Locating I-94 Online

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I can't locate my I-94 online. What should I do?

If you tried to retrieve your I-94 from the cbp.gov online system and you receive a response that your I-94 is "Not Found", please read the following questions to help you check for mistakes and try to enter the information again:

1. Did you enter your first and last name the same way it appears on your passport?  Please do not use dashes or titles.

2. Did you enter the passport number that appears on the upper right hand side of your passport?

Grace Period - Using Tourist Visa After Quitting A Job

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I am here on an H-1B and I am looking at quitting my job very soon to leave the country. I am aware there is no grace period for quitting on an H-1B and I don't have a choice but to work till the last day. I do however have a tourist visa that is valid until 2016. Can I quit my job earlier and still stay a week on the account of the tourist visa to pack up and leave; or would the tourist visa have to be activated only be re-entering?

It has to be "activated." Note that under the circumstances reentry and hence "reactivation" is likely to be difficult.

Immigration Reform Would Attract Best Talents From Across the Globe - Obama

According to The Indian Express on Comprehensive Reform:

Obama cites Indian-American to push for immigration reform

 US President Barack Obama has cited an Indian-American woman entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley after she got a green card following over 12 years of agonising wait to push for a comprehensive immigration reform that would attract best talents from across the globe.

Employment Authorization Document (EAD)

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What is an EAD?

What is an EAD?  

Certain aliens who are temporarily in the United States may file a Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, to request an Employment Authorization Document (EAD), which authorizes them to work legally in the U.S. during the time the EAD is valid.  

Why does my new EAD look different than my prior one 

DOL Publishes Final Rule on Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A Agricultural Employment

  • [Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
    [Rules and Regulations]
    [Pages 69541-69543]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2013-27693]

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    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

    Employment and Training Administration

    20 CFR Part 655

    RIN 1205-AB65

    Labor Certification Process for Logging Employment and Non-H-2A
    Agricultural Employment

DOL Publishes Final Rule on Attestation Process for Employers Using F-1 Students in Off-Campus Work

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69538-69539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-27685]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

20 CFR Part 655

RIN 1205-AB66

Attestation Process for Employers Using F-1 Students in Off-
Campus Work

Policy Memo on Handling Certain Family-Based Automatic Conversion and Priority Date Retention Requests Pending a Supreme Court Ruling

This policy memorandum (PM) provides guidance for properly assigning priority dates in those instances where a petitioner requests that the priority date from a separate, previously filed petition, be applied to a later filed family-based second-preference “B” petition (F2B) or seeks adjustment of status in the F2B category, based upon an originally-filed family-based second-preference “A” petition (F2A) pursuant to Public Law 107-208, the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).

Consular Processing

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What is consular processing?

The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) offers an individual two primary paths to permanent resident status (a green card). An individual who is the beneficiary of an approved immigrant petition and has an immigrant visa number immediately available may apply at a U.S. Department of State consulate abroad for an immigrant visa in order to come to the United States and be admitted as a permanent resident.