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Most Recent
Bulletins |
| 4.17.08 |
U.S.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Holds Press Conference to Announce
Multi-State Immigration Raids |
| 4.17.08 |
U.S.
Customs & Border Protection (CBP) Announces New “Global Entry” Pilot Program
for Qualifying Frequent International Travelers |
| 4.17.08 |
U.S. Department of State Announces Significant Advances in Immigrant Visa
Availability for Many Employment-Based Immigrant Visa Categories |
| 4.17.08 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Consular Practice Attorney to Accompany Clients to
U.S. Consulate on May 11-12, 2008; Contact Your Tindall & Foster Immigration
Attorney by April 28, 2008, to Register for this Trip and for One of the
Visa Application Appointments Reserved for Tindall & Foster Clients |
| 4.8.08 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Interim Final Rule Extending
F-1 Optional Practical Training (OPT) Employment Authorization for Certain
Students |
| 4.8.08 |
U.S. DHS Announces Western
Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Final Rule for Land and Sea Arrivals |
| 4.8.08 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) Announce Joint Plan to Eliminate FBI Name Check Backlogs |
| 4.8.08 |
Immigrant Visa
Availability Advances Significantly for Most Employment-Based Immigrant Visa
Categories |
| 4.8.08 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Consular Practice Attorney to Accompany Clients to
U.S. Consulate on April 22, 2008; Contact Your Tindall & Foster Immigration
Attorney by Thursday, April 10, 2008, to Register for this Trip and for One
of the Visa Application Appointments Reserved for Tindall & Foster Clients |
| 3.22.08 |
U.S. DHS Publishes New Regulation Punishing Multiple H-1B Petition Filings
by the Same Employer on behalf of the Same Beneficiary |
| 3.22.08 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Supplemental Proposed
Rulemaking for the Social Security “No-Match” Letter “Safe Harbor”
Regulation |
| 2.27.08 |
Civil Penalties Increase for Violations of Employment Eligibility
Verification Requirements, Other than Simple I-9 Paperwork Violations |
| 2.27.08 |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Plans to Require
Federal Contractors to Verify Employment Eligibility Via the E-Verify
Program |
| 2.27.08 |
Plan Ahead for Visa Application at U.S. Consulates Abroad |
| 2.27.08 |
The United Kingdom Implements Strict New Law Imposing Civil and Criminal
Penalties for Employing Unauthorized Workers |
| 2.27.08 |
Immigrant Visa Availability Advances Significantly for Most Applicants in
the Employment-Based, Third (EB-3) Preference Category |
| 2.27.08 |
Procedural
Change in CIS Adjudications Is Expected to Reduce Adjudication Delays Caused
by Pending FBI Name Checks |
| 2.27.08 |
Contact your Tindall & Foster Immigration Attorney Now to Initiate New
Fiscal Year 2009 H-1B Petitions for Filing on March 31, 2008 |
| 2.27.08 |
Tindall
& Foster, P.C. Consular Practice Attorney to Accompany Clients to U.S.
consulate on March 11, 2008 |
| 12.17.07 |
Applications for Permanent Employment Certification Which Were Certified by
the U.S. Department of Labor Prior to July 16, 2007 Will Expire on January
12, 2008 |
| 12.17.07 |
United Kingdom
Implements 10-Print Biometrics Requirement in Connection with Applications
for UK Visas |
| 12.17.07 |
U.S. Department of State
Announces Further Retrogression of Visa Availability for Applicants Born in
India Seeking Classification under the Employment-Based, Second Preference
(EB-2) Immigrant Visa Category |
| 12.17.07 |
U.S. Department
of State Increases Nonimmigrant Visa Application Fee from $100 to $131,
Effective January 1, 2008 |
| 12.17.07 |
Arizona’s Tough New
State-Level Employer Sanctions Law Is Set To Go Into Effect January 1, 2008 |
| 12.17.07 |
Companion Enforcement-Only
Immigration Bills Are Introduced in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate |
| 12.10.07 |
Plan Now for Fiscal Year
2009 H-1B Petitions To Be Filed in April 2008; Identify Candidates Early and
Contact Tindall & Foster, P.C. to Initiate Case Preparation for New H-1B
Petitions |
| 12.10.07 |
Immigrant Visa
Availability under the Employment-Based Second Preference Category Has
Retrogressed Further for Persons Born in India and China |
| 12.10.07 |
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Report
Joint Effort to Reduce Backlogs and Delays in FBI Background Checks Required
for Applications for Naturalization and for Adjustment of Status |
| 12.10.07 |
U.S. Department of
State and U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Implement New
Petition Information Management System (PIMS) Program for Electronic
Verification of Petition Approvals Prior to Visa Issuance |
| 12.10.07 |
New
Phase of Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Goes Into Effect
January 31, 2008, Requiring Government-Issued Photo Identification and Proof
of Citizenship at Border Crossings and Seaports |
| 12.10.07 |
U.S. VISIT
Program Will Require 10-Print Digital Finger Scans upon Admission into the
United States |
| 12.10.07 |
Direct
Filing for Permanent Residency Remains an Option for Qualified Candidates
Seeking Employment-Based, First Preference (EB-1) Classification, and for
Many Candidates Seeking a National Interest Waiver of the Labor
Certification Requirement under the Employment-Based, Second Preference
(EB-2) Category |
| 12.10.07 |
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) Appeals Preliminary Injunction in Ongoing Litigation
over the New Social Security “No Match” Letter Regulation |
| 11.27.07 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Announces Implementation of New
Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program |
| 11.27.07 |
U.S. Department
of Homeland Security Officially Publishes Notice of Amended Form I-9 |
| 11.27.07 |
U.S. Social
Security Administration Will Not Issue “No Match Letters” This Year; Letters
Not Likely before Spring 2008 |
| 11.27.07 |
U.S.
