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January 4, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
According to a USCIS Press Release: “U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that suspension of premium processing services for religious worker (R-1) visa petitions will be extended until July 8, 2008. A previous six-month suspension was announced on June 18, 2007.”
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January 4, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
According to an article on www.newsweek.com: “The importance of a reformed i in a broader homeland security strategy has made it a major subject of debate in the 2008 presidential election. This debate escalated recently surrounding the controversial immigration reform legislation that would have granted temporary guest status to millions of illegal immigrants. That bill stalled in the Senate June 7, 2007 after a cloture motion was rejected, although nearly all of the presidential candidates currently serving as senators voted for that motion.”
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January 4, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
The USCIS has received a sufficient number of petitions to reach the congressionally mandated H-2B cap for the second half of Fiscal Year 2008 (FY2008). USCIS is hereby notifying the public that January 2, 2008 is the “final receipt date” for new H-2B worker petitions requesting employment start dates prior to October 1, 2008. The “final receipt date” is the date on which USCIS determines that it has received enough cap-subject petitions to reach the limit of 33,000 H-2B workers for the second half of FY2008.
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January 4, 2008 by Bradley Maged.
The USCIS has released its weekly Application and Receipting Update for 12/31/07. All receipting delays now seem to be for family petitions or Naturalization applications.
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