USCIS requests comments on an information collection for Special Immigrant Visas for Fourth Preference Employment-Based Broadcasters.
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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.
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DOS request for grant proposals for the Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) Program: Host Family and School Placement and Monitoring.
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USCIS updated its count of FY2011 cap-subject H-1B petitions and advanced degree cap-exempt petitions receipted. As of 11/12/10, approximately 47,800 H-1B cap-subject petitions were receipted. USCIS has receipted 17,400 H-1B petitions for aliens with advanced degrees
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USICS notice of a 60-day comment period on the extension of the validity of Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal to the Office of Administrative Appeals (AAO).
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USICS notice of a 60-day comment period on the extension of the validity of Form I-290B, Notice of Appeal to the Office of Administrative Appeals (AAO).
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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.
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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)
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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)
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As a matter of first impression, the court held that the IJ’s jurisdiction on remand from the BIA is limited only when the BIA expressly retains jurisdiction and qualifies or limits the scope of the remand to a specific purpose. (Fernandes v. Holder, 8/20/10)
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