Federal Government Files Motion to Stay Proceedings in the Ongoing Social
Security “No Match Letter” Litigation |
| 11.07.07 |
Newly Published Form
I-9 and List of Acceptable Employment Eligibility Documents |
| 11.02.07 |
U.S. Department of
Homeland Security Reduces Travel Restrictions on Applicants for Adjustment
of Status (“Green Card” Applicants) Who Hold H-1B or L-1 Nonimmigrant Status |
| 11.02.07 |
New Biometric
Requirement to Be Implemented in Japan And the United Kingdom |
| 10.10.07 |
Federal
Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Barring Implementation of New Employment
Eligibility Verification Regulations Pending the Court’s Decision on the
Legality of the Regulation |
| 10.10.07 |
U.S. Department of
Labor (DOL) Reports Clearance of 363,000 Backlogged Applications for
Permanent Employment Certification, Many of Which Were Pending for Over Five
Years |
| 10.10.07 |
The Annual Quota for
H-2B Visas for Temporary Workers Has Been Reached for the First Half of
Fiscal Year 2008 (October 1, 2007 through March 31, 2008) |
| 10.10.07 |
Employers and Employees
are Encouraged to Plan Ahead for Holiday Travel and Visa Application Abroad |
| 10.10.07 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C.
Immigration Attorneys Regularly Represent Clients for Visa Application at
the U.S. Consulate in Mexico |
| 09.05.07 |
ALERT: Judge's
Order Stays "No-Match" Regulation |
| 08.16.07 |
DHS Summary of
New Regulations |
| 08.10.07 |
New DHS/SSA NO-Match Regulation and Announced Increase in Worksite
Enforcement |
| 07.17.07 |
Visa
Availability |
| 07.02.07 |
Unprecedented
State Department Closure Of Permanent Residency Window of Opportunity |
| 06.13.07 |
Reminder: CIS Filing
Fees Dramatically Increase in July 30, 2007 for Most Petitions and
Applications for Immigration Benefits |
| 06.13.07 |
Reminder: Petitions
Seeking Substitution of Labor Certification Beneficiaries Must Be Received
by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Before July 16, 2007 |
| 06.13.07 |
Employment-Based Second
and Third Preference Immigrant Visa Categories Will Be Current in July
|
| 06.08.07 |
U.S. Passport Rules Will
Be Temporarily Suspended Until September 30, 2007 for U.S. Citizens
Traveling to Canada, Mexico, the Carribean and Bermuda |
| 06.08.07 |
U.S. Senate Bill on
Comprehensive Immigration Reform is Withdrawn from Floor Consideration
Following Two Failed Cloture Votes |
| 06.08.07 |
U.S. Citizenship &
Immigration Services Filing Fee Increase Goes into Effect July 30, 2007 |
| 05.18.07 |
U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats Appear to Have Reached Accord with
Respect to Sweeping New Immigration Legislation |
| 05.18.07 |
The U.S.
