ZT Employment Based Immigrants Admitted in FY 2006 by Category

09/01/2007: Employment Based Immigrants
Admitted in FY 2006 by Category

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  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.