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United States: Border Security Funding Bill with the President
The U.S. Senate has passed by unanimous consent the Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010, which contains provisions that will raise fees for certain employers with a U.S. workforce of more than fifty percent H-1B or L-1 nonimmigrants. The bill was initially passed by the Senate on August 5, but because of... »
United States: Immigration Priority Dates
Priority date cut-offs in the third employment-based immigrant category will advance substantially for most countries, but will move forward more modestly for China and will be unchanged for India. »
United States: Senate Passes Border Security Bill
This morning, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous consent the Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2010, which contains provisions that will raise fees for certain employers with a U.S. workforce of more than fifty percent H-1B or L-1 nonimmigrants. »
United States: New Fee for Visa Waiver Program Travelers
Foreign nationals applying for authorization to travel to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program will be required to pay a fee of US$14.00 beginning September 8, 2010. Beginning September 8, 2010, foreign nationals planning to enter the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) will need to pay a new fee of... »
United States: USCIS Unveils Enhancements to Website, Online Case Status System
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has introduced several new features to its website and online case status system. Among the new features is an online e-Request tool that allows individuals who have filed a Form I-90 application to replace a permanent residence card or an N-400 application for naturalization to send an inquiry if... »
United States: Federal Judge Enjoins Key Provisions of Arizona Immigration Law
A federal judge has blocked the State of Arizona from implementing the most controversial provisions of its new immigration law, including a provision that would have required police officers to check the immigration status of individuals suspected of being undocumented and a provision that would have made it a state crime to fail to... »
United States: DHS Finalizes Electronic I-9 Regulation
The Department of Homeland Security is finalizing the legal requirements for employers who wish to perform the Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification process electronically. »
United States: August Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the August Visa Bulletin, its projection of immigrant visa availability for the coming month. In August, priority date cut-offs for all nearly all employment-based preference categories and countries will advance, some substantially. These advancements are consistent with DOS’s earlier predictions that priority dates would continue to progress... »
United States: Arizona’s Immigration Law
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit today in an effort to invalidate Arizona’s immigration law, broadly arguing that the law is preempted by federal law and that the enforcement of U.S. immigration law is the responsibility of the federal government. DOJ has requested a preliminary injunction to block the implementation... »
United States: July Visa Bulletin
The Department of State (DOS) has released the July Visa Bulletin, its projection of immigrant visa availability for the coming month. Next month, there will an eight-month advancement in the priority date cut-off for the second employment-based preference category (EB-2) for India, to October 1, 2005. »