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Most Recent
Bulletins |
| 05.08.07 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Announces the Fiscal Year 2008
H-1B Advanced Degree Exempt Visa Cap of 20,000 Was Reached on April 30, 2007 |
| 05.08.07 |
Act Now to Voice Your Company’s Support for H-1B Cap Relief and
Comprehensive Immigration Reform |
| 05.08.07 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Immigration Attorney To Accompany Clients to the U.S.
Consulate on May 30, 2007; To Request One of the Appointments Reserved for
Tindall & Foster Clients, Contact Your Immigration Attorney by Wednesday,
May 16, 2007 |
| 05.08.07 |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff
Announces Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Eligible
Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans |
| 04.17.07 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Immigration Attorney To Accompany
Clients to the U.S. Consulate on April 30,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
Immigrant Visa Availability Advances One Year for
Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB-3) Candidates Not Born in India,
China, or Mexico |
| 04.17.07 |
Immigrant Visa Numbers Will Become Temporarily Unavailable for
the “Other Worker” Visa Category Beginning May 1,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
U.S. Senators Propose Legislation To Alleviate the Shortage of
H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Numbers; Act Now to Voice Your Company’s Support
for H-1B Cap Relief |
| 04.17.07 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Clarifies
Procedures for the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa “Lottery” and Addresses Premium
Processing and the Significance of H-1B Receipt Notices Issued before and
after the Numeric Selection Process on April 12,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
The Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Advanced Degree Exempt Visa Cap of
20,000 Is Likely To Be Reached This Week |
| 04.03.07 |
U.S. CIS
Announces Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Cap Has Been
Reached |
| 02.20.07 |
Act Now to
Secure One of the Limited H-1B Numbers Available for Fiscal Year 2008
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| 02.20.07 |
U.S. CIS Proposes Exorbitant Filing Fee Increases for
Applications and Petitions
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| 02.20.07 |
U.S. DOL Plans Filing Fee for PERM Applications for Permanent
Employment Certification
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| 02.20.07 |
U.S. DOL May Limit the Validity of Labor Certifications and
Eliminate the Substitution of Beneficiaries
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| 02.20.07 |
U.S. Senate Passes Amendment Barring Companies Employing
Undocumented Workers from Receiving Government Contract Awards
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| 02.20.07 |
Missouri Introduces Koster-Green Reform Bill to Mandate Employer
Enrollment in the Basic Pilot Program for Verifying Employment
Eligibility
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| 02.20.07 |
Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) Implements Pilot
Project for Prescreening of Work Permit Applications in Alberta and
British Columbia |
| 01.30.07 |
Recent High Profile Workplace Enforcement Initiatives by U.S.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Implicate Potential Criminal
as Well as Civil Penalties
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| 01.30.07 |
Colorado, Georgia, and Louisiana Introduce State-Level
Employment Eligibility Verification Requirements in Excess of Federal
Requirements
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| 01.30.07 |
U.S. CIS Will Begin Accepting New Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Petition
Filings on April 1, 2007, for a Fiscal Year 2008 Employment Start Date of
October 1, 2007
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| 01.30.07 |
U.S. Department of Labor Introduces a Labor Condition
Application Requirement for the E-3 (Australian) Visa
Program
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| 01.30.07 |
U.S.
CIS Creates Background Check Service to Consolidate Background Checks and
Results
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| 01.30.07 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Will Launch a Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program (TRIP) to Assist Travelers in Correcting Erroneous Information
Stored in Databases
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| 01.30.07 |
U.S. CIS Announces the Electronic Completion and Filing of
Address Change Notifications
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| 01.08.07 |
U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Procedure to Convert
Regular Track Labor Certification to Reduction-in-Recruitment (RIR)
Applications |
| 01.08.07 |
Immigration Officers at Ports of
Entry Now Requesting Additional Document for Some L-Classification
Nonimmigrants |
| 11.30.06 |
Travelers to U.S. Must Present Valid Passport Beginning January
23, 2007
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| 11.30.06 |
Employers
and Employees Encouraged to Plan Ahead for Holiday Travel and Visa
Appointments
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| 11.30.06 |
U.S. CIS Expands Premium Processing Service to Include Immigrant
Visa Petitions for Aliens of Extraordinary
Ability
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| 10.25.06 |
American Consulate in Matamoros Now Requires
Electronic Visa Application
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| 10.25.06 |
U.S. CIS Encourages Early
Advance Parole Travel Applications in Advance of Busy Holiday Travel
Season |
| 10.25.06 |
U.S. Border Officers
Requiring Proof of Employment from Canadians |
| 10.09.06 |
Department of Labor Allows Conversion of Traditional
Labor Certification Applications to More Rapid Process
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| 10.09.06 |
Workplace Enforcement Efforts
Intensify
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| 09.26.06 |
Department of State Begins Accepting Applications for 2008
Diversity Visa "Lottery" Program
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| 09.26.06 |
U.S. CIS Expands Premium Processing
Program
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| 09.26.06 |
Department of Homeland Security Proposes Expansion of
U.S. Visit Program |
| 09.26.06 |
Updates in Temporary Protected Status for Liberians and
Burindians |
| 09.26.06 |
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Takes Effect January 8,
2007 |
| 07.31.06 |
U.S. CIS Announces H-1B Cap for
Advanced Degree Exemption Reached for Fiscal Year
2007 |
| 06.20.06 |
12,000 Advanced Degree H-1B
Visa Numbers Remain
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| 06.20.06 |
Department of State Announces
Advances in Visa Availability for Employment Based, First Preference
Category
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| 06.20.06 |
Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) For El Savadorans Extended to 2007
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| 06.20.06 |
Hong Kong Permits Dependents to Seek Employment Without Separate
Work Permit
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| 06.20.06 |
New I-9 Software to Assist Employers in Electronic Completion and
Retention
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| 06.20.06 |
U.S. Senate Passes Comprehensive
Immigration reform Act of 2006 |
| 06.01.06 |
U.S.
