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New Online Filing Immigration System USCIS ELIS
By Tiyalaw at May 18, 2012 | 9:56 pm | 0 Comment
New Online Filing Immigration System USCIS ELIS U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is moving toward green (environmental) modernization. On May 22, 2012, USCIS will launch a new online immigration system to streamline the filing processes of certain immigration benefits. The new online immigration system is known as USCIS Electronic Immigration System more...
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CBP Travel Advisory: Border Crossing from Canada to USA
By Tiyalaw at May 17, 2012 | 9:00 pm | 0 Comment
CBP Travel Advisory: Border Crossing from Canada to USA With Victoria Day (May 21, 2012) holiday weekend approaching in Canada, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is anticipating a substantial increase in border-traffic crossing from Canada to the United States of America (USA). Through one of the government branches (CBP), USA being a welcoming more...
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36,700 H-1B Regular Cap Work Visas, and 14,800 H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption Visas Received for FY2013 (May 11, 2012)
By Tiyalaw at May 17, 2012 | 7:33 am | 0 Comment
36,700 H-1B Regular Cap Work Visas, and 14,800 H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption Visas Received for FY2013 (May 11, 2012) What is H-1B? H-1B petitions are temporary work visas for positions requiring theoretical or technical expertise in specialized fields for qualified foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully gone on more...
Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration News , Others , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Work Visas
N-400 Naturalization or Citizenship Oath Ceremonies
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2012 | 7:58 am | 0 Comment
N-400 Naturalization or Citizenship Oath Ceremonies The district office Washington, D.C. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) located in Fairfax, Virginia, has several large Oath Ceremonies scheduled in the coming months of May and June 2012. There was already an 800-person swearing in ceremony scheduled for Wednesday April 25, 2012 at George Mason more...
Citizenship , Green Card , Green Card - Others , Green Card via Family , Green Card via Work , Immigration News , Others , USCIS Processing Time
F-1 Student Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Expanded STEM degrees
By Tiyalaw at May 14, 2012 | 9:27 am | 0 Comment
F-1 Student Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Expanded STEM Degrees In an effort by the Obama administration to improve United States of America (USA)’s economic, scientific and technological competitiveness, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on May 11, 2012 an improved program to attract international students to study and remain to apply their more...
Immigration News , Other Visas , Others , Visas , Work Visas
Employment-Based ( EB ) Immigrant Visa Numbers for June 2012
By Tiyalaw at May 13, 2012 | 10:00 am | 0 Comment
Employment-Based ( EB ) Immigrant Visa Numbers for June 2012 Processing time for employment-based lawful permanent residence (green card) preference category cases (EB cases) are tied to immigrant visa number availability. Immigrant visa numbers can retrogress (take much longer than the government’s previously estimated processing time). The wait time for an more...
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Visas to the United States, and Obama Administration Continuing its Efforts to Increase Travel and Tourism in the United States
By Tiyalaw at May 10, 2012 | 10:35 am | 0 Comment
Visas to the United States, and Obama Administration Continuing its Efforts to Increase Travel and Tourism in the United States President Obama and the White House have taken important initiatives to make the United States of America as the top tourist destination in the world as a way to create jobs and strengthen the U.S. economy, given that the U.S. travel and tourism more...
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Provisional Extreme Hardship Waiver is Not Yet in Effect
By Tiyalaw at May 8, 2012 | 1:23 pm | 0 Comment
Provisional Extreme Hardship Waiver is Not Yet in Effect Not too long ago, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has made a proposed change to allow certain immediate relatives (spouse, parent and/or children of a US citizen) who can demonstrate the required extreme hardships to apply for a provisional extreme hardship waiver for unlawful presence prior more...
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H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012
By Tiyalaw at November 23, 2011 | 5:26 pm | 0 Comment
H-1B Work Visa Cap Has Been Reached on November 23, 2011 for FY2012 On November 23, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has received sufficient H-1B petitions to meet the 65,000 statutory H-1B cap. Nov. 22, 2011 was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date (October more...
Green Card , Green Card via Work , Immigration News , USCIS Case Status , USCIS Processing Time , Visas , Work Visas
13,600 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (June 1, 2011)
By Tiyalaw at June 7, 2011 | 5:59 pm | 0 Comment
13,600 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (June 1, 2011) As of June 1, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 13,600 H-1B Regular Cap, and 9,300 H-1B Master’s Exemption. H-1B petitions are temporary work visas for foreign nationals to live and work in the U.S. Many H-1B foreign nationals have successfully more...
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