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Submitted by gcgang on 16 Sep 2009
Slight forward movement in EB2-I category. |
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Submitted by exavier on 16 Jun 2009
Employment-Based ALL - CHINA - INDIA - MEXICO - PHILIPPINES 1st C C C C C 2nd C 01JAN00 01JAN00 C C 3rd U U U U U |
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Submitted by waitandc on 10 Apr 2009
Employment-Based: Row: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C China: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB05, EB-3=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C India: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB04, EB-3=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Mexico: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C |
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Submitted by waitandc on 09 Mar 2009
Employment-Based: Row: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=01MAR03, EB-4=C, EB-5=C China: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB05, EB-3=01MAR03, EB-4=C, EB-5=C India: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB04, EB-3=01NOV01, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Mexico: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=01MAR03, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Philippi |
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Submitted by waitandc on 09 Feb 2009
Employment-Based: Row: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=01MAY05, EB-4=C, EB-5=C China: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB05, EB-3=22OCT02, EB-4=C, EB-5=C India: EB-1=C, EB-2=15FEB04, EB-3=15OCT01, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Mexico: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=15AUG03, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Philippi |
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Submitted by waitandc on 13 Jan 2009
Fam-ily INDIA 1stÃÂ 08JUL02ÃÂ ÃÂ ÃÂ 2A 01-Jun-04 2B 08-May-00 3rd 01-Aug-00 4th 15JAN98ÃÂ Employ-ment INDIA -Based 1st C 2nd 01JAN04ÃÂ 3rd 15OCT01ÃÂ Other Workers 15-Oct-01 4th C |
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Submitted by waitandc on 10 Dec 2008
Employment Based (India) EB1 - Current EB2 - 01JUL03 EB3 - 15OCT01 Other Worker - 15MAR03 all others - current |
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Submitted by bainsidhe on 12 Nov 2008
Posted Oct 03, 2008 The USCIS confirmed in an August 20, 2008 Service Center Operations meeting that the USCIS is prioritizing I-140 processing based on visa number availability. |
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Submitted by waitandc on 07 Nov 2008
Basically cut-copy-paste from last month, in most of the parts |
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Submitted by bridge1z on 14 Oct 2008
Guys check this out. Pay special attention to note D |
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Submitted by visionandhra on 10 Sep 2008
Category India Most Other Countries F1 15 April 2002 15 April 2002 FX 1 May 2001 1 May 2001 F2A 1 January 2004 1 January 2004 F2B 15 December 19 |
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Submitted by Jolly on 29 Aug 2008
Not much movement for EB cases |
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Submitted by sangamam on 13 Aug 2008
Employment-Based: Row: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=U, EB-EW=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C China: EB-1=C, EB-2=08/01/2006, EB-3=U, EB-EW-U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C India: EB-1=C, EB-2=08/01/2006, EB-3=U, EB-EW=U, EB-4=C, EB-5=C Mexico: EB-1=C, EB-2=C, EB-3=U, EB-EW-U, EB-4=C, |
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Submitted by sangamam on 29 Jul 2008
Many people assume that their pending I-485s will be approved in August 2008, simply because the cutoff dates have moved forward dramatically in the Visa Bulletin for August 2008. The Visa Bulletin reflects that there is availability of visa numbers for c |
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Submitted by sangamam on 18 Jul 2008
Nebraska Service Center https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=NSC Texas Service Center https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=TSC EB Category -------------- August 10, 2007 - Nebraska July 1 |
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Submitted by sangamam on 11 Jul 2008
This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during August. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration S |
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Submitted by sangamam on 17 Jun 2008
Nebraska Service Center https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=NSC Texas Service Center https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/Processtimes.jsp?SeviceCenter=TSC EB - Category Texas - July 17, 2007 EB - Nebraska - July 28, 2007 |
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Submitted by sangamam on 11 Jun 2008
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will make available Premium Processing Service for designated Form I-140 petitions1 (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) filed for alien workers in H-1B nonimmigrant status who are reaching the end of the |
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Submitted by sangamam on 11 Jun 2008
