The following March 2008 visa bulletin was released by U.S. Department of State. The dates in the visa bulletin represent the earliest priority date that will be processed during the month the visa bulletin is issued for. Certain high demand countries such as China (Mainland Born), India, Mexico and Philippines have a much longer wait time compared to the rest of the world (ROW).

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"C" means current, i.e., numbers are available for all qualified applicants.
"U" means unavailable, i.e., no numbers are available. 
Numbers are available only for applicants whose priority date is earlier than the cut-off date listed below.

Family-Sponsored Preferences

Family-Sponsored	All Charge-ability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
F1	02/15/2002	02/15/2002	02/15/2002	07/01/1992	03/01/1993
F2A	04/15/2003	04/15/2003	04/15/2003	05/01/2002	04/15/2003
F2B	02/08/1999	02/08/1999	02/08/1999	04/01/1992	02/01/1997
F3	05/15/2000	05/15/2000	05/15/2000	07/15/1992	04/01/1991
F4	07/15/1997	12/01/1996	11/01/1996	11/15/1994	02/22/1986

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Employment-Based Preferences

Employment-Based	All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed	CHINA-mainland born	INDIA	MEXICO	PHILIPPINES
1st	C	C	C	C	C
2nd	C	12/01/2003	U	C	C
3rd	01/01/2005	12/01/2002	08/01/2001	05/01/2001	01/01/2005
Other Workers	01/01/2002	01/01/2002	01/01/2002	01/01/2002	01/01/2002
4th	C	C	C	C	C
Certain Religious Workers	C	C	C	C	C
5th	C	C	C	C	C
5th Targeted Employment Areas	C	C	C	C	C
Iraq Afghan Translators		-	-	-	-

In the above table, the categories listed are as follows:
EB1 - Priority Workers
EB2 - Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability
EB3 - Skilled Workers and Professionals
EB3-Other - Other Unskilled Workers
EB4 - Certain Special Immigrants
EB4-Religious - Religious Workers
EB4 - Iraq and Afghan Translators
EB5 - Employment Creation
EB5 - Targeted Employment Areas
EB5 - Pilot Programs

Further information on visa bulletin preferences