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August 2017 Visa Bulletin Published
July 12th, 2017
The August 2017 Visa Bulletin has been released by the U.S. Department of State. View the August Visa Bulletin here. The visa bulletin is published monthly, usually about 2 weeks in advance of the next month. The dates listed in the bulletin are curr…
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Physician Shortage Relieved by International Doctors
July 11th, 2017
ABC News Radio released on article on June 1, 2017, discussing the current state of physician immigration. ABC discusses that many rural and urban areas face a severe shortage of physicians, and this burden has been relieved by foreign doctors. Throu…
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Certain Cases Transferring Between NSC and CSC
July 7th, 2017
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently transferred certain cases between two service centers, NSC and CSC. Certain Form I-129 H-1B Extension of Stay petitions and Form I-765 filed with Form I-539 were transferring from th…
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Visa Reciprocity Changes for 2017
July 5th, 2017
Below is a list of visa reciprocity changes for the year thus far. This information is according to the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA Doc. No. 17032030). List of changes: 3/8/17: DOS updates the visa reciprocity tables with new infor…
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U.S. Supreme Court will Hear Travel Ban Case
June 30th, 2017
On Monday, June 26th, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will hear oral arguments in response to President Trump’s travel ban. The Supreme Court is allowing some parts of the travel ban to remain in effect. The Supreme Court stayed the in…
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DOS's Charlie Oppenheim Weighs in on July Visa Bulletin
June 28th, 2017
Every month, the Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division of the Department of State, Charlie Oppenheim, talks with the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association about the visa bulletin. AILA publishes the interview monthly (AILA Doc. N…
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USCIS Resumes Premium Processing for Physicians Under the Conrad 30 Waiver Program
June 26th, 2017
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that starting Monday, June 26, the agency will resume premium processing for all H-1B petitions filed for medical doctors under the Conrad 30 Waiver program, as well as interested government agency…
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Categories: H-1B
Updates from USCIS on Intercountry Adoption
June 26th, 2017
On April 5th, 2017, the USCIS International Operations Liaison met with the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to discuss issues regarding inter-country adoption. These topics included, but were not limited to processing of I-130, I-600,…
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AAMC's Amicus Brief Regarding Travel Ban
June 21st, 2017
AAMC, or the Association of American Medical Colleges recently filed an Amicus Brief. This was in response to the request by the Acting Solicitor General to the Supreme Court for a stay in the “travel ban case.” The case is officially kno…
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Monthly Visa Issuance Statistics
June 19th, 2017
The Department of State publishes monthly statistics on visa issuance. The latest statistics posted are in regards to the month of April 2017. Mentioned below are statistics for visa classes giving over 10 visas, for China (mainland born) and India.…
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