06/10/2008: I-140 Premium Processing Reportedly Reinstated 07/16/2008 for Certain Limited Situation That Need 104(c) H-1B Extension AILA has reported that USCIS will resume I-140 PPS in limited circumstances. According to the report PPS should be avail |
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Submitted by sangamam on 10 Jun 2008
06/10/2008: USCIS to Issue Two-Year EAD for I-485 Waiters Beginning End of June 2008! The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security announced on 06/09/2008 that the DHS would start issuing two-year EAD beginning from end of June 2008 for the I-4 |
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Submitted by sangamam on 10 Jun 2008
EMPLOYMENT THIRD PREFERENCE VISA AVAILABILITY Demand for numbers, primarily by USCIS for adjustment of status cases, will bring the entire Employment Third preference category to the annual numerical limit by the end of June. As a result, this categor |
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Submitted by sangamam on 10 Jun 2008
We are pleased to announce the July 2008 cut-off dates for immigrant visas for individuals born in India and those born in most other countries.... |
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Submitted by robin on 09 Jun 2008
Guide to Naturalization. Very useful document that explains how to get naturalized, along with requirements for continuous residence, physical presence in U.S. etc. |
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Submitted by sangamam on 05 Jun 2008
Supplemental Guidance Relating to Processing Forms I-140 Employment-Based Immigrant Petitions and I-129 H-1B Petitions, and Form I-485 Adjustment Applications Affected by the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC21) (Public |
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Submitted by ranajee on 02 Jun 2008
Discussed this with my lawyer and got this info: The USCIS has recently revised its policy regarding FBI name checks. If an AOS case is ready for completion with no other issues outstanding other than the FBI name check, the USCIS will complete proces |
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Submitted by sangamam on 22 May 2008
Nebraska Service Center Processing Dates (Posted May 15, 2008) |
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Submitted by ranajee on 12 May 2008
June 2008 VB is out !!! |
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Submitted by sangamam on 08 May 2008
Immigrant Visas Cut-Off Dates for Immigrant Visas We are pleased to announce the June 2008 cut-off dates for immigrant visas for individuals born in India and those born in most other countries. |
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Submitted by Number6 on 17 Apr 2008
This is the notification where FBI and USCIS have published 'target dates' to clear the name check backlog. |
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Submitted by WillGetGCSoon on 11 Apr 2008
Looks like every other country in all category is jumping higher than India EB3. Unfortunate ones waiting for long time with PD earlier than Jun2003 (This is what it showed before July 07 fiasco!!!!) |
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Submitted by wyc453s on 11 Apr 2008
"Under the new rule, certain students will be eligible to receive a 17-month extension of post-completion OPT" A student must have received a degree included in the STEM Designated Degree Program List: Computer Science Applications, Biological and |
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Submitted by psuresh on 13 Mar 2008
Good for all EB2 |
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Submitted by bridge1z on 05 Mar 2008
Guys, it seems the the USCIS just wants to keep skimming us. A new hurdle, a new fee. Just before we start getting ready for summer vacation. May this nightmare be through soon. |
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Submitted by snowflake on 02 Mar 2008
Finally great news for those stuck in FBI Name Check. |
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Submitted by psuresh on 12 Feb 2008
Good Luck with EB3 ROW |
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Submitted by kcjcmc on 07 Feb 2008
FREE AT LAST |
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Submitted by trackitt on 17 Jan 2008
... |
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Submitted by WillGetGCSoon on 09 Jan 2008
Not good at all |
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Submitted by greencarding on 28 Dec 2007
Visa bulletin |
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Submitted by greencarding on 28 Dec 2007
Finally, December 14 processing times have been posted. |
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Submitted by robin on 26 Dec 2007
Useful article if you're in the I-140/I-485 stage, and are esp. thinking of using AC21. |
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Submitted by bridge1z on 24 Nov 2007
OK guys, here is the December bulletin. A very little and discouraging change, but that's what we all expected anyway. So keep waiting and praying for a real and encouraging update of the priority dates in the bulletins to come. |
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Submitted by robin on 04 Nov 2007
Mildly good news: For certain ââ¬ÅHââ¬Â and ââ¬ÅLââ¬Â nonimmigrants who have applied for adjustment of status to become permanent residents, the rule removes the requirement that such persons present a receipt notice (Form I-797, Notice of Action) for thei |
