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Updates on Priority Dates for Employment-Based (EB) and Family-Based (FB) Immigrant Visa Categories
July 7th, 2010
According to the July Visa Bulletin, the EB1 category for all countries will continue to be current during July 2010. However, the establishment of a cut-off date during the remainder of the government’s fiscal year (ending September 30th) may…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
USCIS Proposes Increase in Petition Filing Fees
July 7th, 2010
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed an increase in filing fees for immigration benefit applications and petitions. While some petition fees would actually be decreased (K-1 fiance petitions would decrease from $455 to $340, for examp…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
State Department Implementing Worldwide Usage of DS-160
July 7th, 2010
The U.S. State Department has announced that all U.S. Embassies and Consulates that issue nonimmigrant visas are now using the DS-160 (a fully web-based nonimmigrant visa (NIV) application form). For most applicants, the DS-160 application form repla…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
Current FY 2011 H-1B Count and "Cap-Gap" Issues
July 7th, 2010
As of July 2, 2010, 24,200 petitions had been received by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) for the cap of 65,000. US CIS is reporting that it has also received 10,400 petitions against the U.S. Master’s cap of 20,000. The curren…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
Nonimmigrant Visa Application Fees to Increase on June 4th
May 25th, 2010
On May 24, 2010, the U.S. State Department published an interim final rule in the Federal Register to increase nonimmigrant visa application processing fees effective June 4, 2010. The rule also establishes a tiered structure with separate fees for d…
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US CIS Fiscal Year 2011 H-1B Cap Count - May 14, 2010
May 20th, 2010
US CIS has announced that as of May 14th, 19,000 petitions have been received toward the 65,000 cap for cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY2011 (starting October 1, 2010). US CIS also announced it has received 8,100 petitions for the U.S. Master’…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
US CIS to Issue Redesigned Permanent Resident "Green" Card
May 14th, 2010
On May 11th, US CIS announced that it will be issuing redesigned permanent resident cards (“Green Cards”). The newly redesigned cards will include many new security features to prevent counterfeiting, tampering and facilitating quick and…
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FY 2011 H-1B Cap Count - April 8, 2010
April 9th, 2010
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (US CIS) has announced the number of H-1B petitions received as of April 8, 2010 to be counted toward the FY2011 H-1B cap: H-1B Regular Cap: 13,500 (65,000 Cap) H-1B Master’s Exemption: 5,600 (20,000 Maxi…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
H-1B Visas - Fiscal Year 2011 - Filing Period begins on April 1st
March 9th, 2010
The H-1B filing period for Fiscal Year 2011 begins on Thursday, April 1, 2010. Petitions filed on that date for new H-1B workers will have a start date of October 1, 2010. The filing date is approaching fast. Over the past several years, the number o…
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Categories: Immigration Blog
Some U.S. Consulates Replace DS-156 Form
January 20th, 2010
The Department of State is slowly phasing out the DS-156 visa application form and replacing it with a new fully online DS-160 visa application form. The new DS-160 form has started being phased in over the last week at many high-volume Consular post…
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