Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the designation of Sudan for temporary protected status (TPS) for 18 months from its current expiration date of May 2, 2010, through November 2, 2011. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a notice to this effect, setting forth ...
Posted in DHS, EAD, Sudan TPS Extended, Temporary Protected Status, USCIS, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) contemplates enforcing a new centralized prevailing wage determination (PWD) procedure form January 01, 2010. As a result, the current process of obtaining PWDs from the local State Workforce Agencies (SWA) will cease to exist. A new 7-page form ETA 9141(includes 4 pages of instruction) ...
Posted in DOL, ETA, Form 9141, New PWD Procedures, PWD, iCERT | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had announced that it has received sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap of 65,000 visas for fiscal year 2010. December 21, 2009 was the final receipt date for new H-1B specialty occupation petitions requesting an employment start date in ...
Posted in Cap Reached, H-1B, H-1B 2010, H-1B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have reminded the public that H-1C nonimmigrant worker classification that authorizes the admission of up to 500 nurses annually to work in eligible healthcare facilities will expire on December 21, 2009 and USCIS will accept petitions only until then. However, this expiration does ...
Posted in 500 Nurses, H-1C, Non-Immigrant Visas, Overseas Nurse, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the December 31 REAL ID material compliance deadline, while the May 10, 2011 deadline for full compliance remains intact. The announcement came in the wake of a large majority of states and territories expressing their inability to meet December 31 deadline. ...
Posted in Compliance, DHS, December 31 REAL ID Material Compliance Deadline, National Governors Association, REAL ID | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
Replacing its earlier December 15, 2009 update, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have issued a fresh update extending the filing deadline for U nonimmigrant Interim Relief Program till February 01, 2009, while simultaneously encouraging individuals to file Form I-918, Petition for U Nonimmigrant status.
Readers may recall that on ...
Posted in Form I-918, Interim relief Extended, Non-Immigrant Visas, U Nonimmgrant Visa, U Visa, U nonimmigrant Interim Relief Program, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced new filing addresses for Form N-400 (Application for Naturalization) in Phoenix and Dallas. Starting immediately, applicants filing Form N-400 at the USCIS Dallas or Phoenix Lockbox must submit the application and all supporting documents and fees to the addresses mentioned in ...
Posted in Application for Naturalization, Dallas, Form N - 400, Form N-400 Filing Location Changed, Green Card & Citizenship, Naturalization, Phoenix, USCIS | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
The U.S. Department of State had published Q&As on Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) rule change that removes HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance and allows HIV infected foreign visitors to enter the U.S.. Readers may recall that on July 02, 2009 we published news ...
Posted in CDC, Communicable Diseases of Public health Significance, DOS, HIV, Part 34 Regulation, Q&A, US Travel | No Comments »
Friday, December 18th, 2009
The H-2B Program Reform Act of 2009 (Draft) has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Ms. Zoe LofGren of California. The Act proposes to amend Section 212(o) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It contemplates a mandatory registration of H-2B employers with the Department of Labor (DOL) ...
Posted in DOL, Draft Introduced in the House of Representatives, H-2B Program Reforms Act of 2009, H-2B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, Rep. Ms. Zoe LofGren of California, USCIS, h-2b | No Comments »
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Effective January 04, 2010, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain asylum seekers arriving at U.S. ports of entry and who have a credible fear of persecution or torture. The revised guidelines announced on December 16, 2009 will permit parole from detention, which temporarily authorizes aliens to ...
Posted in Detention Reform Initiatives, Enforcement, ICE Issues New Procedure for Asylum Seekers, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Parole from Detention | No Comments »
