Archive for the ‘Permanent Resident’ Category
Friday, January 8th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have released a set of Question and Answers (Q&As) regarding the vaccination requirements for immigrants (including individuals seeking adjustment of status). The Q&As cover the assessments made by the civil surgeon to determine whether an applicant meets the vaccination requirements, but do not ...
Posted in Assessments Made by the Civil Surgeon, Green Card & Citizenship, Permanent Resident, Q&As, USCIS, USCIS’ Q&A on Vaccination Requirements | No Comments »
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires that applicants for immigrant visas and adjustment of status receive all routine vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for U.S. domestic population. Accordingly, on November 13, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopted specific vaccination criteria ...
Posted in ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Diphtheria, Green Card & Citizenship, Haemophilus influenza type b, Hepatitis A, Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Influenza, Measles, Meningococcal, Mumps, Permanent Resident, Pertussis, Polio, Rotavirus, Rubella, U.S. Domestic Population, Vaccination Requirements, Varicella | No Comments »
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires that applicants for immigrant visas and adjustment of status receive all routine vaccinations recommended by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for U.S. domestic population. Accordingly, on November 13, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopted specific vaccination criteria ...
Posted in ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Diphtheria, Green Card & Citizenship, Hepatitis A, Hepatitus B, Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Influenza, Measles, Meningococcal, Mumps, Permanent Resident, Pertussis, Pneumococcal, Polio, Rotavirus, Rubella, Tetanus, U.S. Permanenet Residence | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
Finally, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) puts an end to a defective federal law that made deceased U.S. citizens’ alien widows ‘ lives miserable. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) interpreted the previous law as, if a citizen spouse dies before the USCIS acts on his/her petition ...
Posted in DHS, Green Card & Citizenship, I-360, Mayorkas, Napolitano, Permanent Resident, USCIS, Widow Penalty Outlawed, Widows and Widowers of U.S. Citizens | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) have announced on Monday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriation Act of 2010, signed by the President on October 28, 2009, has extended the following four programs through September 30, 2009:
E-Verify;
Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program;
Special immigrant visa category for non-minister religious ...
Posted in Certain Religious Workers, Conrod 30 Program, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriation Act of 2010, DHS, E-Verify, EB - 4, EB - 5, EB-5 Visa, Enforcement, Green Card & Citizenship, Immigrant Investor (EB-5) Pilot Program, Immigrant Visas, Investor Pilot Program, J-1 Nonimmigrant Exchange Visitors, Permanent Resident, Special Immigrant Visa Category for Non-Minister Religious Workers, USCIS, USCIS Programs Extended Through September 2012 | No Comments »
Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
Beginning December 14, 2009, the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) will no longer be considered mandatory for female immigrants between 11 to 26 years before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have effected the change last Friday. The CDC said that it will require immunizations ...
Posted in Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Female Immigrants Between 11 to 26, Green Card, HPV Vaccine, Legal Permanent Residents, Permanent Resident, Silvia Henriquez | No Comments »
Monday, November 9th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS’) Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations Directorate Donald Neufeld has issued a memorandum to the field leadership on adjudication of Form I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence Where the Conditional Permanent Resident (CPR) has a Final Order of Removal, Is in Removal Proceedings, ...
Posted in Associate Director, Conditional Permanent Residence, CPR, Donald Neufeld, Form I-751, Immigration Services Officers, ISOs, Memorandum, Permanent Resident, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Associate Director, Domestic Operations, Donald Neufeld has issued a memorandum amending the Adjudicator’s Field Manual (AFM), by providing/updating guidance on the following:
The determination of whether a particular U.S. employer falls within the definition of INA section 203(b)(1)(B), thus allowing USCIS to ...
Posted in Adjudicator's Field Manual, AFM, Chapter 22.2(b) General Form I-140 Issues, DOL, EB - 1, For a full copy of memorandum, Neufeld Memo, Permanent Resident, please click: Neufeld Memo Revises AFM, Revision to Chapter 22.2(b) General Form I-140 Issues, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
The Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman has expressed concern over a situation where U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) approved the Form I-485 (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status) for a principal applicant, but the derivative family members’ (spouse or minor children) Form I-485 applications remain pending. ...
Posted in Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, CIS Ombudsman Offers Solution, Form 7001, Form I-485, Pending Derivative Form I-485s Due to File Separation, Permanent Resident, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Unapproved Derivative I-485 | No Comments »
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Vindicating the stands of thousands of other U.S. residents who are being illegally detained by law enforcement, Cecil Harvey, a legal permanent resident for 36 years and a citizen of Barbados, wins $145,000 settlement from City of New York. The settlement emanates in response to his lawsuit claiming Rikers Island ...
Posted in City of New York, Illegal Deprivation, Permanent Resident, Settlement, Unlawful Detention Settelment, Violation of Civil Rights | 1 Comment »
