Archive for the ‘Federal Register’ Category
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had published a final rule in the federal register announcing the addition of Halifax, Canada and Shannon, Ireland as preclearance stations. CBP officers at preclearance stations conduct inspections and examinations prior to passengers’ arrival in the U.S. This enables the passengers to the ...
Posted in Canada, CBP Adds Halifax and Shannon as Preclearance Stations, Federal Register, Final Rule, Halifax, Ireland, Preclearance Stations, Shannon, US Travel | No Comments »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
On Thursday, The U.S. Department of Labor has published an Advance Copy of Notice in the federal register announcing a change in the location where applications for temporary labor certification will be filed and/or are being processed. The effective date of notice is December 15, 2009 and the change of ...
Posted in Advance Copy of Notice, Change in Filing Locations for FLC Temporary Program Applications, DOL, Federal Register, Non-Immigrant Visas | No Comments »
Friday, December 4th, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has published an Advance Copy of Notice in the federal register, stating that in accordance with its labor certification regulations, beginning on January 1, 2010, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), National Prevailing Wage and Helpdesk Center (NPWHC), ...
Posted in Advance Copy of Notice, CNMI, DOL, E-3, Employment and Training Administration, Federal Register, H-1B, H-1B Visa, H-1C, h-2b, H-2B Visa, H-B1, Immigrant Visas, Labor Certification Regulations, LC, Non-Immigrant Visas, NPWHC, OFLC, PWD | No Comments »
Monday, June 8th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published an interim rule with a request for comments to remove reference to filing locations and obsolete references to legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and adding a provision to facilitate the expansion of the use of approved electronic equivalents of paper forms. ...
Posted in Compliance, District Offices, Executive Order, Federal Register, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Regulatory Flexibility Act, Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, USCIS | No Comments »
Thursday, June 4th, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has effected an amendment to correct a typographical error and two inadvertent omissions from the Optional Practical Training (OPT) interim final rule (IFR) published in the Federal Register on April 8, 2008. It may be recalled that DHS through IFR had extended the maximum ...
Posted in DHS, E-Verify, F-1 Visa, Federal Register, Non-Immigrant Visas, OPT, STEM Degree | No Comments »
Friday, May 1st, 2009
Yesterday, the Department of State (DOS) published a list of Revised 2009 Exchange Visitor Skills in the Federal Register. It is a list of specialized knowledge and skills that are deemed necessary for the development of an exchange visitor’s home country. It is used by Consular Officers to determine whether ...
Posted in DOS, Federal Register, INA, J-visa, Revised Exchange Visitor Skills, US Travel | No Comments »