Department of Labor Implements File Rule Limiting the Validity of Certified
Applications for Permanent Employment Certification and Eliminating the
Substitution of Beneficiaries |
| 05.18.07 |
Employment-based Immigrant Visa Availability Significantly Advances for Most
of the Backlogged Immigrant Visa Categories |
| 05.08.07 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Announces the Fiscal Year 2008
H-1B Advanced Degree Exempt Visa Cap of 20,000 Was Reached on April 30, 2007 |
| 05.08.07 |
Act Now to Voice Your Company’s Support for H-1B Cap Relief and
Comprehensive Immigration Reform |
| 05.08.07 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Immigration Attorney To Accompany Clients to the U.S.
Consulate on May 30, 2007; To Request One of the Appointments Reserved for
Tindall & Foster Clients, Contact Your Immigration Attorney by Wednesday,
May 16, 2007 |
| 05.08.07 |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff
Announces Extension of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Eligible
Hondurans, Nicaraguans and Salvadorans |
| 04.17.07 |
Tindall & Foster, P.C. Immigration Attorney To Accompany
Clients to the U.S. Consulate on April 30,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
Immigrant Visa Availability Advances One Year for
Employment-Based, Third Preference (EB-3) Candidates Not Born in India,
China, or Mexico |
| 04.17.07 |
Immigrant Visa Numbers Will Become Temporarily Unavailable for
the “Other Worker” Visa Category Beginning May 1,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
U.S. Senators Propose Legislation To Alleviate the Shortage of
H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Numbers; Act Now to Voice Your Company’s Support
for H-1B Cap Relief |
| 04.17.07 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS) Clarifies
Procedures for the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa “Lottery” and Addresses Premium
Processing and the Significance of H-1B Receipt Notices Issued before and
after the Numeric Selection Process on April 12,
2007 |
| 04.17.07 |
The Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Advanced Degree Exempt Visa Cap of
20,000 Is Likely To Be Reached This Week |
| 04.03.07 |
U.S. CIS
Announces Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Cap Has Been
Reached |
| 02.20.07 |
Act Now to
Secure One of the Limited H-1B Numbers Available for Fiscal Year 2008
|
| 02.20.07 |
U.S. CIS Proposes Exorbitant Filing Fee Increases for
Applications and Petitions
|
| 02.20.07 |
U.S. DOL Plans Filing Fee for PERM Applications for Permanent
Employment Certification
|
| 02.20.07 |
U.S. DOL May Limit the Validity of Labor Certifications and
Eliminate the Substitution of Beneficiaries
|
| 02.20.07 |
U.S. Senate Passes Amendment Barring Companies Employing
Undocumented Workers from Receiving Government Contract Awards
|
| 02.20.07 |
Missouri Introduces Koster-Green Reform Bill to Mandate Employer
Enrollment in the Basic Pilot Program for Verifying Employment
Eligibility
|
| 02.20.07 |
Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC) Implements Pilot
Project for Prescreening of Work Permit Applications in Alberta and
British Columbia |
| 01.30.07 |
Recent High Profile Workplace Enforcement Initiatives by U.S.
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) Implicate Potential Criminal
as Well as Civil Penalties
|
| 01.30.07 |
Colorado, Georgia, and Louisiana Introduce State-Level
Employment Eligibility Verification Requirements in Excess of Federal
Requirements
|
| 01.30.07 |
U.S. CIS Will Begin Accepting New Fiscal Year 2008 H-1B Petition
Filings on April 1, 2007, for a Fiscal Year 2008 Employment Start Date of
October 1, 2007
|
| 01.30.07 |
U.S. Department of Labor Introduces a Labor Condition
Application Requirement for the E-3 (Australian) Visa
Program
|
| 01.30.07 |
U.S.
