Archive for the ‘DOS’ Category
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) and Cuba met in Havana on Friday for migration talks to discuss implementation of the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords, marking the second such meeting since a 2009 decision to renew the negotiations. The discussions mainly focused on how to promote safe, orderly, and legal migration ...
Posted in Cuba, DOS, Migration Talks, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly, U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords, US | No Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published a proposed rule in the federal registrar, pertaining to the adjustments in current fee structure for consular services in light of an independent cost of service study’s (”CoSS”) findings that the U.S. Government is not fully covering its costs for providing these ...
Posted in Adjustments in Current Fee Structure for Consular Services, CoSS, DOS, DOS is Inviting the Public, Federal Register | No Comments »
Friday, February 5th, 2010
The Department of State (DOS) released an annual report of immigrant visa applicants in the family and employment based preference categories that were registered at the National Visa Center (NVC) as of November 1, 2009. The report shows the number of immigrant visa applicants on the waiting list in the ...
Posted in Annual Report on Immigrant Visa Applicants Registered at NVC, DOS, Family and Employment Based Preference Categories, Immigrant Visas, INA 203(d), National Visa Center, Number of Immigrant Visa Applicants on the Waiting List in the Various Preferences and Subcategories Subject to Numerical Limitation | No Comments »
Monday, February 1st, 2010
The U.S. Department of State on Thursday said that it is actively involved in anti-trafficking efforts in Haiti following the devastated earthquake. “The disaster in Haiti has displaced many people and separated numerous children from their families, posing great risk and higher vulnerability to human trafficking.” The Department and its ...
Posted in Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Haiti, Displaced Children, DOS, Red Cross, UNICEF | No Comments »
Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing that the DHS Secretary, in consultation with Department of State (DOS) Secretary has identified 39 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs for the coming year. Renewed every ...
Posted in DHS, DOS, H-2A and H-2B Visa Programs, H-2B Visa, Nationals of 39 Countries can Participate, Non-Immigrant Visas, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
January 16, 2010 is U.S. Department of State’s (DOS’) another walk-in “Passport Day” in downtown Seattle. Originally aimed at travelers heading to the Olympic Games in February in Whistler and Vancouver, B.C., the program is however, open to all U.S. citizens who need passports, and will let travelers get help ...
Posted in DOS, Downtown Seattle, Olympic Games, Passport Day, Seattle Passport Agency, vancouver, Whistler | No Comments »
Friday, January 8th, 2010
As indicated in our December 2 and 9, 2009 news bulletins, the new web-based nonimmigrant visa application (NIV) form DS-160 will come into effect in all U.S. consular posts in India from February 1, 2010. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has issued a press release announcing the Roll Out ...
Posted in Consular News, DOS, DS-160, Effective from February, New Nonimmigrant Visa Application, US Travel | No Comments »
Monday, December 21st, 2009
The U.S. Department of State had published Q&As on Center for Disease Control’s (CDC) rule change that removes HIV from the list of communicable diseases of public health significance and allows HIV infected foreign visitors to enter the U.S.. Readers may recall that on July 02, 2009 we published news ...
Posted in CDC, Communicable Diseases of Public health Significance, DOS, HIV, Part 34 Regulation, Q&A, US Travel | No Comments »
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has published a proposed rule in the federal register amending the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services for nonimmigrant visa application and border crossing card processing fees. The fees are set to rise from $131 to $140 for most non-petition-based nonimmigrant visas and adult ...
Posted in 4131 to $140, Border Crossing Card, Consular News, Department of State, DOS, Federal Register, Schedule of Fees for Consular Services for Nonimmgrant Visa Application, US Travel, Visa Fees Set to Increase | No Comments »
