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USCIS Adds Passport Data in E-Verify Process for Foreign-Born Citizens

Monday, 09 March 2009 09:20 USCIS

WASHINGTON - Last month, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) incorporated Department of State passport data into the E-Verify employment authorization program. This enhancement is already reducing the incidences of mismatches among foreign-born citizens.

A September 2007 E-Verify program evaluation found that foreign-born citizens were more likely to receive mismatches, known as Tentative Non-confirmations (TNCs), than U.S.-born citizens. Passport number checking capability for citizens providing a U.S. passport as Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification form) identification improves an already thriving program.

Fact Sheet: Premium Processing Service for Certain Form I-140 Petitions Begins March 2, 2009

Monday, 02 March 2009 12:27 USCIS

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will expand Premium Processing Service for designated Forms I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker to include alien beneficiaries who have reached or are reaching their limitation of stay in H-1B nonimmigrant status. Currently, only certain alien beneficiaries who are in H-1B nonimmigrant status at the time of filing may request Form I-140 Premium Processing Service.

Sunset Date to Affect Regional Center Proposals Under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program

Monday, 23 February 2009 11:23 USCIS

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds customers that the applicable provisions of immigration law concerning the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Pilot Program (Pilot Program) will “sunset” or expire at midnight on March 6, 2009.

The sunset date affects all Regional Center Proposals and certain Forms I-526, Immigrant Petition for Alien Entrepreneurs and Forms I-485, Applications to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, affiliated with Regional Centers relying on “indirect” job creation analyses. USCIS will continue to receive, process, and adjudicate as many Regional Center affiliated Forms I-526 and Forms I-485 as possible until the close of business on March 6, 2009, the scheduled sunset date.

Non-Minister Category of Special Immigrant Religious Workers To Expire On March 6, 2009

Monday, 16 February 2009 11:22 USCIS

(1 vote, average: 1.00 out of 5)

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reminds its customers that authorization for the non-minister special immigrant religious worker program will expire on March 6, 2009. Individuals applying under the non-minister category of the program, including family members, must either adjust status to permanent resident or be admitted with an immigrant visa before March 6, 2009.

The expiring category covers special immigrant religious workers in professional or
non-professional capacities within a religious vocation or occupation, but does not include those workers entering the United States solely to carry on the vocation of a minister of a religious denomination. The expiration date also applies to spouses and children of these non-minister workers who are accompanying the non-minister worker, or who will ‘follow to join’.

Naturalization Process For The Military

Monday, 09 February 2009 11:19 USCIS

(1 vote, average: 5.00 out of 5)

USCIS recognizes the important sacrifices made by non-U.S. citizen members of the United States armed forces and their families and is committed to processing their naturalization applications in a timely and efficient manner while providing exemplary customer service, maintaining the integrity of the immigration system, and the security of the process. Qualifying military service is generally in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and certain components of the National Guard and the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve.

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