Five Additional Texas Counties Implement Secure Communities ProgramOn 6/16/09 ICE announced that five counties in Texas - Bexar, Willacy, Dimmitt, Webb, and Zapata, have been added to the list of law enforcement agencies that receive biometrics-based immigration history information a...
June 22, 2009Neufeld Memo Provides Guidance on EquivalencyA 6/12/09 memo from Donald Neufeld, Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, USCIS, provides guidance on the adjudication of Form I-140 for physicians, regarding whether a foreign medical degree is equivalent to a U.S. medical degre...
June 22, 2009Permanent Resident Card Production DelaysMay 29, 2009 - Applicants may experience up to an eight week delay in the delivery of their permanent resident card while USCIS upgrades card production equipment ...
June 22, 2009Update from VSC on U Visa ProcessingThe VSC is currently working through U petitions in an effort to adjudcate as many as possible before the end of the fiscal year, September 30, 2009. ...
June 22, 2009USCIS Announces Elimination of FBI Namecheck BacklogOn 6/22/09 USCIS and the FBI announced that all milestones set forth in a business plan announced on 4/2/08 have been met, resulting in the elimination of the FBI National Namecheck Program backlog. ...
June 22, 2009USCIS Reminds Applicants for Adjustment of Status, Asylum, Legalization and TPS Beneficiaries to Obtain Advance Parole Before Traveling AbroadMay 29, 2009 - USCIS reminds such individuals that they must obtain advance parole before leaving the United States or risk being unable to re...
June 22, 2009USCIS to Resume Premium Processing for I-140sOn 6/22/09 USCIS announced that effective June 29, 2009, it will resume Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker ...
June 22, 2009USCIS Updates Count of FY2010 H-1B Petition FilingsWASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced an updated number of filings for H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2010 program.USCIS has received approximately 42,000 H-1B petitions count...
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