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  • USCIS Memo on Maximum Period of Stay for R-1 Nonimmigrants
    Mar 12th 2012

    This memorandum provides instruction to Immigration Service Officers who adjudicate R-1 nonimmigrant petitions for aliens who are coming to the United States temporarily to perform religious work, and their dependents. This memorandum outlines the procedure to be used for recapturing time spent outside the United States by R-1 nonimmigrants when seeking an extension...

  • USCIS Publishes Outline Of Changes Resulting From Religious Worker Final Rule
    Jul 21st 2011

    USCIS notes from the stakeholder meeting on religious workers, providing an outline of changes resulting from the Religious Worker Final Rule that was published on 11/26/08.

    Please check the attachment.

  • SCOPS Update – 07-13-2011
    Jul 13th 2011

     

    Filing location for concurrently-filed I-140/I-485 petitions...

  • State Dept. Amends Requirements for Aliens in Religious Occupations
    Oct 8th 2009

    [Federal Register: October 6, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 192)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Page 51236-51237]
    From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
    [DOCID:fr06oc09-4]

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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    22 CFR Part 41

    [Public Notice: 6779]

    Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended; Requirements for Aliens in Religious Occupations

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  • USCIS Reminds Eligible Applicants under Ruiz-Diaz to File Adjustment of Status Application before End of August
    Aug 18th 2009

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds special immigrant religious workers, who have a pending or approved Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant, (Form I-360), to file their Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, (Form...

  • USCIS Explains Employment-Related Notification Requirements for Petitioners of Religious Workers
    Aug 11th 2009

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today the manner in which petitioners for religious workers must notify USCIS regarding their employment of nonimmigrant religious workers in R-1...

  • USCIS Announces Resumption of Premium Processing for R-1 Nonimmigrant Visa
    Jul 21st 2009

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that, effective today, it will resume Premium Processing Service for nonimmigrant religious worker petitions filed by certain R-1 petitioners.  Only those petitioners who have successfully passed an on-site inspection are eligible to file under Premium Processing Service.

    In August 2005,...

  • USCIS Releases Religious Worker Notice
    Jun 30th 2009

    USCIS announced that individuals with a pending Form I-360 religious worker petition with USCIS, may be eligible for benefits under Ruiz-Diaz v. United States, No. C07-1881RSL (W.D. Wash. June 11, 2009). To see the USCIS notice and the court...

  • Law Extends Non-Minister Special Immigrant Religious Worker Program
    May 6th 2009

    USCIS advises its customers that Public Law 111-9, signed by President Obama on March 20, 2009, extends the non-minister special immigrant religious worker program through Sept. 29, 2009. The program had expired on March 6, 2009.

    The extended category covers special immigrant religious workers in professional or non-professional capacity within a religious vocation or occupation.   The extended date also applies...

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