Archive for December, 2009
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) will open the Stewart Immigration Court in Lumpkin, Ga., on January 11, 2010. The court location is at 146 CCA Road, Lumpkin, GA 31815, hours of operation will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday, and filing information window will ...
Posted in DOJ, EOIR, EOIR News, Ga, Lumpkin, Related News, Stewart Immigration Court | No Comments »
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published Question and Answers regarding the extension of filing period of H-1B petitions without Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) that have been certified by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) until March 9, 2010. This is a temporary measure, USCIS is providing to ...
Posted in DOL, Filing Period Extended, H-1B, H-1B Visa, iCERT, LCA, Non-Immigrant Visas, Petition Without Certified LCAs, Q&As, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has issued a report on Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) practices for determining the age of individuals in its custody, focusing on the use of dental or skeletal radiographs. The report was prepared at the request of the House ...
Posted in Age Determination Practices for Unaccompanied Children in Custody, Compliance, Dental and Skeletal Radiographs, DHS, Enforcement, House Appropriations Committee, ICE, Immigration adn Customs Enforcement, Office of Inspector General, OIG, Undocumented Immigrants | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
“DS-160,” a fully web-based Nonimmigrant Visa Application (NIV) form will soon replace Forms DS-156, 157, 158, and DS-3052. The new form combines all information previously collected on Electronic Visa Application Forms (EVAF) and will provide users with the ability to review NIV application data before they physically appear for an ...
Posted in Consular News, Department of State, DS-156, DS-156E, DS-156K, DS-157, DS-158, DS-160E, DS-3052, Electronic Visa Application Forms (EVAF), Fully Web-Based Nonimmigrant Visa Application (NIV), K Visa, US Travel, Worldwide Deployment of DS-160 | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had published a final rule in the federal register announcing the addition of Halifax, Canada and Shannon, Ireland as preclearance stations. CBP officers at preclearance stations conduct inspections and examinations prior to passengers’ arrival in the U.S. This enables the passengers to the ...
Posted in Canada, CBP Adds Halifax and Shannon as Preclearance Stations, Federal Register, Final Rule, Halifax, Ireland, Preclearance Stations, Shannon, US Travel | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
Constrained by the court’s dictum, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the reopening and extension of the public comment period for the interim rule “Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Worker Classification” for additional 30 days until December 27, 2009. The rule was published in the Federal Registrar ...
Posted in CNMI, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federal Registrar, REopening of Public Comment Period on Proposed CNMI Transitional Worker Classification, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Uncategorized, USCIS | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
According to the latest H-1B update issued by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), approximately 61,100 H-1B cap-subject petitions had been filed as of December 04, 2009. USCIS has approved sufficient number of advanced degree petitions to meet the exemption limit of 20,000 this year. However, USCIS will continue ...
Posted in December 04, H-1B 2010, H-1B Visa, H-2B Visa, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Effective December 4, 2009, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule to amend its regulations that will exempt portions of a U.S. visitor and immigrant Status Indicator Technology-001 (US-VISIT) Arrival and Departures information System of records from certain provisions of the Privacy Act. The amendment according ...
Posted in Arrival and Departure Information, DHS, Exemption from Privacy Act, U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology, US Travel, US- Visit | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Announcing that it will grant parole on a case-by-case basis to qualifying individuals in certain groups of aliens in the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on November 30, 2009, have released Question and Answers. The Q&As clarify various doubts pertaining to the ...
Posted in Enforcement, Filing Fees, Grant of Parole, Immediate Relative, Immigration and Nationality Act, Parole Authority for Certain Aliens in CNMI, Parole Status, Q&As, USCIS | No Comments »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
On Thursday, The U.S. Department of Labor has published an Advance Copy of Notice in the federal register announcing a change in the location where applications for temporary labor certification will be filed and/or are being processed. The effective date of notice is December 15, 2009 and the change of ...
Posted in Advance Copy of Notice, Change in Filing Locations for FLC Temporary Program Applications, DOL, Federal Register, Non-Immigrant Visas | No Comments »
