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| DOS Announces New Requirement for Passport Applications |
| August 6, 2011 |
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| DOS announced that an applicant's parent(s)' full name(s) must be listed on all certified birth certificates for them to be considered primary evidence of U.S. citizenship, regardless of the applicant’s age. |
| U.S.-India State-to-State Engagement Begins in New Delhi |
| August 2, 2011 |
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| Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis landed in New Delhi Saturday to begin a trip throughout India as part of a plan for U.S.-India state-to-state partnerships. The Department of State sees this two-week engagement tour throughout India as one of the many steps taken to continue to broaden and deepen the U.S.-India global strategic partnership since President Obama’s historic visit to India in November 2010. |
| DOS Announces U.S.-Russian Agreement on Visa Issuance |
| July 13, 2011 |
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| Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced an agreement on the issuance of nonimmigrant business, tourist, private and humanitarian visas to the Russian Federation, and for business and tourist visas to the United States, as well as short-term official travel visas to both counties in keeping with the joint statement issued during the meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in Deauville, France on May 26, 2011. The agreement also streamlines the visa issuance process by reducing the documentation required. These new visa validity periods will allow for expanded contacts and promote greater mutual understanding between our societies. |
| DOS Temporary Suspends Certain J-1 Exchange Visitor Program Requirement For Libyan Students |
| June 10, 2011 |
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| DOS is temporarily suspending the application of certain requirements governing program status and on-campus and off-campus employment for J-1 Libyan students. This action is necessary to mitigate the adverse impact upon these students due to political turmoil in their home country. This action is will take effective and remain in effect until December 31, 2011. |
| India's EB-2 Cut-Off Dates will Advance |
| April 6, 2011 |
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| Department of State's Chief of Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division Charlie Oppenheim has announced that there has been a decline in EB-1 filings. This means that about 12,000 unused EB-1 category numbers will be made available for the EB-2 category. This is expected to directly impact mostly Indian nationals and will advance the India EB-2 cut-off date. |
| H and L Visa Appointments No Longer Available at the Mumbai Consulate |
| March 15, 2011 |
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| Effective March 7, 2011, new H or L visa category appointments are no longer available at the U.S. Consulate General in Mumbai. New appointments should be scheduled at other embassies in India. Previously scheduled appointments will be honored. A new consulate is being constructed and is scheduled to open later this year after which normal operations will resume. |
| Diversity Visa Lottery for FY2012 Starts October 5, 2010 |
| September 24, 2010 |
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| Foreign nationals who want to enter the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Diversity Visa Lottery (DV Lottery) can begin to submit their applications beginning Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 12:00pm EDT (GMT -4) until 12:00pm EDT (GMT -4) on Wednesday, November 3, 2010. |
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