Automatic I-9 Six Month Extension For Some El Salvadorans     El Salvador is one of several countries currently granted Temporary ...         CBP Announce Interim Final Rule For ESTA Fee     (Friday, August 6, 2010) Washington — U.S. Customs and Border ...           News Company News Immigration News   Immigration News   Automatic I-9 Six Month Extension For Some El Salvadorans CBP Announce Interim Final Rule For ESTA Fee CBP Reminds U.S.-Bound Travelers from Visa Waiver Program Countries to Complete Online Travel Authorization USCIS Reminds Applicants for Travel Documents to Apply Early Government Fails to Wait for Comprehensive Immigration Reform - Federal Contractor Regulations Become Effective 9/8/09 Employers Beware: ICE Commences Nation-wide Audit of Business Immigration Records ALERT -- DELAY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTOR/E-VERIFY REGULATIONS E-VERIFY FACT SHEET 100,000 EMPLOYERS USE E-VERIFY PROGRAM USCIS Revises Employment Eligibility Verification New Electronic Registration Required 72 Hours in Advance of Visa Waiver Entry Beginning January 12, 2009 New Rule Will Require Many Federal Contractors and Subcontractors to Use E-Verify System to Verify Employees' Work Eligibility Beginning January 15, 2009 USCIS Announces Increase in Period of Admission for TN (NAFTA) Professionals USCIS Releases H-1B Benefit Fraud & Compliance Assessment Report DHS Announces Extension of TPS for El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua Diversity Visa Lottery Filing Period Begins October 2, 2008 and ends on December 1, 2008 - For Eligible Applicants, Odds are Better than SuperLotto Support Legislation to Recapture and Ensure Full Use of Annual Immigrant Visa Quotas DHS Final Supplementary Rule "Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter" Expected to be Published Within Next 90 Days October Visa Bulletin Shows Retrogression in Cut-off Dates for India and China EB-2 Category and EB-3 Categories; "Little if any forward movement of the cut-off dates...is likely until the extent of the CIS backlog...can be determined." Department of State Completes Implementation of Biometric Fingerprinting Rule for Nonimmigrant Visa Applicants USCIS Announces New List A Document for I-9 Employment Verification USCIS Warns That Some EADs Issued Erroneously with Travel Notation - Not Valid as Travel Documents July Visa Bulletin Arrives - Demand for the Employment-Based Third (EB-3) Preference has Exhausted Availability for the Fiscal Year DHS to Begin Issuing Two-Year Validity Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to Eligible Adjustment Applicants USCIS to Reinstate I-140 Premium Processing for Some H-1B Beneficiaries President Bush Issues Executive Order Mandating Use of E-Verify Employment Verification System for all Federal Contractors June 2008 Immigrant Visa Bulletin Warns of Potential EB-3 Retrogression or Unavailability from July-September USCIS Update: USCIS RUNS RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS FOR H-1B PETITIONS USCIS News Release - Nearly 163,000 H-1B Petitions Received DHS Announces F-1 OPT Extension for STEM Grads with eVerify Enrolled Employers Only USCIS Announces New Rules Affecting FY 2009 H-1B Filings Department of Justice to Increase Civil Fines Against Employers for Immigration Violations February Visa Bulletin: EB-2 India Category Unavailable Department of State Issues January 2008 Immigrant Visa Bulletin, EB-2 India Cutoff Date Retrogresses to 01 Jan 2000 Update on Social Security No-Match Litigation; DHS Appeals Injunction Order DHS News Release: Travelers Reminded of New Document Requirements Beginning January 31, 2008 USCIS Advises on Extended Processing Times USCIS Notifies Employers of New Form I-9; Previous Version Will No Longer Be Valid DHS plans to issue a new Form I-9 and I-9 Employer Handbook, possibly as early as next week Breaking News: U.S. District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Preventing DHS From Implementation of New SSA No-Match Rule Permanent Resident Cards Without Expiration Dates Must Be Replaced; USCIS Proposes Rule Setting 120-day Replacement Period DHS EXTENDS TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS) DESIGNATION FOR NATIONALS OF EL SALVADOR FOR 18 MONTHS HOT TOPIC: Administration to Hold Employers Responsible for Actions in Response to SSA No-Match Letters; Failure to Act Could be Used as Evidence of "Constructive Knowledge" of Unauthorized Workers All Consular Visa Applicants with Drunk Driving Arrests or Convictions Will Be Referred for Further Evaluation and Experience Processing Delays USCIS Will Accept Employment-Based Adjustment of Status (I-485) Filings for Individuals With Immigrant Visa Availability Under the Original July Visa Bulletin; New Filing Period Closes 