Immigration News & Article
- DOS Expects Security Clearance Timing to Improve (English) (09/24/2002)
- Washington Update, Volumn 6, Number 13, September 20, 2002 (English) (09/24/2002)
- New BIA Regulations Go into Effect Wednesday -- Supplemental Briefs (English) (09/24/2002)
- AILA Issue Paper--Essential Workers Help Our Economy (English) (09/23/2002)
- Department of Education Announces Computer Matching Program with INS (English) (09/20/2002)
- INS Testimony on Implementation of the SEVIS System (English) (09/20/2002)
- Degree requirement of H-1B beneficiary (Chinese) (09/20/2002)
- INS Revised Guidance for When an Adjustment Interview can Be Waived (English) (09/13/2002)
- INS News Release on New Commute Student Rule (English) (09/13/2002)
- V Visa Practice Advisory (English) (09/13/2002)
- The Latest Successful Cases on Third Country Visa (Chinese) (09/12/2002)
- Immigrants in the Crosshairs: The Quiet Backlash Against America’s Immigrants and Refugees (English) (09/11/2002)
- DOS Cable On Child Status Protection Act (English) (09/09/2002)
- Address Change Forms Flood INS (English) (09/09/2002)
- Zhang & Associates. P.C. is the Only Law Firm selected in The Houston 100 (English) (09/06/2002)
- Five Countries Designated for Special Registration (English) (09/05/2002)
- Wahsnington Update, Volumn 6, Number 12, September 3, 2002 (English) (09/05/2002)
- Newest Cases on NIW (Chinese) (09/05/2002)
- INS Announces Legal Immigration Figures for FY2002 (English) (09/03/2002)
- First Genocide Case Brought by USCIS (English) (08/30/2002)
A State Dept. press statement indicates that DOS last week cleared more than 10,000 applicants for visa issuance following security review, and that it expects speedier adjudications in the future.
In this Issue: Immigration & Homeland Security: Intense Senate Debate Continues; Testimony on the Prevention of Social Security Number Misuse; Subcommittee Holds Hearing on the SEVIS Program; Citizenship Requirement for Baggage Screeners; Recently Introduced Legislation; Closed Hearings Declared Unconstitutional; Media Spotlight: Members and Staff in the News; Did You Know?
New BIA "Procedural Reform" regulations go into effect on this Wednesday, September 25, 2002.
An updated issue paper with statistics on Essential Worker positions.
A Dept. of Education (DED) notice in the Federal Register announced a computer matching program between the DED and the INS.
Testimony of Janis Sposato, Ass’t Deputy Executive Associate Comm’r for the INS’s Immigration Services Division, regarding the implementation of the SEVIS system, presented to the House Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims on 9/18/02.
INS field memo from William Yates outlines INS policy on when an interview in employment-based, family-based, asylee, and other adjustment of status cases may be waived.
INS news release on the new interim rule allowing Mexican and Canadian commuter students to study on a part-time basis, within the F-1 or M-1 NIV category, at schools located within 75 miles of the U.S. border.
The V Visa Practice Advisory cautions individuals who were unlawfully present when they applied for a change to V visa against traveling abroad.
Three Successful Stories of TCV in July and August 2002.
The State Dept. Visa Office advises posts regarding its interpretation of certain provisions of the Child Status Protection Act.
Advance copy of Federal Register notice designating Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria as countries whose nationals/citizens are subject to special registration. The designations are effective 9/11/02
In this Issue: Congress Reconvenes; Revamped ‘Contact Congress/Media’; Key Issues: Immigration and Homeland Security; Advocacy at Your Fingertips: How to use the AILA InfoNet as an Advocacy Tool; ISSUE FOCUS: September 5 Panel Discussion; Justice Department Finalizes BIA Procedural Reform Rule; MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: Members and Staff in the News; Did You Know?
The INS announced that a total of 1,064,318 persons legally immigrated to the U.S. in FY 2001. Of that figure, 411,059 obtained their visas abroad and 653,259 adjusted their status in the U.S.
An USCIS News Release states that, for the first time, the agency has denied admission to a foreign national based on the commission of genocide.