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Visa processing
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Inside Business Immigration
First Receipt Notices Received for H-1B Cap Premium Processing Cases
As reported, this year’s H-1B cap is now closed and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has completed the lottery. USCIS indicated yesterday that it is delaying H-1B premium processing requests…
EB-5 Insights
National Visa Center Provides Updates on Internal Processing
The National Visa Center (NVC), in operation now for 20 years, is the U.S. Department of State agency responsible for pre-processing approved immigrant visas that include immigration based on: family…
Inside Business Immigration
Visa Procedures to Change at the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic
Employers and employees should take note that the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic will implement several changes to the visa application process, effective November 12, 2014.…
Inside Business Immigration
Canada Encourages Business and Tourist Travel from Mexico, India and Brazil
Seeking to increase business and tourist traffic from economically booming countries, Canada is expediting its visa process for certain visitors from Mexico, India and Brazil. Canada has implemented the CAN+…
Law and the Workplace
Delays at US Consulates Globally
The Department of State (DOS) Bureau of Consular Affairs nonimmigrant visa system suffered an outage last week. Working over the weekend, DOS has made progress restoring the database and is…
Immigration Blog
DOS Warns against Third-Country Nationals using Canadian Consulates until Fall for Visa Processing
AUTHOR: Davis Bae. The Department of State has informed the American Immigration Lawyers Association that due to increasingly heavy demand by Canada-based visa applicants, the seven U.S. visa processing posts…
Immigration Blog
Business Travelers from Mexico Benefit from Accelerated Visa Processing under Business Facilitation Program
By Nadine T. Trinh, Jackson Lewis P.C.
In an effort to expedite visa processing for business travelers from Mexico, the U.S. State Department announced this month the expansion of its Business Facilitation Program (“BFP”) to all U.S.…
Immigration View
India’s New Visa Processing System
As part of the U.S. Department of State’s continuing efforts to streamline the visa process worldwide, U.S. Embassy and Consulates across India are implementing a new visa processing system that…
Immigration Blog
Changes to Visa Processing in India
By Jessica Feinstein, Jackson Lewis P.C.
The U.S. Embassy in India has announced that a new system for visa processing will be implemented beginning on September 26, 2012. The Embassy’s new website, www.ustraveldocs.com/in, facilitates many of…
Immigration View
H-1B Cap Numbers: Going, going…
The FY 2013 H-1B Cap is likely to be exhausted soon.