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USCIS Announces Outreach to Chinese Immigrant Community
February 6, 2012
1:00 pm ET

Coordinator: Welcome and thank you for standing by. All participants will be in a listen-only mode until the question and answer session. To ask a question at that time please press star then 1.

Today’s conference is being recorded. If you have any objections you may disconnect at this time.

And now I’d like to turn the meeting over to Miss Edna Ruano, Chief of the Office of Communications for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Wage and Hour Division (WHD)

WHD H-2B Side-by-Side Comparison of the 2009 and 2012 Rules

February, 2012

Temporary Non-Agricultural Employment of H-2B Aliens in the United States. The Department has placed on the table for publication in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the regulations governing the labor certification process for the temporary employment of H-2B foreign workers in the United States, codified at 20 CFR part 655, and enforcement of employer obligations under the H-2B program, codified at 29 CFR Part 503. The new regulations will be published in the Federal Register on February 21, 2012, and will go into effect on April 23, 2012.

Online Tool Now Available Throughout the United States

Released Feb. 9, 2012

Please click on attachment to view EOIR memo on "Applications For Suspension And Cancellation Of Removal".

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5681-5691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2470]

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Rules and Regulations
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Please read the attachment for "New Detainee Transfer Policy".

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced it cannot approve a Form I-800, Petition to Classify Convention Adoptee as an Immediate Relative, filed on behalf of a child to be adopted from Vietnam. The Department of State (DOS) has determined that Vietnam has not proven capable of meeting its obligations under The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Adoption Convention).

Capitalizing on Visa Demand to Spur Economic Growth in the United States

This rule adopts as final the interim final rule published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2010 (Public Notice 7068). Specifically, the rule made changes to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (Schedule) for a number of different fees. This rulemaking adopts as final the changes to these fees.

Please check the attachment to see the consular fees.