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The State Department announced that the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, has resumed immigrant visa processing in Sudan for the first time in nearly 20…
Reports that the new on-line appointment system for consulates in Mexico is not working.
DOS authorized the voluntary departure of dependents and non-emergency employees of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo. The Embassy is open for emergency services for U.S.…
The Rome District Chapter alerts that the U.S. Embassy in Tel-Aviv will be closed to the public between February 17 and March 18, 2011. As…
DOS January 2011 guidance for L visa adjudications, particularly in regard to evaluating claims of “specialized knowledge.”
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,…
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…
Information from Charlie Oppenheim of the DOS Visa Office explaining the erroneous report of current availability for the India EB-2 category.
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…