NYC Bar Associations Provide Free TPS Clinic to Haitian Community
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NBC (MSC) Processing Times as of January 15, 2010
USCIS Processing Time Information for our Posted: January 15, 2010 Instructions on Using the Table Below is a chart that shows the Form Number, Form Name and Processing Times for all of the forms that are processed at that office. (Note that not all offices process all types of applications and petitions.) Find the particular […]
VSC Processing Times as of January 15, 2009
USCIS Processing Time Information for our VERMONT SERVICE CENTER Posted: January 15, 2010 Instructions on Using the Table Below is a chart that shows the Form Number, Form Name and Processing Times for all of the forms that are processed at that office. (Note that not all offices process all types of applications and petitions.) […]
TSC Processing Times as of January 15, 2009
USCIS Processing Time Information for our TEXAS SERVICE CENTER Posted: January 15, 2010 Instructions on Using the Table Below is a chart that shows the Form Number, Form Name and Processing Times for all of the forms that are processed at that office. (Note that not all offices process all types of applications and petitions.) […]
NSC Processing Times as of January 15, 2009
USCIS Processing Time Information for our NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER Posted: January 15, 2010 Instructions on Using the Table Below is a chart that shows the Form Number, Form Name and Processing Times for all of the forms that are processed at that office. (Note that not all offices process all types of applications and petitions.) […]
CSC Processing Times as of January 15, 2009
USCIS Processing Time Information for our CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER Posted: January 15, 2010 Instructions on Using the Table Below is a chart that shows the Form Number, Form Name and Processing Times for all of the forms that are processed at that office. (Note that not all offices process all types of applications and petitions.) […]
DHS Announces H-2A & H-2B Eligible Countries
The countries include: Argentina, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay. The H-2A and H-2B programs […]
ICE Announces Suspension of Varick Detention Facility in New York
ICE announced all detainees currently housed at the facility would be moved to a facility in the New York metropolitan area that provides outdoor recreation space and visitation facilities. The suspension comes in the wake of harsh criticism of the treatment of detainees in immigration detention. ICE has been accused of failing to meet basic […]
DHS Designates TPS for Nationals of Haiti
Upon publication in the Federal Register, nationals and country-less habitual residents of Haiti would be eligible to apply for authorized nationals and countryless habitual residents of Haiti to apply for TPS. TPS designation comes in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake which struck Haiti on January 12, 2010. TPS is a humanitarian benefit that allows […]
USCIS Clarifies the H-1B Employer-Employee Relationship
USCIS sought to issue clarification due to problems arising with independent contractors, self-employed beneficiaries, and beneficiaries placed at third-party worksites. USCIS first set out instances where third-party placement arrangements did not meet the employer-employee requirements. USCIS explained that an H-1B petitioner must maintain control of the beneficiary when the beneficiary is placed on third-party worksite […]