The Department of State has issued proposed rules to increase fees for applications for nonimmigrant visas at United States consulates abroad. Attached is a press release in whole and a link to the Federal Register notice.

The January 2009 Visa Bulletin was released. This visa bulletin is of special note because it contains a section explaining how visa numbers are calculated and distributed. Also of special imporance is the estimated cut-off...

The December 2009 Visa Bulletin was released. Third preference employment-based processing dates are June 1, 2002 for all chargeable areas. Second preference numbers remain current for all countries except China and India. ...

On October 9, 2009, the November 2009 Visa Bulletin was released.  The visa bulletin provides the availability of immigrant visas in the month of November.

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A Consular Affairs Update released by the Department of State Bureau of Consular Affairs reports that the 2011 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2011) has seen a 63 percent increase in the number of first week registrations...