09/01/2007: Employment Based Immigrants Admitted in FY 2006 by Category
Categories | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | Total | 159,081 | 246,878* | 156,330 | EB-1 | 36,960 | 64,731 | 31,291 | EB-2 | 21,911 | 42,597 | 32,534 | EB-3 | 89,922 | 129,070* | 85,969 | EB-4 | 9,539 | 10,134 | 5,407 | EB-5 | 749 | 346 | 129 | Note: * The figures for 2005 in total and EB-3 reflect the use of recaptured numbers for nurses and healthcare workers upto 50,000. In 2006, the EB immigrants admitted for EB-2 were unusually small in number. It could have been affected by the visa number retrogression for EB-2 for India and China.
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