Immigration News  |
| Changes in immigration that impact your life. |
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| State Department Releases Visa Bulletin for December 2009 |
| November 11, 2009 |
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| The Department of State (DOS) has released the Visa Bulletin for December 2009. The cut-off dates for employment-based preference categories remain unchanged except a slight advancement by 8 days for India under EB-3 category. |
| Entries Up for DV-2011 Program |
| October 15, 2009 |
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| The Department of State (DOS) issued a consular affairs update stating that in first week of the DV-2011 Program, it has received over 900,000 entries, submitted by people around the world, which marks 63 percent increase over the same period last year. DOS expects to receive more than 13,000,000 entries for the DV-2011 Program. |
| DOS Releases Visa Bulletin for November 2009 |
| October 12, 2009 |
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| The Department of State has released the Visa Bulletin for November 2009 containing immigrant visa projections for the coming month. The priority dates for employment-based permanent residence categories have enhanced slightly in November. |
| DOS Published Final Rule on Amended Requirements for Religious Workers |
| October 7, 2009 |
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| The Department of State (DOS) on October 6, 2009 published a final rule for religious workers, which established the requirement that consular officers should ensure that R-1 visa applicants have obtained an approved USCIS Form I-129 petition from DHS before issuance of a visa. The R-1 final rule is effective from October 6, 2009. |
| Registration for 2011 Diversity Visa Lottery Program Begins October 2 |
| September 30, 2009 |
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| The Department of State announced the opening of the registration period for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery. Entries for the DV-2011 Diversity Visa lottery must be submitted electronically between noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), Friday, October 2, 2009, and noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) (GMT-5), Monday, November 30, 2009. No countries have been added or removed from the list of eligible countries. The list of eligible countries remains the same as for DV-2010. |
| DOS Released the Visa Bulletin for October 2009 |
| September 10, 2009 |
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| The Department of State has released Visa Bulletin for October 2009. The October 2009 visa bulletin still shows employment based third preference (EB-3) visas as oversubscribed while the employment based second preference (EB-2) is current for all areas of chargeability except for China and India. |
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