Countries Eligible To Participate in H2A & H2BPursuant to the authority provided to the Secretary of Homeland Security under sections 241, 214(a)(1), and 215(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1231, 1184(a)...
March 1, 2011USCIS Announces Proposed H-1B Electronic Registration System to Reduce Costs for U.S. BusinessesWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing tomorrow a proposed rule that could save U.S. businesses more than $23 million over the next 10 years by ...
March 1, 2011ADOPTION: Before Your Child Immigrates to the United StatesIf the child you adopted or intend to adopt in the United States is residing abroad, the child will need an immigrant visa to enter the United States. Visas are issued by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) at the Emba...
March 1, 2011New Filing Location for Change of Address FormBeginning April 1, 2011 all Change of Address, (Form AR-11) and Alien’s Change of Address, (Form AR-11 SR) will change filing location to this address.DHS/USCISHarrisonburg File Storage FacilityAttn: ...
March 1, 2011Delayed Immediate Relative Petitions, (Form I-130) at Texas Service CenterIn November 2010, USCIS transferred approximately 36,000 Immediate Relative petitions from our California Service Center to our Texas Service Center. We anticipated that this redistribution of work woul...
February 15, 2011Department of State Warns of Impostor or Fraudulent Websites, Emails or Print AdvertisementsOur office encourages DV Lottery applicants to see the following link for information of Scams.http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/types/types_1749.html ...
February 15, 2011PERM Processing Times (as of 02/04/2011)Processing Queue Priority DatesAnalyst Reviews: February 2011Audits: January 2009Standard Appeals: June 2008Gov't Error Appeals: Current ...
February 15, 2011Mexican national sentenced to nearly 5 years for illegally re-entering the USNews ReleasesMexican national sentenced to nearly 5 years for illegally re-entering the US.McALLEN, Texas - A criminal alien, who had been previously deported, was sentenced in federal court on...
February 15, 2011January 26, 2011 H-1B Cap CountAs of January 26, 2011, USCIS has received a sufficient number of cap-subject H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for FY 2011. USCIS also has received more than 20,000 H-1B petitions on behalf of persons exempt from the cap under the advanced degr...
January 27, 2011Diversity Visa(DV) Lottery Programs and ScamsFraud Warning:Please Note: There have been instances of fraudulent websites posing as official U.S. Government sites. Some companies posing as the U.S. Government have sought money in order to "complete" lottery entry forms....
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