| 10.25.08 |
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How
to File a Freedom of Information Request with EOIR
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.18.08 |
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STEM
Program List Amended to Include Majors in Chemical Engineering
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 10.11.08 |
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Student and Exchange
Visitor Program (SEVP) Fee Increases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
10.08.08 |
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Fiscal
Year 2009 Refugee Admission Numbers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 10.04.08 |
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Visa Efficiency and
E-Verify Extension Act of 2008 News
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.27.08 |
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The Office of Immigration
Statistics Releases 2007 Numbers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 09.25.08 |
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U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement Raids Two Chinese Restaurants
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.20.08 |
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Redesigned (New) Naturalization
Test to be Administered October 1, 2008
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 09.13.08 |
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N-400 Naturalization
Applications Filling Locations Changed
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
09.06.08 |
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Department
of Labor v. Fragomen, Del Rey - Long Backlogs for Labor Certification
Applications a Looming Consequence
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 08.23.08 |
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Strong Caution on Attempting
to Obtain a 10-Year Green Card; Voluntary Deportation Program
Abandoned; Suit to Require Decision on Citizenship Applications
Before November Elections Dismissed
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.08.08 |
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No Reservations for
ICE’s 'Self-deportation' Invitation
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 08.01.08 |
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H-2B Worker Petitions
Have Reached the Congressionally Mandated Cap
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.26.08 |
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Refugees Get Another
Year Before Having to Renew Their Employment Authorization
Documents (EAD)
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 07.19.08 |
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Check Your Freedom of
Information Act Request Status On-line
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.15.08 |
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Disappointing Response
By Acting Director of U.S.C.I.S. To Ombudsman’s Recommendations
to Improve CIS Handling of Returned Petitions by Department
of State
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 06.28.08 |
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Failure to Show Identification
May Cost You Your Flight; Homeland Security Approves $80 Million
Grant Towards REAL ID Program
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.21.08 |
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Current Immigration
News that You Can Use - New Forms must be used; Last Chance
to File EB-3 I-485 Applications Before Quota Closes; Identity
Theft Issues in I-485 Applications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 06.14.08 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Offers Limited
I-140 Premium Processing and Two-year Employment Authorization
Documents
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.04.08 |
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6/2/08
AILA New York Chapter Liaison Meeting with Vermont Service
Center - Keith Canney, VSC Adjudications Manager, Discusses
H-1B Cap Cases
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.05.08 |
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Immigration News and
Procedures You Can Use
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
04.21.08 |
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H-1B News - Selection
Process and Allowing F-1 Students to Change Their Mind Who
Designated Overseas Processing Because of Doubt that They
Could Remain Legally Until October 1st
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 04.11.08 |
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H-1B Cap Reached; OPT
Extended to Cover Cap Gap; 17 Month Extension for STEM Degree
Holders
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.20.08 |
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New H-1B Rule Prohibits
Multiple Filings by Same Employer and Extends Time for H-1B
Filings
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 03.15.08 |
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H-1B Rumors
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.01.08 |
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Employment Based Cases
Show Rapid Advances for March - Department of State Visa Office
Issues a Note of Caution
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.28.08 |
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I-130's to be Filed
at Chicago Lockbox Only and no Longer at Other Four Service
Centers
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.23.08 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Withdraws
February 20, 2008, FBI Name Check Questions and Answers Temporarily
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.16.08 |
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News On Adjustment of
Status to Permanent Residence Cases – FBI Name Check
Cases Being Searched for by U.S.C.I.S.; And a New Way of Processing
Employment Based I-485 Applications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.09.08 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Makes Big
Change In FBI Name Check Policy
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.02.08 |
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H-1B Cap Exempt Petitions
To Be Filed In California Service Center For All Cases Nationwide
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.25.08 |
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Outline of Mr. Lee's
1/27/08 Talk at Rutgers University
(English)
(Chinese Traditional)
|
| 01.19.08 |
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USCIS Director Gonzales
Testifies to Long Delays as the Reward for Fee Increases and
Improvement Years Away
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
01.09.08 |
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Immigration and the
Economy in Presidential Politics - Why H-1B visas should be
a Primary Concern
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 12.31.07 |
|
Year End Message
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
12.21.07 |
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Department of Labor
Confirms Official Closure of Backlog Elimination Centers Refers
Inquiries to Chicago National Processing Center
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 12.20.07 |
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Department of State
Raises Visa Fees for the New Year
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
12.15.07 |
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PERM Labor Certification
News & Hints
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 12.01.07 |
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USCIS Fee Increases
Fail to Increase Agency Efficiency – Naturalization
Application to Backlog 16-18 Months
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.26.07 |
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Department of State
Announces Increase in Student Visa Issuance and Assistance
in Processing
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 11.16.07 |
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Governor Spitzer Changes
Course Again in New York State Driver's License for Undocumented
Immigrants Issue
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
11.03.07 |
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European Union “Blue-Card”
May Give U.S. Economy the Blues
