The U.S. Department of State’s Consular Consolidated Database (CCD), a system critical to visa issuance operations, is continuing to experience technical problems, which is limiting the State Department’s visa processing
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U.S. Consulates in Canada Limiting Visa Appointments This Summer
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
As reported by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), US consulates in Canada will be limiting visa appointments for 3rd-country nationals during the months of June,…
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Meeting Underserved Patient Demands with Foreign Physicians
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By Catherine V. Wadhwani and Matthew J. Redding
The Patient Protection and Accountable Care Act (the Affordable Care Act) contains a number of provisions aimed at increasing access to health…
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DV 2015, The 2015 Diversity Lottery
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Want a green card? Feeling lucky?
Play the lottery, not the Powerball, but the DV 2015 Diversity Lottery.
Beginning noon (EDT), October 1, 2013, the U.S. Department of State (DOS)…
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Use of Electronic Immigrant Visa Form DS-260 Effective as of September 1, 2013
By Catherine V. Wadhwani on
As part of its transition to paperless processing of immigrant visa applications (IVPP), the US Department of State (US DOS) announced worldwide implementation of electronic forms DS-260 and DS-261.
The…
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The New Form I-9 – pre-populating information in Section 1 NOT ALLOWED
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Although the rules are clear that Section 1 of the I-9 form must be completed by the employee, the recent introduction of the new Form I-9 in a PDF fillable…
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Video Interview: Immigration Bill Moves Quickly Through Senate Judiciary Committee
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Following up on my recent story on the matter, I had the opportunity to speak with Colin O’Keefe of LXBN regarding the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act…
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Priority Dates: Statistics used by the Department of State to determine Cut-Off dates
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The Department of State’s Visa Office releases its statistics on demand and how it determines monthly Employment Preference Cut-Off dates:
How it works: Each month, the Visa Office subdivides the…
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EB-2 Priority Dates Retrogress for All Countries in July 2012
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EB-2 Priority Dates Retrogress or are Unavailable for All Countries per the July 2012 Visa Bulletin…
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