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TPS for Haiti Has Been Extended for an Additional 18 Months, Until January 22, 2013
By Tiyalaw at May 20, 2011 | 9:04 am | 0 Comment
TPS for Haiti Has Been Extended for an Additional 18 Months, Until January 22, 2013 Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haiti has been extended for another 18 month (until Jan. 22, 2013). The re-designation was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2011, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) encourages applicants to review the Federal Register more...
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New Filing Location for Certain I-130 Petitioners Residing Abroad
By Tiyalaw at May 17, 2011 | 10:06 am | 0 Comment
New Filing Location for Certain I-130 Petitioners Residing Abroad On May 16, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a new regulation stipulating that, effective August 15, 2011, I-130 petitioners residing in foreign countries without international USCIS offices must file their Forms I-130 Petition for Alien Relative with the USCIS more...
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10,200 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 6, 2011)
By Tiyalaw at May 15, 2011 | 4:39 pm | 0 Comment
10,200 H-1B Cap Work Visas Have Been Received for FY2012 (May 6, 2011) As of May 6, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has received 10,200 H-1B Regular Cap, and 7,300 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 gone more...
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Self-Check E-Verify System for Eligible Employees and/or Job Seekers
By Tiyalaw at April 27, 2011 | 1:33 pm | 0 Comment
Self-Check E-Verify System for Eligible Employees and/or Job Seekers On March 21, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched the first E-Verify Self Check, an innovative service that allows individuals in the United States to check their own employment eligibility status before they formally seek employment. E-Verify Self Check is in more...
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Filing for H-1B Cap Work Visas Has Begun and 5,900 H-1B Cap Petitions Received (April 8, 2011)!
By Tiyalaw at April 16, 2011 | 12:18 pm | 0 Comment
Filing for H-1B Cap Work Visas Has Begun and 5,900 H-1B Cap Petitions Received (April 8, 2011)! On April 1, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B nonimmigrant petitions that are subject to the government-mandated annual H-1B cap of 65,000 and the 20,000 U.S. advanced degree cap exemption. The advanced degree exemption more...
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New I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Procedures
By Tiyalaw at April 14, 2011 | 1:28 pm | 0 Comment
New I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Procedures On April 14, 2011, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it has updated some of the procedures pertaining to Employment Eligibility Verification (Form I-9) process. The new changes become effective on May 16, 2011. Employers must complete Form I-9 for all newly hired employees to more...
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Additional U.S. Immigration Relief for Those Stranded Due to Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan
By Isabel Davila at March 18, 2011 | 2:44 pm | 0 Comment
Additional U.S. Immigration Relief for Those Stranded Due to Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan Tragedies are escalating in Japan as a result of its recent earthquake and tsunami. With many U.S. citizens or residents having loved ones in Japan, and Japanese nationals already in the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a news more...
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Avoid Diversity Visa (DV) or Green Card Lottery Fraud or Scams
By Tiyalaw at March 13, 2011 | 9:05 am | 0 Comment
Avoid Diversity Visa (DV) or Green Card Lottery Fraud or Scams Recently, the Department of State (DOS), Office of Visa Services, issues another fraud warning advising the public of a substantial increase in fraudulent emails and letters sent to Diversity Immigrant Visa (DV) program (Visa Lottery)(also known as “green card lottery”) applicants. Posing as the more...
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Online or Paper Filing, or Both, for Change-of-Address Forms AR-11 and AR-11 SR?
By hurlocka at March 11, 2011 | 6:57 pm | 0 Comment
Online or Paper Filing, or Both, for Change-of-Address Forms AR-11 and AR-11 SR? During an open house informational session held on March 5, 20 11 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in Fairfax, Virginia, it is suggested that, due to system-interface issues, Change-of-Address applicants should consider filing paper change-of-address forms in more...
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Changes in Filing Location for Form AR-11, Change of Address Requirement
By Tiyalaw at March 1, 2011 | 9:10 am | 0 Comment
Changes in Filing Location for Form AR-11, Change of Address Requirement Starting March 15, 2011, all Change of Address forms (AR-11 and AR-11 SR) must be sent to a new location in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Most foreign nationals and each dependent family member in the United States are required to notify the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services more...
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