OFLC announcement regarding the re-issuing of wage determinations on more than 3,500 previously certified H-2B applications which must be completed prior to 9/30/11 in accordance with the shift in the effective date of the wage methodology final rule.
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DOS Visa Bulletin for October 2011. Section C addresses advance notification of diversity (DV) immigrant category rank cut-offs which will apply in November. Section D addresses visa availability in the coming months.
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DOS statement that the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai resumed issuing H and L interviews on 8/26/11, with the first appointments available on 9/6/11. The consulate stopped issuing H and L interview appointments in March 2011 due to aging infrastructure.
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A 9/6/11 USCIS policy memo providing guidance on the continued eligibility for individuals to file a VAWA self-petition as a child over age 21, and younger than age 25, if the abuse was at least one central reason for the filing delay. This guidance is effective immediately.
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DHS/USCIS Verification Division Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA), dated 8/26/11, providing a separate, detailed explanation of the SAVE Program, and elaborating on SAVE’s expanded use of foreign passport numbers for non-immigrants from visa waiver countries.
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DHS final rule implementing the CW classification, which is the temporary transitional worker classification specifically created for the CNMI, and establishing employment authorization incident to CW status. The rule is effective 10/7/11
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USCIS notice of a 60-day comment period on extension of the validity on Form I-129S, Nonimmigrant Petition Based on Blanket L Petition.
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ICE press release announcing that Samuel Klein, a Los Angeles tax preparer, was sentenced to 63 months in federal prison after he admitted to orchestrating a visa and tax fraud scheme that involved filing fraudulent religious worker visa applications and false tax returns.
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ICE revised immigration detainer Form I-247, issued in June 2011. The form instructs that state and local authorities are not to detain an individual for more than 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, and requires local law enforcement to provide a copy to detainees.
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