USCIS Adds New Notification Requirement for R-1s

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Aug 17, 2009 in News, Religious Workers | 0 comments U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced the manner in which petitioners for religious workers must notify USCIS regarding their employment of nonimmigrant religious workers in R-1 status. The approved petitioning employer must notify USCIS within 14 days when an R-1 alien is working less than the required number of hours or has been released from, or has otherwise terminated,...
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Certain R1 Cases

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Aug 6, 2009 in News, Religious Workers | 0 comments U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that effective July 20, 2009, it will resume Premium Processing Service for R-1 nonimmigrant religious worker petitions filed by certain R-1 petitioners.  Only those petitioners who have successfully passed an on-site inspection are eligible to use Premium Processing Service.  The following questions and answers were posted on...
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USCIS Publishes Final Rule for Religious Workers

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Dec 19, 2008 in News, Religious Workers | 0 comments  USCIS Publishes Final Rule for Religious Worker Visa Classifications  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has made significant revisions to the special immigrant and nonimmigrant (R-1) religious worker visa classification regulations.  The final rule is designed to improve the DHS’s ability to detect and deter fraud and other abuses in the religious worker system....
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U.S. House and Senate Pass Extensions of Conrad 30 and Religious Worker Programs

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Sep 28, 2008 in News, Other, Religious Workers | 0 comments The U.S. House and Senate passed a bill to extend the religious worker and Conrad 30 programs until March 6, 2009.  These programs were set to expire at the end of this month.  The bill now awaits the President’s signature.  We will keep you posted as additional information becomes available.
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USCIS Continues Suspension of Premium Processing for R-1 Religious Workers

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Jul 13, 2008 in News, Other, Religious Workers | 0 comments The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced today that the suspension of premium processing for nonimmigrant religious worker (R-1) cases will continue at least until January 7, 2009.  The original suspension of premium processing for these cases was announced on January 4, 2008. Premium processing is a faster processing service for certain types of cases. ...
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USCIS Extends Suspension of Premium Processing for R-1 Religious Workers

Posted by Murali Bashyam on Jan 13, 2008 in News, Religious Workers | 0 comments U.S.  Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the suspension of premium processing services for religious worker (R-1) visa petitions will be extended until July 8, 2008.  A previous six-month suspension was announced on June 18, 2007.   The Premium Processing Service provides faster processing of certain employment-based petitions and guarantees a 15-calendar...
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