Archive for the ‘INA’ Category
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a list of Question and Answers regarding the H-1B and H-2B cap exemptions for work performed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Guam. The Q&As cover details of H-1B and H-2B cap exemptions contemplated under the Consolidated Natural ...
Posted in CNMI, CNRA, DHS, H-1B and H-2B Cap Exemptions, H-1B Visa, H-2B Visa, Immigration and Nationality Act, INA, Natural Resources Act of 2008, Non-Immigrant Visas, Northern Mariana Islands, Q&As, USCIS | No Comments »
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 »
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
The Administrative Review Board (ARB) upheld the Administrator’s decision for imposing civil money penalties against the employer for willful violating Immigration and Nationality Act’s (INA’s) H-1B wage requirements. Mr. Rajnarayan Krishnamoorthy, a former H-1 employee with Pegasus Consulting Group, Inc. filed a complaint with the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) ...
Posted in ARB, H-1B, INA, Pegasus, Wage, Willful Violation | No Comments »
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Recognizing the important sacrifices made by non-U.S citizen members of the U.S armed forces and their families, the USCIS has decided to expedite processing of their naturalization applications, simultaneously providing exemplary customer service, maintaining integrity of the immigration system, and the security of the process. The USCIS has reduced or ...
Posted in INA, Military Services, Naturalization, Non-U.S. Citizens, USCIS | 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 »
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a notification that its website search engine is experiencing technical difficulties. Due to these interruptions, individuals visiting or conducting searches may face difficulty to access certain areas of its website. Generally the areas, which could face these outages, are:
Immigration and Nationality Act
Title ...
Posted in AFM, CFR, INA, Search Engine Malfunction, Uncategorized, USCIS Website | No Comments »
