USCIS Reminds Eligible Nationals of Haiti to Re-register for Temporary Protected StatusEligible nationals of Haiti (and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who currently have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must re-register for TPS by N...
January 6, 2013USCIS Ciudad Juarez Field Office No Longer Accepting Form I-601Effective Dec. 5, 2012, applicants in Mexico may no longer file Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility at the USCIS Ciudad Juarez Field Office or any associated Form I-212, Application for Permis...
January 6, 2013USCIS Immigrant Fee Effective February 1, 2013About the FeeForeign nationals who seek permanent residence in the United States and receive an immigrant visa will need to pay a USCIS Immigrant Fee beginning February 1, 2013.The new fee of $165 was established in USCIS’s...
December 12, 2012Obama committed to immigration reform: White HouseReuters3:09 p.m. CST, November 26, 2012WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will push for comprehensive immigration reform, his spokesman said on Monday, an accomplishment that eluded him during his firs...
November 27, 2012ACHIEVE ActCite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 12112746 (posted Nov. 27, 2012)"On November 27, 2012, Senators Kyl (R-AZ), Hutchison (R-TX), and McCain (R-AZ) introduced the ACHIEVE Act. The ACHIEVE Act will allow individuals who meet the established ...
November 27, 2012GOP proposal to grant green cards to foreigners who earn high-tech doctoral degrees from U.S. universities.Trying to beat Democrats to the punch on the first post-election immigration bill, House Republicans have scheduled a vote later this week on a business-friendly proposal to gra...
November 27, 2012Practice Alert: New Visa Processing System at Mission IndiaThe DOS Liaison Committee reminds members that on 9/26/2012, the U.S. embassy and consulates in India will begin using a new visa processing system. The portal for this new system can be found on Mission India's new visa proc...
September 25, 2012DOS Practice Alert: DV Lottery Scam Reminder (Updated 9/24/12)Cite as "AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 11021065 (posted Sep. 24, 2012)"Members have been reporting a variety of Diversity Visa scams. The State Department has a DV fraud warning on its website and has change...
September 25, 2012The H-1B Slow Dance: US Businesses Deserve BetterAuthor: Eleanor Pelta on 09/26/2012USCIS has told AILA that between the California Service Center and the Vermont Service Center, perhaps as many as 17,000 cap-subject H-1B petitions filed between April and mid-June remain unadj...
September 25, 2012DOL E-Government Initiative: H-2B Electronic Filing System September 2012Synopsis: As a component of the Department’s E-Government initiative, the Employmentand Training Administration's Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has developed anew web-based ...
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