CIS Announces H-1B Cap Reached for Fiscal Year
2007
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| 05.26.06 |
Only 13,050 H-1B Visa Numbers Remain Available for Candidates
with Bachelors Degrees or the Equivalent
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| 05.26.06 |
U.S. CIS Published Regulation Providing for Premium Processing
of Most Immigrant Visa Petitions
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| 05.26.06 |
U.S. Senate
Passes Compromise Bill Affording Immigration Benefits Reform, Increase in
H-1B Quota, and Reduction in Backlogs
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| 05.26.06 |
French Lower House Passes Restrictive Immigration
Bill
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| 05.17.06 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces H-1B Usage for Fiscal
Year 2007
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| 05.17.06 |
Department of Homeland Security Announces Plans to Renew Efforts
at Worksite Enforcement of I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
Requirement
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| 04.07.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Now
Accepting H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2007
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| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Senate Debates Comprehensive Immigration Reform
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| 04.07.06 |
U.S. House of Representatives Holds Hearings Concerning Whether
to Increase H-1B Quota
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| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces H-2B Cap has been Reached
for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2006
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| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Extends Temporary Protected Status for
Nicaraguans and Hondurans
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| 04.07.06 |
Hong Kong Develops a Plan to Attract Highly-Qualified
Professionals as Immigrants
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| 01.24.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces
the Fiscal Year 2006 H-1B Cap-Exempt Numbers are
Exhausted
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| 01.24.06 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Considers Revoking Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) for 300,000 El Salvadorans, Hondurans, and
Nicaraguans
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| 01.12.06 |
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Legislation
Negatively Impacting Legal Immigration
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| 01.12.06 |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces Further
Implementation of U.S. VISIT
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| 01.12.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Continues
the Move Toward Electronic Filing of Petitions and Benefits
Applications
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| 01.12.06 |
Congress Drops Proposed Legislative Provisions for the
"Recapture" of Unused H-1B Numbers From Previous Fiscal
Years
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| 01.12.06 |
Congress Drops Proposed Legislative Provisions for the
"Recapture" of Unused Immigrant Visa Numbers From Previous Fiscal
Years
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| 11.10.05 |
Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Long-Term Border Security and
Immigration Enforcement Strategy - DHS Plans Include Increased Worksite
Enforcement
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| 11.10.05 |
Erroneous PERM
Labor Certification Application Denials and PERM System Glitches
Prevalent
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| 11.10.05 |
Department of
Labor (DOL) Backlog Elimination Centers (BEC) Provide FIFO Procedural
Clarification
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| 11.10.05 |
The New E-3
Visa - Requirements and Procedures for
Application
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| 11.10.05 |
Senate
Committee Clears Proposed Legislation "Recapturing" Unused H-1B Numbers
from Previous Fiscal Years
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| 11.10.05 |
Visa Waiver Program Travelers Must Now Present Passports
with Digital Photographs
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| 11.10.05 |
Senate
Committee Clears Proposed Legislation "Recapturing" Unused Immigrant Visa
Numbers from Previous Fiscal Years
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| 11.10.05 |
The
Netherlands Relaxes Work Permit Requirements |
| 09.13.05 |
H-1B Non-Immigrant Visa
Numbers Remain
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| 09.13.05 |
FEMA
Clarifies Which Foreign Nationals are Eligible for FEMA Disaster Relief
Assistance
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| 09.13.05 |
Further
Retrogression of Immigrant Visa Availability
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| 09.13.05 |
DHS
Partially Waives Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
Requirements
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| 08.11.05 |
H-1B Cap Alert Does
Not Impact Filings
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| 08.11.05 |
FY 2006 H-1B Cap Could Be Reached
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| 08.02.05 |
U.S. Department of Labor Continues to
Address Glitches in the Perm Labor Certification
Process
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| 08.02.05 |
Tindall & Foster Attorney to
Accompany Clients
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| 08.02.05 |
Visa Bulletin Reflects Continued
Unavailability of Immigrant Visa Numbers for Employment-Based, Third
Preference (EB-3)
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| 08.02.05 |
Backlogs for Nonimmigrant
Visa Appointments at U.S. Consulates
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| 08.02.05 |
Visas
For Chinese Students and Exchange Visitors to be Issued for One year,
Multiple Entries
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| 08.02.05 |
DHS
Announces Changes to Passport Requirements for Visa Waiver Program
Travelers
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| 08.02.05 |
H-1B Cap
Alert |
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