 | Australians: E-3
Status is Implemented by USCIS and Change of Status
Applications are Now Possible (1/12/06) |
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State Dept. Memo encourages students to apply for F-1
Visa (11/2/05) |
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USCIS
Memo
clarifies impact of PERM labor certifications on I-140
and 7th-year H-1B petitions. (9/23/2005) |
| Travelers will be denied entry into the U.S. after
June 26, 2006 if they do not have a Machine Readable passport. Also, it
is important to make sure the passport is timely renewed, because a
visitor will not be admitted into the U.S. beyond the passport expiration
date. The passport must be valid for at least six months beyond the I-94
expiration date. Passports issued by many countries (click
here for list) are considered by the U.S. to be valid for 6 months beyond
their actual expiration date. |
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USCIS Memo
Discusses the Ability to Change Jobs Without Affecting H-1B Status and
Approved Labor Certification (5/12/05) |
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Interim regulations have been issued to implement 20,000 additional new H-1B
visas for those with U.S. Master's degrees.
Click here for the full text of the regulation.
(5/5/2005) |
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New procedures for arriving nonimmigrants ("U.S. Arrival")
(12/9/04) |
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Applicants can now avoid
long lines at major USCIS offices by making an appointment on-line at
http://infopass.uscis.gov/info_en.php.
(August 2004) |
| The Dept. of State will stop
accepting applications for stateside visa revalidation as of July 6, 2004.
After that date all visas (even renewal visas) must be issued at a U.S.
Embassy or Consulate abroad. (6/11/04). |
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New Streamlined Procedure For Obtaining Mexican TN Visa. With the fulfillment of the H-1B quota for this fiscal year,
other types of working visas are becoming more useful for bringing
foreign professionals into the U.S. As of 2004,
Mexican nationals can obtain TN (NAFTA) visas simply by applying at a
U.S. Consulate or Embassy. The requirement of first applying to the
Dept. of Labor and the INS (now DHS), in place for a decade, has been
abolished.
Full text of
Memo. (January 1, 2004) |
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The State Department has announced
stricter guidelines in issuing L-1 visas based on
"specialized knowledge" (2/24/04) |
