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Thursday, June 24, 2004
USCIS "Fact Sheet" on Backlog Elimination Strategy - 06/24/04
The USCIS provides the broad outlines of its backlog reduction plan. Please click on more to view the USCIS plan. [ more ]
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Erroneous Conrad 30 Waiver Information Rescinded, corrected memo issued - 06/22/04
On June 16, 2004, the Waiver Review Branch of the State Department sent a memorandum to the health department J-1 waiver coordinators in all the states informing them that the Conrad J-1 waiver program had sunset. On Friday, June 18, 2004, the State Department retracted the erroneous memorandum and issued a corrected memorandum. The corrected memorandum affirms that a foreign medical graduate (FMG) is eligible for a J-1 Conrad waiver if the FMG acquired J-1 status by or before May 31, 2004. [ more ]
India Posts To Discontinue Non Immigrant Visa (NIV) Drop Box Processing/Require Interviews for All NIV Applicants - 06/22/04
The Following is the text of a notice received by some companies from the U.S. Consulate in Chennai, India, regarding the end of "drop box" processing of nonimmigrant visas by the U.S. Consulates in India.
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004
State Dept. to End Visa Revalidations - 06/16/04
According to AILA, State Department announced at the AILA Annual Conference that applications for visa revalidations (for classifications C, E, H, I, L, O and P) will no longer be accepted by the Department of State after July 16, 2004. [ more ]
H-1B Usage Thus Far for Fiscal 2005 - 06/16/04
According to AILA, Service Center Operations Director Fujie Ohata announced that, as of the end of May 2004, 16,100 H-1Bs countable against the fiscal 2005 cap have been approved. [ more ]
Friday, June 11, 2004
Disparities In Processing Times Raises Question Whether Would-Be Citizens Can Vote In 2004 Presidential Election - 06/11/04
The New York Times reports Christopher Bentley, [USCIS Spokesman] saying "There is absolutely, positively no connection between the amount of time it takes for someone to naturalize and any voter registration system." Click on more to a link to the article. [ more ]
Customs and Border Proctection (CBP) Conducts Interior Sweeps Of Undocumented Immigrants - 06/11/04
The Contra Costa Times reports "In August, Border Patrol officials rescinded a 4-year-old policy prohibiting agents from pursuing or arresting suspected illegal immigrants except near the border and at highway checkpoints. The recent sweeps in Ontario and Corona, (California) two cities far from the border, are the first such actions in southern California since the policy shift." [ more ]
Thursday, June 10, 2004
Immigration Offices To Be Closed on Friday, June 11; Swearing-in Ceremonies Will Proceed - 06/10/04
USCIS has advised that all of its offices will be closed on Friday, June 11, 2004. Naturalization swearing-in ceremonies scheduled for that day, however, will proceed. [ more ]
Monday, June 7, 2004
Immigration Processing Times updated - 06/07/04
The Processing Times for the various Immigration Service Centers has been updated. To view, click on Proc. Times on the left of this screen. [ more ]
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