USCIS Extends TPS for Salvadorans

Posted by on Jun 12, 2013 in Employment Authorization, News, Temporary Protected Status | 0 comments Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has extended Temporary Protected StatusEstablishes a legislative basis for allowing a group of persons temporary refuge in the United States. Under a provision of the Immigration Act of 1990, the Attorney General may designate nationals of a foreign state to be eligible for TPSEstablishes a legislative basis for allowing a group of persons temporary...
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USCIS Extends TPS for Hondurans

Posted by on May 25, 2013 in News, Temporary Protected Status | 0 comments The U.S. CitizenshipThe country in which a person is born (and has not renounced or lost citizenship) or naturalized and to which that person owes allegiance and by which he or she is entitled to be protected. and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended Temporary Protected StatusEstablishes a legislative basis for allowing a group of persons temporary refuge in the United States. Under a...
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CBP To Roll Out Automated I-94 Arrival/Departure Record

Posted by on May 7, 2013 in Business Visas, General, I-94, Immigration Reform, News, Visitor Visa | 0 comments Foreign visitors arriving in the U.S., via air or sea, and who need to prove their legal-visitor status to employers, schools/universities or government agencies, will be able to access their U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) arrival/departure record information online when the agency starts its records automation on April 30, 2013. When the electronic rollout begins April 30, CBP will no...
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AILA Issues Summary of the Senate Immigration Bill

Posted by on Apr 21, 2013 in Family Immigration, General, Immigration Reform, News | 0 comments Last week, the bipartisan group of Senators known as the “Gang of Eight” introduced S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.”  Soon thereafter, the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) issued an 8-point summary of the bill.  This just scratches the surface, but here are a few things AILA says S.744 would...
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USCIS Update on H-1B Cap Cases

Posted by on Apr 19, 2013 in H1B Visas, News | 0 comments USCIS has started the data entry process for H-1B petitions selected in the lotteryDiversityA category of immigrants replacing the earlier categories for nationals of underrepresented countries and countries adversely “affected” by the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 (P.L. 89-236). The annual limit on diversity immigration was 40,000 during fiscal years 1992-94, under a...
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USCIS Extends Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians

Posted by on Apr 1, 2013 in News, Temporary Protected Status, Uncategorized | 0 comments The USCIS announced its intention to automatically extend employment authorization documents (EADs) for Liberian nationals covered under Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) through Sept. 30, 2013.  The six-month automatic extension of existing EADs will permit eligible Liberians to continue working in the United States while they file their applications for new EADs that will cover the full 18...
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