UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION NEWS
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| USCIS Resumes Premium Processing Service for R-1 Visas | ||
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Recently the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced that it will resume the Premium Processing Service for the R-1 nonimmigrant visa classification. Tuesday, 28 July 2009 |
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| ICE Launches Initiative to Step-Up Audits of Employment Records | ||
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently launched a new audit initiative by issuing Notices of Inspection (NOI) to 652 businesses nationwide as part of its plan to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has stated that investigations will focus on businesses that knowingly hire immigrants who cannot legally work in the U.S. Wednesday, 15 July 2009 |
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| New Legislation Aims to End 'Widow Penalty' | ||
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On June 11th, Senators Menendez (D-NJ), Gillibrand (D-NY) and Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Orphans, Widows and Widowers Protection Act (S. 1427). This bill will provide a remedy for Orphans, Widows and Widowers who suffer immigration-related hardships due to the death of a sponsoring relative. Friday, 3 July 2009 |
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| Comprehensive US Immigration Reform May Happen This Year | ||
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President Obama has said in the past that comprehensive immigration reform is one of the many goals he wants to accomplish this year. With the successful completion of his bipartisan immigration summit in Washington it seems that he may be able to accomplish this goal Friday, 3 July 2009 |
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| USCIS Eliminates FBI Name Check Backlogs | ||
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On Monday, June 23, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the backlog for Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) name checks pending more than six months had been eliminated. Having completed all the requisite milestones, resulting in the elimination of the FBI National Name Check Program (NNCP) backlog, the two organizations declared that the process of checking names against the FBI database will now be quicker. Wednesday, 1 July 2009 |
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| USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Form I-140 | ||
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced yesterday that effective June 29, 2009, it will resume its Premium Processing service for Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker). Wednesday, 1 July 2009 |
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