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Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions

Source – http://www.usembassy.gov/

Africa Africa Regional Services – Paris Angola: Luanda | Português Benin: Cotonou Botswana: Gaborone Burkina Faso: Ouagadougou | Français Burundi: Bujumbura Cameroon: Yaounde Cameroon: VPP Septentrion Cape Verde: Praia | Português Central African Republic: Bangui Chad: N’Djamena | Français Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kinshasa | Françai Republic of the Congo: . . . → Read More: Websites of U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions

Work Permit H1-B

The first thing you would need to do to qualify for the H-1B visa is a job offer from a U.S. employer. Then you’d have to go through an involved application process, which the employer would start off for you by filing what’s called a labor condition application (LCA) with the U.S. Department . . . → Read More: Work Permit H1-B

USA Ceasing Ban on Travel for Foreign Nationals Infected with HIV

The only disease singled out in the US immigration law for exclusion will be revoked imminently. Gay rights advocates are applauding this move as a step closer to ending the discriminatory ban which has been in effect since 1987.

“Gay rights groups are praising the imminent release of a proposed regulation ending a 1987 . . . → Read More: USA Ceasing Ban on Travel for Foreign Nationals Infected with HIV

K1 Visa / Fiance Visa Definition

A K-1 Fiance visa is a non-immigrant visa issued to prospective husbands or wives to the U.S. with the intention of marrying them within the statutory time period of 90 days from entry. A non-immigrant is a foreign national seeking to temporarily enter the United States for a specific purpose. A fiancé(e) may not obtain . . . → Read More: K1 Visa / Fiance Visa Definition

New Department of Homeland Security Policy Permits Battered Women Asylum

The Department of Homeland Security has submitted a legal brief supporting asylum in some domestic abuse cases, reversing the position taken by the Bush administration.

The brief was published in the New York Times and it says abused women would be eligible for asylum if they can show their abusers treat them as subordinates . . . → Read More: New Department of Homeland Security Policy Permits Battered Women Asylum

Fingerprint Plan to Confirm US Workers Identity

The latest immigration legislation to pass this year would require US workers to verify their employment status through fingerprints or biometrics. The logic is sound, stop illegal immigration by stopping employers from hiring illegal immigrants.

As part of broader legislation he plans to introduce later this year that would provide a pathway to legal . . . → Read More: Fingerprint Plan to Confirm US Workers Identity

Electronic Employment Verification Full of Unanswered Questions

There are many privacy and efficacy issues related to the latest immigration legislation requiring employment verification system from US workers. While it may appear deceptively simple, it is inundated with problems that would negate any true benefits from immigration reform to eradicate illegal immigration problems. Here’s the article from Immigration . . . → Read More: Electronic Employment Verification Full of Unanswered Questions

Barack Obama’s Aunt has Immigration Hearing in April

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration quietly withdrew in the weeks after Barack Obama’s election a new rule requiring high-level approval before federal agents nationwide could arrest fugitive immigrants. The future for Obama’s aunt, who had been living in the country illegally, will be determined at an immigration court hearing in April.

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Foreign Nurses Must for US Visa

Many nurses hoping to move to the US will now have to wait around three years to gain their US visa, as opposed to the two months they needed to wait previously, as US immigration clears its backlog of EB-3 visa applications.

Foreign nurses are being told not to lose faith that they will be granted a US work visa, despite a current freeze on work permits for nurses from certain countries.

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Immigration Fraud in Sham Marriages

This is why I always reiterate, defrauding the federal government is not only felonious it’s foolish. Desperate people wanting to make a buck and thinking that entering into a sham marriage will be the answer may be in for a big surprise. Entering into fraudulent marriages for immigration purposes give the rest of the legitimate cases a bad rep and unfair to those that have taken legal steps to ensure they are reunited with their loved ones.

RYAN NICKLAUS WILLIAMS, 28, of Puyallup, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 37 days in jail with credit for time served, 100 hours of community service, four months of electronic home monitoring, and three years of supervised release for the crime of Conspiracy to Commit Visa Fraud. In sentencing WILLIAMS, U.S. District Judge Ronald B. Leighton noted that the visa fraud conspiracy was a “very serious offense” that had a profound effect on legitimate visa seekers.

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