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Submitted by July31stRN on 18 Oct 2007
USCIS answers several questions from AILA during the meeting on September 25, 2007. It highlights that there were 320,000 AOS applications received during the months of July and August on top of the existing pending AOS applications. |
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Submitted by kcjcmc on 18 Oct 2007
The following are questions and answers discussed during this teleconference. We will post answers received from USCIS as soon as we have them. We also plan to post any additional questions received by email. At the beginning of the call, USCIS Division C |
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Submitted by robin on 12 Oct 2007
Worried about what happened to your application that you filed, along with thousands of others, between July 17, 2007 and August 17, 2007? Fear not: USCIS has posted some answers to your concerns on their web site, warning you that due to increased volume |
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Submitted by InspectorFox on 06 Oct 2007
There has been no forward movement of the Employment cut-off dates for November. State Department explains that the reason for this is that it is still too early to see what impact the movement of the cut-off dates toward the end of FY-2007 may have on de |
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Submitted by kcjcmc on 04 Oct 2007
The Office of the CIS Ombudsman is hosting teleconferences to discuss your interactions with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). Join us to share your comments, thoughts, and suggestions as well as any issues of concern. Questions & Answers |
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Submitted by robin on 26 Sep 2007
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Submitted by psgdoc on 22 Sep 2007
USCIS has limited capability to produce reports detailing the status of long-pending FBI name check cases. In addition, USCIS systems do not automatically indicate when a delayed name check is complete and the case can be adjudicated. Often, this leads to |
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Submitted by trackitt on 11 Sep 2007
Check it out.. |
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Submitted by robin on 19 Aug 2007
Immigration authorities have received about 300,000 applications for high-skilled-employment visas since July 1, federal officials said yesterday, a deluge unleashed after the federal government first said it would not accept any applications for those vi |
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Submitted by joemug on 15 Aug 2007 |
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Submitted by iahmed on 10 Aug 2007
Improving Existing Immigration 22. The Administration Will Reform And Expedite Background Checks For Immigration. Current mechanisms for conducting immigration background checks are backed up, slowing processing times and endangering national security. T |
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Submitted by gcdreams on 09 Aug 2007
Q33: When filing an EB I-485 using the old fee, what version of the I-485 form do we use? A33: The current I-485 form version dated ââ¬Å7/30/07 Yââ¬Â should be used. The form can be found at www.uscis.gov Q34: To ensure that the correct fee is submitted |
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Submitted by sridhar on 03 Aug 2007
We have just confirmed with the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Visa Office that the DOS Visa Bulletin for October 2007 will likely be similar to the DOS Visa Bulletin for January 2007. The January Visa Bulletin, http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/ |
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Submitted by robin on 27 Jul 2007
Q21: Will USCIS permit applicants who filed adjustment applications between July 2, 2007 ââ¬â July 17, 2007, but who have not yet received a USCIS generated receipt notice, to file for Advance Parole and Employment Authorization based on proof of delivery |
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Submitted by sangamam on 24 Jul 2007
Employment-Based Adjustment Applications Filed by Aliens Whose Priority Dates are Current under Department of State July Visa Bulletin No. 107 Q1: Will USCIS reject a concurrently filed EB I-140/I-485 case if it is lacking a required Labor Certi |
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Submitted by tempy on 19 Jul 2007
Congressional leaders have begun to discuss legislation that would sharply increase the number of high-skilled foreign workers who could become permanent U. S. residents in the next few years. While it's sure to be controversial, the measure, if it passes |
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Submitted by robin on 17 Jul 2007
WASHINGTONââ¬âU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, beginning immediately, it will accept employment-based applications to adjust status (Form I-485) filed by aliens whose priority dates are current under the July Visa Bulletin, |
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Submitted by trackitt on 17 Jul 2007
