Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Today i.e., September 29, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will organize an event where travelers who do not already have approved travel documents to apply with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) for a passport or passport card at the Woman’s ...
Posted in Application & Execution Fees, Compliance, Passport & Passport Card Fair, State Department's Website, Travel Documents | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
Exercising its powers under Section 205(b) of the REAL ID Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) has accepted the States’ request to extend minimum standards for driver’s licenses and identification cards acceptable by federal agencies for official purposes until December 1, 2009. The DHS has stated that all States ...
Posted in Administrative Procedure Act, Compliance, Compliance Date, REAL ID Act of 2005, REAL ID Requirements | No Comments »
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security has made some changes to the federal contractor designation in E-Verify, introducing two options to choose either “Federal Contractor with E-Verify Clause” or Federal Contractor without E-Verify when enrolling or updating their profile. As a result of these changes, if you selected the “Federal Contractor” ...
Posted in Compliance, E-Verify Clause, Federal Contractor Status, MOU | No Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
Adhering to President Obama’s deadline to revamp its public website within 90 days, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has launched a vastly improved USCIS.gov website to help customers navigate the immigration system and remain up-to-date regarding their case status. USCIS has stated that it is committed to delivering ...
Posted in Case Status, Case Status Online, Compliance, Customer Navigation, Electronic Filing, My Case Status, New Approach, Redesigned Public Website, Sign-up for Case Updates, Text Messages, Up-to-Date, USCIS.gov | No Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a fact sheet pertaining to a new function ‘National Dashboard’ available on the redesigned USCIS.gov website. This tool will give customers insight into current USCIS form processing times. The new National Dashboard has an easy to read graph, giving customers the option ...
Posted in Additional Information, Compliance, Current USCIS Form Processing, National Dashboard, Processing Volumes | No Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
On Wednesday, Alejandrao Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, announced that the agency is considering raising fees on applications for immigration related services to help offset shortage in revenue. Mayorkas told reporters that the agency, which is part of Department of Homeland Security, is facing revenue shortages partly ...
Posted in Compliance, Cost of Applying for Citizenship, Figerprinting Fees, Immigration Filing Fees, Immigration-Related Applications | No Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
While launching the redesigned USCIS.gov website, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released a fact sheet on its new “My Case Status” option and stated that based on feedback they received from focus groups, usability tests and public surveys, the redesigned website enhances their customer service tools and ...
Posted in Compliance, Focus Group, Internal & External Stakeholder Feedback, National Goals, President Obama's Announcements, Processing Steps | No Comments »
Friday, September 25th, 2009
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released fact sheet pertaining to its newly launched and improved USCIS.gov public website E-Notification Capability. Through its E-Notification initiative USCIS is improving service to its customers filing immigration applications and petitions at one of three USCIS Lockbox facilities in Chicago, Phoenix and Lewisville, ...
Posted in Card Replacement, Compliance, Department of Treasury, E-Notification, Family Based Forms, USCIS Lockbox Facility | No Comments »
Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Despite modifications of many of the category-specific regulations and changes in technology, the general provisions of the Exchange Visitor Program (EVP) have not been revised in whole in over 15 years. To update it, the Department of State (DOS) proposes to amend the General Provisions (Subpart A) of the existing ...
Posted in Category-Specific Regulations, Changes in Technology, Compliance, Enhanced Border Security, Exchange Visitor Program Regulations, National Association of Professional Background Screeners, SEVIS II, The General Provisions, Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 | No Comments »
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
Yet another success for Immigration and Customs Enforcements (ICE) worksite enforcement investigations, this time a southwest Missouri poultry-processing plant pays $450,000 fine for hiring undocumented aliens. ICE raided George’s Processing Inc. (George’s) in May 2007 and arrested 136 undocumented aliens mostly from Mexico and Guatemala working at the plant. Out ...
Posted in Administrative Fine, Compliance, George's Processing Inc., Settlement Agreement, Southwest Missouri Poultry-Processing Pland, Worksite Enforcement Investigation | No Comments »
