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Effective February 11, 2014 The Department authorizes a reduction in reciprocity for business and tourist visa categories for Mauritanian visa applicants.

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 8543-8601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03082]

[[Page 8543]]

Vol. 79

Wednesday,

No. 29

February 12, 2014

Part II

Department of the Treasury

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Internal Revenue Service

The processing times has been updated for PERM and NPWC. Please check the links below.

PERM Processing Times (as of 02/05/2014)

NPWC Processing Times (as of 1/14/2014)

The Atlanta NPC Team will implement the following plan to induct applications filed into Audit Review and tag cases for possible Supervised Recruitment. This version of the plan has identified 8 criterions that specify types of cases that will be targeted for Audit Review and tagged for possible Supervised Recruitment. The criterions are detailed and labeled below as tiers one, two four, five, seven, eight, eleven and twelve.

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This notice provides an update of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) poverty guidelines to account for last calendar year's increase in prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

 HHS 2014 Poverty Guidelines

As part of its form improvements initiative, USCIS is releasing a revised Form N-400, Application for Naturalization. Through the Federal Register, USCIS received numerous comments from the public that helped inform this revision.

The Office of Foreign Labor Certification has posted updated program factsheets containing the Quarter 1 FY 2014 selected statistics for the Permanent Labor Certification Program, Prevailing Wage Determination Program, H-1B Temporary Visa Program,

This notice contains renewal information only for those individuals granted DACA by U.S.

 Effective February 18, 2014, the reciprocity schedule for Chinese nationals is revised for the A-2, C- 3, and G-2 nonimmigrant visa (NIV) categories. All other visa validities for nationals of China will remain unchanged. 

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New Frequently Asked Question (FAQ). This FAQ addresses how an employer is to demonstrate that it notified and considered laid-off U.S. workers for the job opportunity listed on the ETA Form 9089. To read the FAQ, please click here and scroll to the PERM / Recruitment Report subheading 

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