Looks like USCIS is going to grant a 31 day period to file adjustment cases to settle the Visa Bulletin mess. Apparently, one of the issues in contention was the period of time that would be granted for filing. |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 16 Jul 2007
Many of you are waiting on pins and needles wondering what the news will be on the handling of green card petitions that were to be filed pursuant to the July Visa Bulletin. There is no change that a solution has apparently been reached, but the deal must |
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Submitted by trackitt on 16 Jul 2007
Looking to resolve a messy immigration tangle, the U.S. government is close to announcing that it will accept at least some applications for work-based green cards that were filed by thousands of skilled workers in early July at the government's invitatio |
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Submitted by tempy on 12 Jul 2007
As everyone who follows employment-based immigration issues knows by now, July 2, 2007 brought about an unprecedented catastrophe in the immigration world. The July 2007 Visa Bulletin, posted by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) in mid-June 2007, announc |
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Submitted by tempy on 11 Jul 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disgruntled green card applicants from India sent hundreds of flowers to the U.S. immigration agency on Tuesday to protest a recent policy flip-flop that hurt their quest for permanent residency. The campaign that directed around |
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Submitted by sridhar on 09 Jul 2007
- A study of some 2,000 engineering and technology companies created between 1995 and 2005 found that in 25% of these companies, either the chief executive or lead technologist was foreign-born. In 2005, these 2,000 companies alone produced $52 billion in |
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Submitted by sridhar on 08 Jul 2007
WASHINGTON ââ¬â In an effort to give our customers accurate information about current receipting times and service level commitments, United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) is providing the following projections concerning fee receipting |
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Submitted by sangamam on 07 Jul 2007
The American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) has stated that it has been authorized to file the class action lawsuit to respond to the USCIS refusal to accept employment based I-485 applications starting from July 2, 2007. The Murthy Law Firm cannot par |
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Submitted by sangamam on 06 Jul 2007
Frequently Asked Questions about Participating in this Lawsuit AILF is considering filing a lawsuit in federal district court against the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) over its rejection of otherwise properly filed adjustment of |
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Submitted by sangamam on 05 Jul 2007
Immigration lawyers raised unusually irate protests yesterday after the State Department and the immigration service abruptly withdrew tens of thousands of job-based visas they had offered last month to foreign professionals hoping to become permanent res |
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Submitted by coomazen on 05 Jul 2007
Effective Monday July 2, 2007 there will be no further authorizations in response to requests for Employment-based preference cases. All numbers available to these categories under the FY-2007 annual numerical limitation have been made available. |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 28 Jun 2007
WASHINGTON "Effective July 2, 2007, USCIS is announcing the temporary suspension of Premium Processing Service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, in accordance with 8 CFR 103.2(f)(2). USCIS anticipates a substantial increase in the numbe |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 25 Jun 2007
U.S. consulates abroad have been known to deny visas based upon Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 221(g) even after the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved a petition for the visa application. Some nonimmigr |
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Submitted by trackitt on 19 Jun 2007
Jin Ju Yoo, a stay-at-home mother who immigrated from South Korea in 1990 and applied for U.S. citizenship in 2002, would seem a minimal security risk. So say friends in Clarksburg, Md., where Yoo, 36, plays drums at a Presbyterian church and raises three |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 10 Jun 2007
A question that often arises among MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers involves a person in H1B status who wishes to change to a field of employment that is different from the field of his or her current H1B job. Such an individual often thinks that t |
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Submitted by trackitt on 08 Jun 2007
In his testimony, Laszlo said that, due to limits on the number of H-1B visas, Google is regularly unable to pursue highly qualified candidates... Over the last year alone, the artificially low cap on H-1B visas has prevented more than 70 Google candidate |
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Submitted by wanderer on 30 May 2007
