Browsing Month May, 2012
P Work Visas Performing Artists and Entertainers
By Tiyalaw at May 16, 2012 | 8:29 am | 0 Comment
P Work Visas Performing Artists and Entertainers On May 15, 2012, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) issued a binding precedent decision addressing the term “culturally unique” and its significance in the adjudication of P nonimmigrant petitions for performing artists and entertainers. Precedent decisions more...
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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...
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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...
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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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Tiya Attorney USA Immigration Services
By Immigration Resource at May 12, 2012 | 2:15 am | 0 Comment
Choosing the correct and most suitable immigration classification and category when initiating and applying for green card status in and to the U.S. is extremely important. Depending on the type and/or classification of the green card, the wait time to obtain green card status varies tremendously, and the difference can be several months, to several years or even 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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32,500 H-1B Regular Cap Work Visas, and 13,700 H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption Visas Received for FY2013 (May 4, 2012)
By Tiyalaw at May 9, 2012 | 8:50 am | 0 Comment
32,500 H-1B Regular Cap Work Visas, and 13,700 H-1B Master’s Degree Exemption Visas Received for FY2013 (May 4, 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 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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