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 workers;

• Date by which J-1 nonimmigrant exchange visitors must obtain that status in order to qualify for the “Conrad 30″ program.

The readers may recall that in our latest December 2009 Visa Bulletin we have mentioned about EB-4 (Certain Religious Workers) and EB-5 (Investor Pilot Program) categories becoming current as a result of the enactment of DHS Appropriation Act of 2000 that extended these categories through September 30, 2009.

For complete information on USCIS’ acceptance, processing, and adjudication of applications, please click: USCIS Programs Extended Through September 2012