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State Dept. Gives Authority To Waive Select Visa Bans To Assistant Secretary For East Asian And Pacific Affairs

13 years ago By Editor

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67725-67726]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27547]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 346]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary
for East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Authority To Waive the Visa
Ban Under the JADE Act

H-1B Extension

13 years ago By Chief Editor

We were retained to file H-1B extension for the job title of Manager, HR and Training Operations [SOC (ONET/OES) Occupation Title of 11-3131 Training and Development Manager]. USCIS questioned that the job does not qualify as specialty occupation because the position falls within the category of HR Managers, and, as such, no specific degree or education is required to train for the position of HR Manager.

Nonimmigrant Visas

Profession/Occupation

I-140, Education Foreign Degree Equivalence

13 years ago By Chief Editor

The applicant completed a three-year Diploma in Computer Engineering from an accredited institution in India (Government Polytechnic Mumbai). The applicant was then directly admitted to the second year Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) program at an advanced level and completed the four-year degree B.E. program.

We provided several items of evidence that indicated that the applicant had attained the foreign equivalent of a four-year Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from an accredited U.S. college or university.

The I-140 was approved.

Profession/Occupation

Green Card

PERM - Labor Certification, DOL, Government Error

13 years ago By Chief Editor

We filed a PERM application under EB-2 for a Senior Programmer Analyst’s position early this year. Three months later, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Audit Notification. Immediately following our response, DOL denied the application, citing that our audit response did not include a copy of the job order.

Agency

Green Card

USCIS Reminds Eligible Nationals of Haiti to Re-register for Temporary Protected Status

13 years ago By Editor

Eligible nationals of Haiti (and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who currently have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must re-register for TPS by November 30, 2012. Failure to re-register by this deadline may result in the loss of your TPS status. If you re-register after November 30 2012, you must provide good reason you could not re-register on time such as hardship due to Hurricane Sandy.

DOL Releases Updated PERM, H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, And Prevailing Wage Data For Q4

13 years ago By Editor

In carrying out its responsibility for the processing of labor certification and labor attestation applications, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) generates program data that is essential both for internal assessment of program effectiveness and for providing the Department's external stakeholders with useful information about the immigration programs administered by OFLC. In line with the Department's commitment to the Open Government initiative and specific regulatory disclosure requirements, this page includes program information organized in three main categories: 1.

USCIS Develops Tools to Help Foreign Entrepreneurs Create and Grow Businesses in the United States

13 years ago By Editor

WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas marked a significant milestone for the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative by launching an online resource center today at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship in Cambridge, Mass. The resource center, Entrepreneur Pathways, provides entrepreneurs who seek to start a business in the United States an intuitive way to navigate the immigration process.

Naturalization time line and interview experience - New York

13 years ago By Chief Editor

Hi Everyone,

It's been a while, but I felt the need to share my naturalization time line and interview experience. My recipet notice was received and/or dated approximately May 16th 2012 and I received a preliminary interview notice letter advising that I should bring to my interview my state issued ID card and certified copies of my arrest. I am not sure when I received the actual interview letter, but maybe three weeks before my interview date which was sceduled for June 21st, 2012 at 3pm at Federal Plaza.

Citizenship and Naturalization

Request Number in the visa appointment site -- Explanation from State Department

13 years ago By Rajiv S. Khanna

Q: When using the new visa appointment site, what should my client list in the mandatory field that asks for the "Request Number"?

A: When a visa applicant sets up a user account in the appointment system, an 8-digit identifying number is assigned to the applicant. When logged into the appointment system, this "Request Number" appears in white against a red background in the upper right hand corner of the screen in parentheses after the applicant's e-mail address:

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