Archive for February, 2010
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Community Relations Program welcomes the participation of interested stakeholders in a national stakeholder meeting on Friday, February 26, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. in the Tomich Center, 111 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington D.C. 20529. In this meeting, the Office of Citizenship will discuss FY2010 ...
Posted in 111 Massachusetts Ave, Community Relations Program, DHS, FY2010 Grants Program, National Stakeholder Meeting, NW, Tomich Center, USCIS, Washington D.C. 20529 | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a general notice in the federal registrar regarding the mitigation of carrier fines for transporting aliens without proper documents; modification of memorandum of understanding and recalculation of performance levels to measure carrier performance. The notice provides that, a transportation company that ...
Posted in CBP, DHS, Federal Register, General Notice, Mitigation of Carrier Fines for Transporting Aliens Without Proper Documents, Modification of Memorandum of Understanding and Recalculation of Performance Levels to Measure Carrier Performance, MOU with CBP | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has released a fact sheet last week on the procedures for “Observing Immigration Court Hearings”. As per the fact sheet, the EOIR conducts immigration court hearings in more than 55 immigration courts nationwide. These immigration court hearings are ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The Department of State (DOS) has issued an important notice regarding the procedural change for certain I-129F petitions for a nonimmigrant K-3 visa. The notice says that, “Effective February 1, 2010, when both the I-129F petition for a nonimmigrant K visa and the I-130 petition for an IR-1 (or CR-1) ...
Posted in DOS, Form I-129F, I-130, National Visa Center, Nonimmigrant K Visa, Petition for an IR-1 (or CR-1), Spouse of a US Citizen | No Comments »
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have revised filing instructions and addresses for applicants who are filing Form I-824, the Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition. The changes to the new form, which is dated 12/11/09, are part of an overall effort to transition the intake ...
Posted in Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition, DHS, E-Notification of Application/Petition Acceptance, Form G-1145, Form I-824, USCIS, USCIS Lockbox Facilities | No Comments »
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has issued an advance copy of the notice announcing that it has scheduled three public briefings to educate stakeholders, program users, and other interested members of the public on changes to the H-2A program made by the Final Rule ...
Posted in Advance Copy, DOL, ETA, Form 9142, H-2A, H2A, Labor Certification Process, Public Briefings Announcement | No Comments »
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has issued an advance copy of notice announcing the new 2010 Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) and the 2010 maximum allowable meal and travel subsistence charges applicable to employers seeking to employ H-2A workers to perform agricultural labor in ...
Posted in Advance Copy, AEWR 2010, Agricultural Labor, DOL, ETA, H-2A, Temporary or Seasonal Basis | No Comments »
Friday, February 12th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have published a memorandum regarding the numerical limitation exemption for temporary workers in H nonimmigrant classifications employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam. The memorandum provides guidance for processing and adjudicating Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker filed ...
Posted in CNMI, Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA), DHS, Form I-129, Guam, H-1B, H-1B Visa, h-2b, H-2B Visa, Memorandum, Non-Immigrant Visas, Numerical Limitation Exemption for Temporary Workers in H Nonimmigrant Classifications Employed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, Specialty Occupation, Temporary Nonagricultural Workers, USCIS | No Comments »
Friday, February 12th, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Employment and Training Administration (ETA) issued an Advance Copy of H-2A final rule, for publication in the federal register, amending its regulations on the temporary or seasonal agricultural employment for H-2A workers in the United States. The final rule includes stronger mechanisms for enforcement ...
Posted in Advance Copy of H-2A Final Rule, DOL, ETA, Federal Register, H-2A, Temporary or Seasonal Agricultural Employment, WHD | No Comments »
Friday, February 12th, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report, which provides the estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States as of January 2009 by period of entry, region and country of origin, state of residence, age, and gender. The DHS 2009 population estimates report ...
Posted in DHS, Estimates of Unauthorized Population in US, January 2009 Report | No Comments »
