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New US Citizenship & Immigration Data Repository (CIDR)

DHS Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) on the new USCIS Citizenship & Immigration Data Repository (CIDR), which makes information from multiple USCIS benefits administration systems available for querying by authorized USCIS personnel.

USCIS extended the deadline on the RFE

USCIS extended the deadline for comments on the draft RFE template for the Request for Evidence – 1-140 E11 Alien of Extraordinary Ability

FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions

USCIS updated its count of FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 9/10/10, approximately 37,400 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 13,700 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees.

Salvadorians who are eligible to re-register for TPS

USCIS reminds Salvadorians, who are eligible to re-register for TPS but who have not filed their applications, to follow the late re-registration guidance. A Spanish version of the notice follows the English version.

DOL list of employers, attorneys, and/or agents debarred from the Permanent Labor Certification Program

DOL list of employers, attorneys, and/or agents debarred from the Permanent Labor Certification Program.

Information collection for Special Immigrant Visas for Fourth Preference Employment-Based Broadcasters

USCIS requests comments on an information collection for Special Immigrant Visas for Fourth Preference Employment-Based Broadcasters.

Extension of the validity of Form I-566

USCIS requests comments on the extension of the validity of Form I-566, Interagency Record of Individual Requesting Change/Adjustment to or from A or G Status.

3 % increase of International Students in the U.S.

DOS press release announcing a three percent increase of international students in the U.S. to a record high of 690,923 students during the 2009-2010 academic year. This growth was due in part to a 30 percent rise in Chinese student enrollment to 128,000 students.

Offense involving possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana

The court held that INA §237(a)(2)(B)(i) which exempts from removal those convicted of a single offense involving possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana for one’s own use does not apply to persons with more than one drug conviction. (Rodriguez v. Holder, 8/23/10)

Administrative Remedies in the Application of Compean

The court found that the application of Compean did not have retroactive effect and that Petitioner failed to exhaust his administrative remedies by not filing a motion to reopen with the BIA before filing a habeas petition. (Singh v. Napolitano, 8/23/10)