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  • USCIS Announces It Cannot Resume Processing Adoptions From Vietnam
    Feb 3rd 2012

    WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, filed on behalf of a child to be adopted from Vietnam. The Department of State (DOS) has determined that Vietnam has not proven capable of meeting its obligations under The Hague Convention on Protection of...

  • DOS Announces Capitalization Of Visa Demand to Spur Economic Growth
    Feb 2nd 2012

    Capitalizing on Visa Demand to Spur Economic Growth in the United States

    Today the White House unveiled new initiatives to promote the United States as a...

  • DOS Publishes Advanced Copy Of Final Rule On Schedule of Fees for Consular Services
    Feb 2nd 2012

    This rule adopts as final the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2010 (Public Notice 7068). Specifically, the rule made changes to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule) for a number of different fees. This rulemaking adopts as final the changes to these fees.

    Please check the attachment to see the consular fees.

  • State Dept. Releases Pending Final Rule On L Visas Full Validity
    Feb 2nd 2012

    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    22 CFR Part 41

    [Public Notice:]          

    Visas: Issuance of Full Validity L Visas to Qualified Applicants

    AGENCY:     State Department.

    ACTION:       Final Rule.

    SUMMARY:This rule permits the issuance of L visas with validity periods based on...

  • DHS Reforms To Attract And Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants
    Feb 1st 2012

    DHS Reforms To Attract And Retain Highly Skilled Immigrants

    Release Date: January 31, 2012

    The President is deeply committed to fixing our broken immigration system so that it meets our 21st century national security and economic needs. As a part of comprehensive immigration reform, the President supports legislative measures that would attract and retain immigrants who create...

  • Cap Count for H-2B Nonimmigrants
    Jan 31st 2012

    The H-2B Program

    The H-2B non-agricultural temporary worker program allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill temporary non-agricultural jobs.
    For more information about the H-2B program, see the link to the left under "H-2B Non-Agricultural Workers."

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  • Validation Instrument For Business Enterprises (VIBE) – USCIS Initiates New and Free Streamlined Process
    Jan 30th 2012

    Introduction:

    VIBE is a web-based adjudication tool used by USCIS to validate basic information about companies petitioning to employ alien workers. VIBE uses commercially available data from an independent information provider (IIP) to validate...

  • AAO Processing Times
    Jan 30th 2012

     AAO Processing Times as of January 1, 2012.

  • USCIS Service Center Processing Times
    Jan 30th 2012

    USCIS Processing Times as of 01/25/2012.

  • Department Of Health And Human Services Updates Poverty Guidelines
    Jan 27th 2012

    [Federal Register Volume 77, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2012)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 4034-4035]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2012-1603]

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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Office of the Secretary

    Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines

    AGENCY: Department of...