The USCIS states that it expects the revenue generated to lead to a 20 percent reduction in processing times by the end of fiscal year 2009. They expect to cut processing times by the end of fiscal year 2008 on the four most common applications: I-90 (App |
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Submitted by trs80 on 18 May 2007
New provisions could be drafted as early as next week following an agreement between a bi-partisan group of senators and the White House. |
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Submitted by trs80 on 18 May 2007
(Update: On Tuesday, May 16, the Senate passed Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-NM) amendment to S. 2611 that significantly reduced the number of legal immigrants who could enter under the bill's "guest worker" program. As a result of this change, our estimate of |
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Submitted by robin on 17 May 2007
Debate centers on how much weight should be allocated to family ties, skills, languages. A Canadian-style point system at the center of a controversial new immigration overhaul could transform the ethnic and social composition of the United States in d |
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Submitted by trackitt on 14 May 2007
Some big movements in priority dates. Also check http://www.trackitt.com/usa-immigration-trackers/visa-bulletin1/ |
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Submitted by robin on 14 May 2007
India's fast growing economy and leaping information technology sector is attracting home more and more Indians from the Silicon Valley and the Indus Entrepreneur Group (TIE) estimates that around 60,000 may have returned in recent years, a media report s |
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Submitted by sandeep on 10 May 2007
A number of inquiries have come to us regarding delays in PERM labor certification case adjudication. Beginning early in 2007, there has been a noticeable slowing in case processing at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Atlanta Processing Center. This cen |
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Submitted by trackitt on 06 May 2007
The length of time it takes for a name check to be completed varies from name to name. Normally, a name is submitted by an agency, such as the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), on a data tape. The National Name Check Program (NNC |
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Submitted by robin on 01 May 2007
The Visa Bulletin for May 2007 carried a glimmer of hope for stagnant EB categories in our April 20, 2007 article, May 2007: EB3 Movement, Not for China, India or Mexico. On April 20, 2007, Sheela Murthy spoke on an immigration visa panel with Mr. Charles |
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Submitted by trackitt on 29 Apr 2007
Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, proposes to add a new system of records to the Department's inventory, entitled Background Check Service. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Office of Field Operations operates the Backgroun |
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Submitted by melaniel on 24 Apr 2007
For far too long, the US Consulate has silently borne the brunt of being called a whimsical, irrational organisation, deriving sadistic pleasure from dashing peopleââ¬â¢s dreams of working in the US. The rejection rate is, however, not as high as popularly |
| 551 views |
Submitted by h1extension on 19 Apr 2007
Last week, a computer randomly chose 65,000 petitions for coveted United States H-1B visas. The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) had filtered through over 150,000 petitions that had been received online on Monday and Tuesday, 02 |
| 792 views |
Submitted by nelsona on 13 Apr 2007
Cut-off date for EB3 RoW and Phillipines moves up one year, with mention of possibility of more advancement. Reason: Can't complete the cases they have on file now, need more to make sure they meet the quota. Institutionalized queue-jumping! |
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Submitted by trackitt on 03 Apr 2007
WASHINGTON ââ¬â U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008). USCIS will use a random selection process (described below |
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Submitted by wanderer on 28 Mar 2007
Due to the re-organization of the USCIS service centers beginning on April 2, 2007, I-485 applications are being transferred from the California Service Center to Nebraska Service Center, and from the Vermont Service Center to the Texas Service Center. Th |
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Submitted by wanderer on 28 Mar 2007
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently announced new filing procedures for Form I-129 (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker) and Form I-539 (Application to Extend/Change Status). Effective April 2, 2007, these filings will b |
| 950 views |
Submitted by BezImeni on 19 Mar 2007
This petition is in support of Senator Obama's Citizenship Promotion Act 2007 Please sign it! |
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Submitted by trackitt on 26 Feb 2007
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule on 2/13/06 in the Federal Register in which: - The DOL proposes to eliminate the Labor Certification (LC) Substitution process. - The DOL plans to impose a short time frame of just 45 days |
