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US consulate General of United States, Chennai official website say’s: A regrettable error has resulted in an over-scheduling of nonimmigrant visa appointments for December 30 and for each day in January. The Consulate does not have sufficient staff to process the overbooking and we have been forced to re-schedule some January appointments to February.
USCIS has announced that it has received sufficient numbers of cap-subject H-2B petitions to reach the congressionally mandated cap of 33,000 for the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2006. Cap-subject H-2B petitions requesting employment start dates of March 31, 2005 or earlier that were not received on or before December 15, 2005 will be rejected. [...]
The most popular program allowing to randomly give away green cards to lucky winners of citizens of various countries might not be available after the fiscal year 2007.
The US House of Representatives has passed a Bill that seeks to do away with the ‘diversity visa lottery’ system. One of the arguments for getting rid of [...]
In a recent cable, the Department of State (DOS) advises consular officers on how to interpret the immigrant intent requirement when adjudicating student visa applications. Consular officers are advised to evaluate the requirement to maintain a residence abroad in the context of the student’s present circumstances, and to focus on the student’s immediate and near-term [...]
The House and Senate have individually passed different versions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (S. 1932).
The two bodies must now appoint conferees to negotiate compromise legislation. As of early December, most experts are predicting passage of this legislation before the end of December. Whether it will contain the much needed visa relief provisions contained in [...]
