November 2014 Visa Bulletin.

November 2014 Visa Bulletin for Family-Based Visas

 
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:

• 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.

Much like last month, we see advancement in each category.

November 2014 Visa Bulletin for Employment-Based Visas

The categories for employment-based Green Cards are organized into these 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 major news regarding the employment-based Green Cards is that there was a four year regression for India in the EB-2 category.

If you have any additional questions about priority dates or preference categories check out this blog for an overview of the process.