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  • DHS Issues Updated Refugee And Asylee Statistics For FY2011
    May 21st 2012

    This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons admitted as refugees or granted asylum in the United States in 2011.

    Please check the attachment to read the DHS Report.

  • DHS Announces Expanded List of STEM Degree Programs
    May 14th 2012

    In an effort to continue to attract the best and brightest international students to study in the United States, today DHS added more science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) designated-degree programs to the list of qualifying student...

  • DHS Announces Re-designation and 18-Month Extension of Designation of Somalia for Temporary Protected Status
    May 2nd 2012

    WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has re-designated Somalia for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and has extended the existing TPS designation for Somalia from Sept. 18, 2012 through March 17, 2014, allowing eligible nationals of Somalia to register or re-register for TPS in...

  • DHS Releases Annual Flow Report On Naturalizations
    Apr 16th 2012

    The DHS Office of Immigration Statistics issued its Annual Flow Report on U.S. Naturalizations for FY2011. In 2011, there were a total of 694,193 persons who became naturalized citizens of the U.S.

    Please check the attachment to view the report.

  • DHS Publishes Notice Of Correction To Syrian TPS
    Apr 5th 2012

    [Federal Register Volume 77, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2012)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 20046]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: C1-2012-7498]

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    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

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  • Social Security Administration Updates Manual On New Method For Verifying I-94
    Mar 19th 2012

    PROGRAM OPERATIONS MANUAL SYSTEM
    Part 01 - Records Maintenance
    Chapter 102 - The Social Security Number, Policy and General Procedures
    Subchapter 11 - Alien Evidence for an SSN
    Transmittal No. 17, 02/14/2012

    Audience

    FO/TSC: CR, CR TII, CR TXVI, DRT, DT, FR, OA, OS, RR, SR, TA, TE...

  • DHS Fact Sheet on " Impact of Counting Changes on Nonimmigrant Admissions"
    Feb 20th 2012

    Interpreting recent trends in I-94 nonimmigrant admissions has been complicated by more complete recording of entries into the United States. Beginning in 2005, at selected Southwest border crossings, the...

  • DHS Publishes Final Rule On Establishment Of Global Entry Program
    Feb 7th 2012

    [Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 5681-5691]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2012-2470]

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    Rules and Regulations
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  • 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...

  • DHS U Visa Law Enforcement Certification Resource Guide
    Jan 6th 2012

    Posted by Louis F. Quijas, Assistant Secretary for the Office for State and Local Law Enforcement and January Contreras, Citizenship and Immigration Services...