CIS Creates Background Check Service to Consolidate Background Checks and
Results
|
| 01.30.07 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Will Launch a Traveler Redress Inquiry
Program (TRIP) to Assist Travelers in Correcting Erroneous Information
Stored in Databases
|
| 01.30.07 |
U.S. CIS Announces the Electronic Completion and Filing of
Address Change Notifications
|
| 01.08.07 |
U.S. Department of Labor Implements New Procedure to Convert
Regular Track Labor Certification to Reduction-in-Recruitment (RIR)
Applications |
| 01.08.07 |
Immigration Officers at Ports of
Entry Now Requesting Additional Document for Some L-Classification
Nonimmigrants |
| 11.30.06 |
Travelers to U.S. Must Present Valid Passport Beginning January
23, 2007
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| 11.30.06 |
Employers
and Employees Encouraged to Plan Ahead for Holiday Travel and Visa
Appointments
|
| 11.30.06 |
U.S. CIS Expands Premium Processing Service to Include Immigrant
Visa Petitions for Aliens of Extraordinary
Ability
|
| 10.25.06 |
American Consulate in Matamoros Now Requires
Electronic Visa Application |
| 10.25.06 |
U.S. CIS Encourages Early
Advance Parole Travel Applications in Advance of Busy Holiday Travel
Season |
| 10.25.06 |
U.S. Border Officers
Requiring Proof of Employment from Canadians |
| 10.09.06 |
Department of Labor Allows Conversion of Traditional
Labor Certification Applications to More Rapid Process
|
| 10.09.06 |
Workplace Enforcement Efforts
Intensify |
| 09.26.06 |
Department of State Begins Accepting Applications for 2008
Diversity Visa "Lottery" Program |
| 09.26.06 |
U.S. CIS Expands Premium Processing
Program |
| 09.26.06 |
Department of Homeland Security Proposes Expansion of
U.S. Visit Program |
| 09.26.06 |
Updates in Temporary Protected Status for Liberians and
Burindians |
| 09.26.06 |
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Takes Effect January 8,
2007 |
| 07.31.06 |
U.S. CIS Announces H-1B Cap for
Advanced Degree Exemption Reached for Fiscal Year
2007 |
| 06.20.06 |
12,000 Advanced Degree H-1B
Visa Numbers Remain
|
| 06.20.06 |
Department of State Announces
Advances in Visa Availability for Employment Based, First Preference
Category
|
| 06.20.06 |
Temporary Protected Status
(TPS) For El Savadorans Extended to 2007
|
| 06.20.06 |
Hong Kong Permits Dependents to Seek Employment Without Separate
Work Permit |
| 06.20.06 |
New I-9 Software to Assist Employers in Electronic Completion and
Retention |
| 06.20.06 |
U.S. Senate Passes Comprehensive
Immigration reform Act of 2006 |
| 06.01.06 |
U.S.
CIS Announces H-1B Cap Reached for Fiscal Year
2007
|
| 05.26.06 |
Only 13,050 H-1B Visa Numbers Remain Available for Candidates
with Bachelors Degrees or the Equivalent
|
| 05.26.06 |
U.S. CIS Published Regulation Providing for Premium Processing
of Most Immigrant Visa Petitions
|
| 05.26.06 |
U.S. Senate
Passes Compromise Bill Affording Immigration Benefits Reform, Increase in
H-1B Quota, and Reduction in Backlogs
|
| 05.26.06 |
French Lower House Passes Restrictive Immigration
Bill
|
| 05.17.06 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces H-1B Usage for Fiscal
Year 2007
|
| 05.17.06 |
Department of Homeland Security Announces Plans to Renew Efforts
at Worksite Enforcement of I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
Requirement
|
| 04.07.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Now
Accepting H-1B Petitions for Fiscal Year 2007
|
| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Senate Debates Comprehensive Immigration Reform
|
| 04.07.06 |
U.S. House of Representatives Holds Hearings Concerning Whether
to Increase H-1B Quota
|
| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces H-2B Cap has been Reached
for Second Half of Fiscal Year 2006
|
| 04.07.06 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Extends Temporary Protected Status for
Nicaraguans and Hondurans
|
| 04.07.06 |
Hong Kong Develops a Plan to Attract Highly-Qualified
Professionals as Immigrants
|
| 01.24.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Announces
the Fiscal Year 2006 H-1B Cap-Exempt Numbers are
Exhausted
|
| 01.24.06 |
U.S.
Department of Homeland Security Considers Revoking Temporary Protected
Status (TPS) for 300,000 El Salvadorans, Hondurans, and
Nicaraguans
|
| 01.12.06 |
U.S. House of Representatives Passes Legislation
Negatively Impacting Legal Immigration
|
| 01.12.06 |
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces Further
Implementation of U.S. VISIT
|
| 01.12.06 |
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Continues
the Move Toward Electronic Filing of Petitions and Benefits
Applications
|
| 01.12.06 |
Congress Drops Proposed Legislative Provisions for the
"Recapture" of Unused H-1B Numbers From Previous Fiscal
Years
|
| 01.12.06 |
Congress Drops Proposed Legislative Provisions for the
"Recapture" of Unused Immigrant Visa Numbers From Previous Fiscal
Years
|
| 11.10.05 |
Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) Announces Long-Term Border Security and
Immigration Enforcement Strategy - DHS Plans Include Increased Worksite
Enforcement
|
| 11.10.05 |
Erroneous PERM
Labor Certification Application Denials and PERM System Glitches
Prevalent
|
| 11.10.05 |
Department of
Labor (DOL) Backlog Elimination Centers (BEC) Provide FIFO Procedural
Clarification |