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Thursday, 26 March 2009 14:56 |
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The Employment-Based Third Preference (EB-3) category for the Philippines and all areas other than mainland China, India and Mexico have retrogressed for April 2009. The current priority date for these categories is now March 1, 2003 --over two years earlier than the March 2009 Visa Bulletin. The good news is that the priority dates for China, India and Mexico third-preference categories
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Read more... [EB-3 Worldwide and Philippines Categories Retrogress for April 2009]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 20:23 |
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On March 4, 2009, CIS proudly announced that it had eliminated the backlog for FBI name checks pending more than six months. CIS worked in close collaboration with the FBI to reduce this backlog. |
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Read more... [CIS Eliminates FBI Name Check Backlogs]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:54 |
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US Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) has confirmed in a recent communication with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) that, if an H-1B petition "lottery" needs to occur for FY10 H-1B petitions, US CIS
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Read more... [US CIS Confirms Filing Window for H-1B Lottery]
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Wednesday, 11 March 2009 19:41 |
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The State Department has announced that the 2009 Poverty Guidelines used for I-864, Affidavits of Support, went into effect on March 1, 2009. The I-864 is used for immigrant visa petitioners and joint sponsors. The guidelines are available here |
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Read more... [2009 Poverty Guidelines Effective March 1st]
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Wednesday, 25 February 2009 17:49 |
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) announced on February 24, 2009 that some H-1B workers nearing the end of their sixth year of stay in the U.S. are eligible to expedite the processing of their I-140 petitions. Starting on March 2, 2009, Form I-140 premium processing service expanded to certain employment-based immigrant workers who meet the following conditions: |
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Read more... [Expedited Processing of I-140 Petitions Now Available for Some H-1B Workers]
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 17:32 |
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Due to the current state of the economy, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has recently advised that employers in some industries should expect to start receiving more supervised recruitment notices on PERM applications. A PERM application is an application that is filed by an employer on behalf of a foreign national after an extensive recruitment process |
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Read more... [DOL Advises to Expect More Supervised Recruitment in PERM Cases]
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Saturday, 31 January 2009 15:23 |
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Effective May 21, 2009, federal contractors and subcontractors will be required to start using the E-Verify system to verify their employees' eligibility to legally work in the U.S. The expansion of E-Verify |
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Read more... [E-verify Effective for Federal Contractors this Spring]
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