Archive for the ‘Immigrant Visas’ Category
Monday, November 9th, 2009
The American Immigration Council’s Legal Action Center has issued a latest practice advisory for lawyers on Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) on September 9, 2009, updating and replacing three earlier advisories.
The CSPA provides relief to children who “age-out” as a result of delays by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ...
Posted in American Immigration Council, Asylum and Refugee Applications, Child Age-Out, Child Status Protection Act, CSPA, Immigrant Visas, Immigration and Nationality Act, INA, Legal Action Center, USCIS, Visa Petitions | No Comments »
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
The Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) on October 30, 2009 has delivered a decision that will draw a great attention from U.S. corporations. While adjudicating a second preference employment based immigrant application seeking to permanently employ the advanced degree professional as a senior programmer/analyst, the AAO held that a “Computer Software ...
Posted in AAOs Interesting Decision, Administrative Appeals Office, COmputer Programmer/Analyst, EB-2 Visa, Occupational Outlook Handbook, ONET, OOH, Second Preference Employment Based Immigrant Visa Category | No Comments »
Monday, October 26th, 2009
A Mexican human rights official detained as an asylum seeker even though he never requested U.S. protection has been released by immigration authorities. Gustavo de la Rosa Hickerson’s attorney Carlos Spector said the U.S. government would not pursue asylum for De la Rosa after freeing him Wednesday. Carlos Spector said, ...
Posted in Asylum, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
The annual Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2011) has witnessed a sharp increase in filings. The program that began on October 2 has attracted over 900,000 applications in the first week - a 63 percent increase over the same period last year. The U.S. Department of State (DOS) expects 13,000,000 entries ...
Posted in 000 Immigrant Visas Annually, 55, Annual DV Program Entries: Up 63%, Countries with Low Rates of Immigration to the United States, Diversity Visa, DV-2011, U.S. Department of State | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
All Charge-ability Areas
Except Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIP-PINES
Employment-Based
1st
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C
C
C
C
2nd
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01APR05
22JAN05
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C
3rd
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01JUN02
22APR01
01JUN02
01JUN02
Other
Workers
01JUN01
01JUN01
22APR01
01JUN01
01JUN01
4th
C
C
C
C
C
Certain Religious Workers
U
U
U
U
U
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C
C
C
Targeted Employment Areas/
Regional Centers
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C
C
C
C
5th Pilot Programs
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The November 2009 Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State has few changes from the last month. The EB-2 category has a new cut-off date for China. The EB-3 category has new cut-off dates for China, ...
Posted in EB-4 (Certain Religious Workers) Category Remains Unavailable for all Countries, EB-4 Remains Current for All Countries, Forward Movement for India in EB-3 (Other Workers) Category, New Cutoff Dates for China in EB-2, New Cutoff Dates for China; India; and Mexico in EB-3 Category, U.S. Department of State, Vasa Bulletin November 2009, Visa Bulletin | No Comments »
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Exercising powers under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, President Barack Obama has made certain determinations and authorizations concerning refugee admission numbers during FY 2010. The number is fixed at 80,000 refugees allocated among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the U.S. in accordance with the following regional ...
Posted in Asylum, Determinations and Authorizations Concerning Refugee Admission Numbers During FY 2010, Immigration and Nationality Act, President Barack Obama, Refugee Admissions Authorization for FY 2010 | No Comments »
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
The US Department of State has issued Important Notice about DV-2011. The online entry registration period for DV-2011 will begin October 2 and will be open through November 30, 2009. Form DS-5501, Application for online Diversity Visa Lottery entry, is not available now. This official form is available only during ...
Posted in Diversity Visa Lottery Progam, DVL Results, Fraud Warnings, Immigrant Visas, Lottery Winner Notification | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
All Charge-ability Areas
Except Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIP-PINES
Employment-Based
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C
C
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22MAR05
22JAN05
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22FEB02
15APR01
01MAY02
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Workers
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01JUN01
15APR01
01JUN01
01JUN01
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C
C
C
C
Certain Religious Workers
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U
U
U
U
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C
C
C
C
Targeted Employment Areas/
Regional Centers
C
C
C
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C
5th Pilot Programs
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U
U
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The October 2009 Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State has several changes from the last month. The cut-off dates for China and India in EB-2 category have a forward movement of 2 months and 14 ...
Posted in October 2009 Visa Bulletin, Visa Bulletin | No Comments »
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
All Charge-ability Areas
Except Those Listed
CHINA-
mainland born
INDIA
MEXICO
PHILIP-PINES
Employment-Based
1st
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C
C
C
C
2nd
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08JAN05
08JAN05
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C
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U
U
U
U
Other
Workers
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U
U
U
U
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U
U
U
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Certain Religious Workers
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U
U
U
U
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C
C
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Targeted Employment Areas/
Regional Centers
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The September 2009 Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State has few changes from the last month. The cut-off dates for China and India have a forward movement of 15 months and 7 days from October 01, 2003 ...
Posted in September 2009 Visa Bulletin, Visa Bulletin | No Comments »
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Praising the initiative taken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to allow abused women seek asylum in U.S., the American Bar Association (ABA), President H. Thomas Wells, Jr., gave a statement. His statement came after the DHS recently filed a legal brief that recognizes that victims of domestic violence, ...
Posted in Addressing Crimes, Asylum, Asylum in U.S., Domestic Violence, Largest Voluntary Professional Membership Org., Protection to Women, Vulnerable Women | No Comments »
