Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
FAQs from the US Embassy in Mexico City on the new nonimmigrant visa procedures which took effect on 1/10/11. Please note that DOS website erroneously listed the start date of these new procedures as 1/10/10.
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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOS 60-day comment request on the extension of the validity of Form DS-2019, Certificate of Eligibility for Exchange Visitor (J-1) Status. Comments are due 3/13/11. (76 FR 2190, 1/12/11)
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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Over dissent, the court found that the extensive, credible record of kidnapping and harm to petitioner’s family members evidenced a quintessentially personal motivation of revenge, not one based on membership in a social group. (Demiraj v. Holder, 1/11/11)
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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOS Visa Bulletin for February 2011. Section C addresses advance notification of diversity (DV) immigrant category rank cut-offs which will apply in March. Section D addresses retrogression of family cut-off dates.
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Posted on January 12, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Information from Charlie Oppenheim of the DOS Visa Office explaining the erroneous report of current availability for the India EB-2 category.
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Posted on January 5, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The Department of State (DOS) redesigned the Consular Report of Birth Abroad, which became effective 1/3/11. Changes include centralizing production to U.S. passport centers within the U.S., rather than abroad and using the gender neutral “parent,” rather than “mother” or “father” on the form.
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DOS Travel Warning
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Posted on January 3, 2011 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
The DOS Liaison Committee reminds members that despite visa retrogression for various immigrant visa categories, posts should issue immigrant visas with a full six-month validity, even if the applicant’s immigrant visa category will retrogress.
Immigrant Visa Retrogression
Visa retrogression for various immigrant visa categories
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Retrogression is always a possibility when awaiting a Visa
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOS issued a 30-day comment period on extension of validity of Form DS-156E, which is completed by aliens seeking nonimmigrant treaty trader/investor visas to the US.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
DOS issued a 30-day comment period on extension of validity of Form DS-117, which is used to determine the eligibility of an alien applicant for special immigrant status as a returning resident.
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Posted on December 13, 2010 by Brian D. Lerner, Immigration Lawyer & Deportation Attorney
Department of State (DOS) guidance relating to the consular notification obligations of federal, state, and local officials when a foreign national is arrested and detained, requires a guardian, dies or is seriously injured, or is involved in a ship wreck or plane crash on U.S. territory
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