Immigration News  |
| Changes in immigration that impact your life. |
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| Premium Processing available for certain EB-3 petitions |
| August 26, 2006 |
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| Starting August 28, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin accepting Premium Processing requests for EB-3 Professionals, (i.e. immigrant workers with bachelor degrees who are members of the professions), and EB-3 Skilled Workers, (i.e. immigrant workers capable of performing skilled labor requiring at least two years of education, training or experience). |
| USCIS publishes final rule on special visas for Broadcasters |
| April 19, 2006 |
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| The rule establishes procedures under which the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors, or a grantee organization, could file immigrant visa petitions for foreign language alien broadcasters. |
| New PERM FAQ regarding duplicate Labor Certificates |
| March 29, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released set 8 of PERM FAQ. The new set of questions discusses the procedure of requesting a duplicate Labor Certificate, Forms ETA-750 and ETA-9089. |
| New PERM FAQs regarding posting requirements |
| February 28, 2006 |
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| The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently issued two new sets of PERM FAQs that deal with posting requirements, making corrections to a filed application, reapplying after denial of a certification, and a host of other issues. |
| DOL Proposed Rule may eliminate substitution of Labor Certifications |
| February 16, 2006 |
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| On February 13, 2006 DOL published its proposed rule regarding substitution of beneficiaries on permanent labor certifications, limitation of the validity period of certifications, payment of expenses including attorneys' fees, and other proposed changes in labor certification rules. |
| Withdraw multiple applications filed under PERM today |
| January 19, 2006 |
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| If you have filed multiple applications under PERM for the same alien and job opportunity, the last date of withdrawing all applications other than the one you want processed is today, January 19, 2006. |
| DOS addresses retrogression issues in November visa bulletin |
| October 24, 2005 |
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| The U.S. Department of State (DOS) has updated the November Visa Bulletin with information on how cut-off dates are established, how the per-country limit is calculated, and what is the likely scenario in the coming months. |
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