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 10.27.07 |
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Governor Spitzer Compromises
on NYS Driver's Licenses for the Undocumented
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.26.07 |
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A DREAM Deferred: Senate
Comes Up Short on Vote to Debate S.2205 on 10/24/07
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 10.24.07 |
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DREAM Act Being Voted
On In The Senate Today
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.13.07 |
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USCIS Backlogged in
Entering Cases and Processing Fees After Rush of Cases Due
to Fee Increases
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 10.06.07 |
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Immigration Raids Cause
Concern for Local Police Caught in the Crosshairs
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
10.06.07 |
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New York State Drivers
Licenses for Undocumented Back in the News
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 09.29.07 |
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Help Keep The DREAM
ACT Alive
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.22.07 |
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Outlook on DREAM ACT
Looking More Positive
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
| 09.13.07 |
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USCIS Issues Interim
Rules For Crime Victim “U” Visas
(English) (Chinese Traditional) (Chinese Simplified) |
09.13.07 |
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USCIS Ombudsman Reports
Continuing Troubles Plaguing the Agency
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 08.24.07 |
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USCIS Proposes to Require
Permanent Residents to Replace Green Cards it Issued Without
an Expiration Date and to Pay Fees
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.17.07 |
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Administration and DHS
to Step Up Immigration Enforcement Despite Comprehensive Immigration
Reform Failing in Congress
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 08.11.07 |
|
News Nuggets
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
08.04.07 |
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Another Congressional
Recess Without Worthy Action on Immigration
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 08.04.07 |
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Congresswoman Attempts
to Roll Back Big USCIS Fee Increases but the Legislature Takes
a Vacation
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.26.07 |
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Stingy In Defeat, USCIS
Agrees To Old Fees For Some Applications Until August 17,
2007 But Not Others
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 07.17.07 |
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U.S.C.I.S. Relents and
will Accept EB-1 to EB-3 I-485 Filings for the Next 30 Days
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.16.07 |
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Reports Circulating
that U.S.C.I.S. About to Reverse Course in Visa Number Scandal
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 07.13.07 |
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More News on the Employment
Based Visa Number Embroglio
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
07.02.07 |
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Visa Numbers For Employment
Based Immigration Exhausted For Remainder Of FY 2007 –
New Fees To Hit Many Applicants
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 06.28.07 |
|
S. 1639 Falls - What's
Next?
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.27.07 |
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Senate Moves Forward
On Comprehensive Immigration Reform (S.1639) Amid Concerns
Of Move To The Right
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 06.15.07 |
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Senate Leaders Agree
to Return to Stalled Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
06.09.07 |
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S. 1348, The Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Legislation, In Trouble
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.30.07 |
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Immigration Fees to
Rise Effective July 30, 2007
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.22.07 |
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USCIS Terminates Premium
Processing of I-140 Petitions Requesting Labor Certification
Substitution
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.19.07 |
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Labor Certification
Substitutions Barred (Effective July 16, 2007) and Validity
Limited to 180 Days
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.18.07 |
|
Senate Negotiators Announce
Agreement on Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation
– White House Approves
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.17.07 |
|
Senate Negotiators Set To Make Announcement
on Agreement for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.16.07 |
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Senate Negotiations
Continuing On Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.15.07 |
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Senator Proposes ‘Orange
Card’ Program to Adjust Status
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 05.14.07 |
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DHS Moving Ahead with
US-Visit Biometric Exit Procedures
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
05.10.07 |
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Next Two Weeks to be
Critical in the Immigration Debate
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 04.18.07 |
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1. USCIS Runs H-1B Computer
Lottery And Will Send Receipts
2. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Proposals Spur
Record Number of Tax Filings
(English) |
04.10.07 |
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1. H-1B Submissions
Surpass The 65, 000 CAP- USCIS to Conduct Computer Generated
Random Lottery
2. USCIS Extends Validity of I-693 Medical
Certifications
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 03.30.07 |
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1. H-2B Cap Reached.
H-1B Quota May Open and Shut Immediately
2. Consular Posts Resume Accepting I-130 Immigrant Petitions
3. A Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is Referred to
Committee in Congress
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
03.14.07 |
|
1. Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 introduced
in Congress
2. Bipartisan “American Dream Act” Re-introduced
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 03.06.07 |
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1. Uniform Drivers License
Standards Proposed by DHS
2. Change in Biometric Processing Procedure for Conditional
Permanent Residents
3. Social Security Extends Computer Match Program Another
18 months
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.23.07 |
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1. Court Upholds Undocumented Workers Rights
to Unpaid/Minimum Wage
2. USCIS reiterates limits on expediting FBI name checks
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 02.10.07 |
|
Permanent Residents take DHS to Federal Court
Over Citizenship Delays
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
02.02.07 |
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1. USCIS Considering Raising Naturalization
Fee
2. Consulates no Longer to Accept Family Petitions Unless Approved
by USCIS
3. Maine and New York Balking at Drivers’ License Requirements
of Real ID Act
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |
| 01.24.07 |
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1. New Passport Requirements for
Air Travel
2. USCIS Introduces On-Line Change of Address
Function
3. DHS to Launch Traveler Redress Inquiry Program
4. AgJOBS Legislation Reintroduced in Congress
5. J-1 Waiver Program for Physicians in Underserved
Areas Reauthorized
(English) (Chinese
Traditional) (Chinese
Simplified) |