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Submitted by wanderer on 09 Feb 2007
Immigrants who waited years for their citizenship applications to be processed because of lengthy security checks claimed in a lawsuit Thursday that the delays violated their constitutional rights of due process. The suit, filed in San Francisco federa |
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Submitted by slowdown on 01 Feb 2007
"As a fee-based agency, we must be able to recover the costs necessary to administer an efficient and secure immigration system that ultimately improves service delivery, prevents future backlogs, closes security gaps, and furthers our modernization effor |
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Submitted by slowdown on 01 Feb 2007
I-129: From $190 to $320 I-131: From $170 to $305 I-140: From $195 to $475 I-485: From $325 to $905 I-765: From $180 to $340 |
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Submitted by slowdown on 29 Jan 2007
The most recent Visa Bulletin issued by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) is the first to show no forward movement for any employment-based preference immigration categories. The Schedule A category (reserved for registered nurses and physical therapists |
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Submitted by trackitt on 19 Jan 2007
Since its implementation of bi-specialization last April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has encountered various problems at its Service Centers. For example, up until about one month ago, the USCIS Vermont Service Center was taking |
| 870 views |
Submitted by sanjay41 on 17 Jan 2007
ver interesting facts, scenarios and efforts. Must visit site. |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 10 Jan 2007
I-140 petitions filed with the Nebraska Service Center are typically taking 5 to 6 months to process, while I-140 petitions filed with the Texas Service Center are processed more quickly, with many cases taking only 6 weeks. AILA has communicated with the |
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Submitted by wanderer on 07 Jan 2007
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the United States has indicated that it is beginning to develop a backlog of applications that require processing. In the past several years, the United States has seen a surge of immigration. Applicat |
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Submitted by h1holder on 06 Jan 2007
"Everyone agrees that America's immigration system is fundamentally broken and out of sync with the needs and demands of 21st century America," Tapia-Ruano continued. "Now we hope that Congress can overcome a history of political gridlock on this issue an |
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Submitted by sammy on 04 Jan 2007
Employers would be hiring more if they could just find the skilled workers they need. |
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Submitted by amelia90 on 04 Jan 2007
Highlights: About 440K people stuck in name check. FBI now has an informal policy by which they expedite namechecks if a lawsuit is pending (and so does USCIS). This will, of course, encourage more lawsuits which themselves could get stuck in pending-laws |
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Submitted by torpedo2 on 04 Jan 2007
Department of Labor announced on December 11 that the BEC currently has 142,418 cases pending with 59,328 RIR cases (41%) and 85,608 Traditional Cases (59%). In September, the pending case number was 176,000. In the past three months, about 33,600 cases h |
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Submitted by genesis on 04 Jan 2007
Foreign-born entrepreneurs were behind one in four U.S. technology startups over the past decade, according to a study to be published Thursday. |
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Submitted by h1holder on 27 Dec 2006
A recent USCIS memorandum states that time spent in H-4 or L-2 dependent statuses will no longer be counted toward the six-year maximum. In practice, this means that any individual who has spent time in either H-4 or L-2 status will not have to include th |
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Submitted by mvahe on 27 Dec 2006
Looks like a new rule for H-1 B guys to be exempt from personal interview if re-stamping within 12 months of visa expiry and if going back to country of origin. |
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Submitted by funnieguy on 24 Dec 2006
All those applying for U.S. immigration benefits (permanent residency or citizenship) are subject to national security background checks to establish their eligibility for residency. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the federal agency |
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Submitted by wanderer on 24 Dec 2006
Following all the rules, Indian national Sanjay Mehta came to the United States on a temporary work visa in 1997, hoping to build a glittering career in the fast-moving information technology sector. But nine years later his application for a green card r |
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Submitted by rmat on 23 Dec 2006
The American public should tell skilled workers on temporary visas whether it wants them here or not so they can go on with their lives, writes Pribh Das, a member of Immigration Voice, a nonprofit organization working to alleviate the problems faced by l |