Archive for June, 2009
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
In pursuance of the District Court Order in Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Associate Director, Donald Neufeld has issued a memorandum implementing the court direction regarding I-360 religious workers. The district court directed USCIS to accept properly filed Forms I-360, Forms I-485 and ...
Posted in Compliance, District Directors, Employment Authorization Application, Field Office Directors, National Benefit Center Director, Regional Directors, Ruiz-Diaz Case, Service Center Director | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
After concluding the discussion with members of Congress on immigration reforms, President Obama considered it to be a very productive meeting on one of the most critical issues that he think this nation faces, and that is an immigration system that is broken and needs fixing. Obama heard members of ...
Posted in American People, Chief Performance Officer, Chief Technologies Officer, Congressional Leaders, Hawaiian Shirts, Immigration Reform, John McCain, Members of Congress, Obama's Administration, President's Remarks on Immigration, User Friendly Systems | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
According to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) announcement the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 (Rev. 02/02/09) currently on the USCIS Web site will continue to be valid for use beyond June 30, 2009. The Form I-9 will remain valid considering pendency of USCIS request before the Office of Management ...
Posted in Compliance, Employment Eligibility Verification Form, USCIS Guidance | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Marking the third milestone in the Department-wide Efficiency Review launched in March this year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano unveiled six new efficiency initiatives. Commenting on the initiatives, Secretary Napolitano said, “Efficiency Review is changing the way DHS does business - eliminating waste, improving customer service, ...
Posted in Border Patrol Sector Station, Department-wide Efficiency Review, Efficiency Reivew Steering Committee, Efficiency Review Team, Related News, Third Efficiency Milestone, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard | No Comments »
Monday, June 29th, 2009
Sending a strong signal to those who conspire to abuse U.S. legal immigration system, Acting United States Attorney Lawrence G. Brown has announced the conviction of three attorneys and two interpreters for filing hundreds of false asylum claims from early 2000 through late 2004. The names of the guilty convicts ...
Posted in Asylum Fraud Scheme, District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr, Federal Jury in Sacramento, Related News, Romanian Notary Seal, Special Agent Webster | No Comments »
Friday, June 26th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship Immigration and Citizenship (USCIS) has posted an important notice that due to system maintenance in some sector, the E-Verify and SAVE systems will be unavailable for its online visitors from 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Saturday June 27, 2009 until 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time Monday June 29. USCIS ...
Posted in Eastern Time, Inconvenience, Online Visitors, Outages, Related News, System Maintenance | No Comments »
Friday, June 26th, 2009
To hear the views of interested parties on the appropriate size and scope of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Refugee Admission Program, the Department of State (DOS) has published an advance copy of notice of public meeting to that effect. The meeting is scheduled on Thursday, July 9, 2009 ...
Posted in Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration, Notice of Public Meeting, PRM/Admissions Program Officer, President's FY 2010 Refugee Admissions Program, Refugee Processing Center, Related News | No Comments »
Friday, June 26th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published a revised information collection for Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow, or Special Immigrant. The purpose of publication is to obtain comments from public and affected agencies. Written comments and suggestions should be directed to Department of Homeland Security (DHS), USCIS, ...
Posted in Compliance, Existing Information Collection, Form I-360 Revision, GPO Access, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Suggestions on Changes, Written Comments | No Comments »
Friday, June 26th, 2009
Offering a more realistic assessment on Immigration Reform Bill, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said that Obama and his allies on Capitol Hill do not have the requisite votes to pass a comprehensive reform bill. Speaking to reporters, Emanuel also ruled out immediate immigration reform, saying it is “not impossible” ...
Posted in Administrative Action, Biometric Card, Captol Hill, Chief of Staff, Congressional Research Service, Hispanic Leaders, Immigration Reform, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Rahm Emanuel, State Dining Room, White House | No Comments »
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Lack of information on working rights available to nonimmigrant visa holders (NIV) makes them vulnerable for abuse and exploitations by employers; to curb this menace the Department of State (DOS) has published an informative and helpful pamphlet. Interested individuals may download it by visiting at http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/Pamphlet-Order.pdf. The pamphlet contains address ...
Posted in DOS Exchange Visitor Program Services, Healthcare, Human Trafficking, Insurance Costs, Labor Rights Violations, Living Expenses, National Human Trafficking Resource Center's, Non-Immigrant Visas, Nonimmigrant Visa Process, Physical Danger, Trafficking in Persons and Worker Exploitation Task Force Complaint Line, Workplace Rights in U.S. | No Comments »
