美国移民配额 - 合法永居居民配额（Lawful Permanent Resident）
1990 年后美国每年平均每年有 100 万人获得绿卡，下表是 2011 - 2015 5年美国每年获得美国绿卡（LPR - Lawful Permanent Resident）的人数（Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status）。
| 年份 - 飞出国 | 获得美国绿卡人数-fcgvisa |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,051,031 |
| 2014 | 1,016,518 |
| 2013 | 990,553 |
| 2012 | 1,031,631 |
| 2011 | 1,062,040 |
按2015年数据为例，美国公民直系亲属移民人数最多，占 44.3%，该类别没有配额限制（Visas are always available for immediate relatives of U.S. citizens.）
其次是 家庭担保优先类别（配额 22.4万）和职业移民优先类别（配额14万），随后是特殊类别，见下表。
2015 年美国发放绿卡 105万1031张，女性 45.1%，男性 36.3%，其他是孩子。获得绿卡的申请人来自 70 个国家，墨西哥最多占 15.1%，其次是中国，7.1%，印度 6.1% 排第三。
2013-2015年间每年有7万多出生地在中国的申请人获得美国绿卡，具体数据如下：
- 2013年 71,798；
- 2014年 76,089；
- 2015年 74,558；
美国移民配额 - 飞出国
美国核心的移民类别是美国公民的直系亲属（美国公民的配偶、21周岁之内未婚子女、父母），没有配额限制。美国其他家庭担保类别和职业移民类别不仅有配额总数限制，而且有每个国家不能超过总移民配额 7% 的额外限制。
2017 年美国家庭优先类移民配额
- F1 23400，F4 用不了的给F1
- F2 共 6.950万，F2A 21984，F2B 26266，F1 用不了的给F2。
- F3 2.34万,F1,F2 用不了的给 F3
- F4 6.5万，前面没用的配额给 F4，F4 用不了的给 F1
2017 年美国职业移民优先类别配额
- EB1 40040
- EB2 40040
- EB3 40040
- EB4 9940
- EB5 9940
更具体的数据参考： Annual Numerical Limits FY-2017-flyabroad.pdf (145.3 KB)。
美国的配额年度是跟着财年走的（或者叫会计年度），Fiscal Year，缩写 FY，时间是从第一年10月1号到第二年9月30日 (October 1st – September 30th)，例如 2017 财年缩写为 2017FY，从 2016年10月1日到2017年9月30日。
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) sets an annual minimum family-sponsored preference limit of 226,000. The worldwide level for annual employment-based preference immigrants is at least 140,000. Section 202 prescribes that the per-country limit for preference immigrants is set at 7% of the total annual family-sponsored and employment-based preference limits, i.e., 25,620. The dependent area limit is set at 2%, or 7,320.
FAMILY-SPONSORED PREFERENCES
- First: (F1) Unmarried Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400 plus any numbers not required for fourth preference.
- Second: Spouses and Children, and Unmarried Sons and Daughters of Permanent Residents: 114,200, plus the number (if any) by which the worldwide family preference level exceeds 226,000, plus any unused first preference numbers:
- A. (F2A) Spouses and Children of Permanent Residents: 77% of the overall second preference limitation, of which 75% are exempt from the per-country limit;
- B. (F2B) Unmarried Sons and Daughters (21 years of age or older) of Permanent Residents: 23% of the overall second preference limitation.
- Third: (F3) Married Sons and Daughters of U.S. Citizens: 23,400, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences.
- Fourth: (F4) Brothers and Sisters of Adult U.S. Citizens: 65,000, plus any numbers not required by first three preferences.
EMPLOYMENT-BASED PREFERENCES
- First: Priority Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required for fourth and fifth preferences.
- Second: Members of the Professions Holding Advanced Degrees or Persons of Exceptional Ability: 28.6% of the worldwide employment-based preference level, plus any numbers not required by first preference.
- Third: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Other Workers: 28.6% of the worldwide level, plus any numbers not required by first and second preferences, not more than 10,000 of which to “*Other Workers”.
- Fourth: Certain Special Immigrants: 7.1% of the worldwide level.
- Fifth: Employment Creation: 7.1% of the worldwide level, not less than 3,000 of which reserved for investors in a targeted rural or high-unemployment area, and 3,000 set aside for investors in regional centers by Sec. 610 of Pub. L. 102-395.
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