8/17/2007 Gonzalez & Harris Continues Filing of Employment-Based Adjustment of Status Applications for Individuals Who May Benefit from AILF Lawsuit In a historically and legally unprecedented action the immigrant Visa Bulletin was revised this morning to reflect NO availability EXCITING NEWS: Most Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Categories Current/Available Beginning July 2007 USCIS Fees Will Significantly Increase Effective July 30, 2007 DOL Publishes Final Rule Eliminating Substitutions, Establishing a 180-Day Validity Period for Labor Certificates, and Limiting Fee Payment to the Employer With the Exception of Separate Representation Obtained Solely for the Foreign National USCIS Announces Exhaustion of H-1B Cap Exemptions for U.S. Graduate Degree Holders USCIS RUNS RANDOM SELECTION PROCESS FOR H-1Bs (123,480 cap-subject petitions received on April 2 and 3) USCIS UPDATES COUNT OF FY 2008 H-1B CAP FILINGS - NUMBERS STILL AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH U.S. GRADUATE DEGREES USCIS RELEASES PRELIMINARY NUMBER OF FY 2008 H-1B CAP FILINGS Action Alert: Urge Congress to Provide H-1B and Employment Based Immigration Relief Now FY 2008 H-1B General Cap Reached on 4/2; Lottery to be Held in Coming Weeks to Distribute H-1Bs Odds are the Distribution of FY 2008 H-1Bs Will be Determined by a Random Lottery USCIS ANNOUNCES EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION UPDATE FOR TPS RECIPIENTS FROM HONDURAS, NICARAGUA AND EL SALVADOR Are You Ready for Opening Day at the Races? The Run For FY2008 H-1Bs Will be Fast and Short, With More Losers Than Winners USCIS Notifies Public of Intent to Increase Premium Processing Fee and Turnaround Time Department of State Press Release: U.S. Eliminates Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance Fee For All Indian Applicants USCIS Announces Availability of Premium Processing Service for Additional Employment-Based Immigrant Categories Beginning September 25th DHS Updates its Visa Waiver Program Passport Requirement Traveler Guide FTC Consumer Alert --- Diversity Visa Lottery: Read the Rules, Avoid the Rip-Offs USCIS Press Release Begins a 14 Month Period Without Any New H-1Bs Victory for Employers: BALCA Vacates Denial on PERM Case Denied for Harmless Error - Congratulations to the Amicus Brief team, which was led by Josie Gonzalez and included Kerry Dockstader H-1B Cap for FY2007 Reached in Record Time; H-1Bs Still Available for Individuals With U.S. Graduate Degrees Josie Gonzalez Leads Team in Preparation of Amicus Brief Submitted to BALCA on Behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American Council on International Personnel Department of State Update on Availability Forecast for Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Numbers Educate the House on the Need for H-1B Blackout and Retrogression Relief! FY 2006 Cap Exemptions for U.S. Graduate Degree Holders Exhausted USCIS ISSUES E-3 SPECIALTY OCCUPATION WORKER GUIDANCE FOR AUSTRALIAN NATIONALS U.S. Consulates in Mexico Announce Change in Procedures for Nonimmigrant Visa Appointment Scheduling for Third Country Nationals Visa Availability Cut-Off Dates and Retrogression – The Future DOS announces Worldwide Business Visa Center Now Online DOL Proposes Regulations to Eliminate Substitutions of Beneficiary on Approved Labor Certifications and to Impose a 45-Day Deadline for Filing I-140 After LC Approval USCIS REACHES FY 2006 H-1B CAP General FY 2006 H-1B Cap Use Already Near 50,000 DHS ISSUES REBRANDED FORM I-9 The New E-3 Visa for Australian Nationals USCIS ANNOUNCES UPDATE REGARDING NEW H-1B EXEMPTIONS USCIS To Publish Regulations Implementing the H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004 Filing of New Cap Exempt Petitions For Individuals With U.S. Graduate Degrees On Hold Pending Publication of Notice in Federal Register PERM –The New Fast Track Labor Certification Program Has Arrived USCIS TO IMPLEMENT L-1 VISA REFORM ACT OF 2004 USCIS TO IMPLEMENT H-1B VISA REFORM ACT OF 2004 Fiscal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Will Result in Significant Changes to the H-1B and L-1 Programs IRS Guidance for Employers on Handling Delays in Issuance of SSNs to Aliens by the Social Security Administration New Law Allows Employers to Electronically Complete and Store Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) Forms USCIS Announces Change in Photo Standard USCIS Announces Extension of Stay During 2004 For Some Foreign Students USCIS Plans to Launch InfoPass Nationwide USCIS Announces Certification Deadline for Certain Foreign Health Care Workers from Canada and Mexico USCIS Backlog Elimination Strategy DHS Announces New Requirement for Health Care Workers

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