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."
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...
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...
USCIS Processing Times as of 01/25/2012.
USCIS’s VIBE Aims to Enhance Accuracy, Efficiency and Fraud Detection
The Web-based Validation Instrument for Business Enterprises (VIBE) is a tool designed to enhance USCIS’s adjudications of certain employment-based...
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 13 (Friday, January 20, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 2990]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-1169]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
[CIS No. 2510-11; DHS...
The Adjudication of L-1B "Specialized Knowledge" Worker Petitions: How Is It Working for You?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. EST
This teleconference presents an opportunity to learn about the experiences of employers filing L1-B nonimmigrant petitions with USCIS. The L-1B classification allows an employer to petition for an employee who has "...
USCIS TO PROPOSE CHANGING THE PROCESS FOR CERTAIN WAIVERS BASED ON...
USCIS interim memo for comment on general guidance regarding the role of private attorneys and other representatives who appear before USCIS.
Please check the attachment to read USCIS Memo.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in consultation with the Department of State, has identified 58 countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B programs for the coming year. The notice listing eligible countries will publish in tomorrow’s...