The Government of India has stated that educational cooperation is an “important facet” of Indo-UK ties. They will be in contact with the British High Commission to “better understand the reasons” for the temporary freeze on UK student visa applications by those based in Northern India. The Indian Government is…
Australian immigration will soon start implementation of biometric checks for Australian visa applications in ten Countries. $69 million Australian dollars will be invested over four years. The Australian Government had the following to say about the new Australian visa biometric requirements. * If you apply for an Australian visa in…
Important notice to our clients from Eritrea. Consular operations, including visa services, at the U.S. Embassy in Eritrea have been suspended until further notice. According to Embassy Asmara, the closure is in response to the Government of Eritrea’s flagrant violations of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. These violations include…
We like to intimate about the special tax return filing requirements for foreign students. According to Notice 2005-77: “Non-resident aliens whose U.S. wages do not exceed the personal exemption amount are not required to file a tax return”. We encouraged to go for Tax filing in order to receive a…
The Department of Labor announced Public Briefings on the Changes to the Labor Certification Process for the Temporary Agricultural Employment of H-2A Aliens in the United States. Members of our office will attend the briefings tomorrow in San Diego. On February 12, 2010, the Department of Labor (the Department or…
Here are some important changes to the K visa process, effective February 1st, 2010, when both the I-129F petition for a nonimmigrant K visa and the I-130 petition for an IR-1 (or CR-1) spouse of a U.S. citizen visa have been approved by USCIS and sent to the National Visa…
I am proud to say that fellow San Diegans are fighting to keep the Immigration debate alive. A group of about 100 people rallied in front of the San Diego downtown offices of California’s U.S. senators Thursday night, calling for renewed attention to immigration reform. The group gathered at St.…
Mexico’s National Migration Institute published its Manual of Criteria and Migration Procedures. The Manual will be enforced as of 5/1/10 throughout the 32 delegations of the National Migration Institute in Mexico. Courtesy of AILA member Enrique Arellano. The intention of the National Migration Institute is to clarify, streamline and simplify…
The Labor Department published in the Feb. 12 edition of the Federal Register, a final rule governing the labor certification process and enforcement mechanisms for the H-2A temporary agricultural worker program. The H-2A nonimmigrant visa classification applies to foreign workers coming to or already in the U.S. to perform agricultural…
Can you guess how many illegal immigrants reside in the US at this time? DHS released a report estimating that the unauthorized immigrant population living in the U.S. decreased to 10.8 million in January 2009 and grew by 27 percent between 2000 and 2009. Between 2000 and 2009, the unauthorized…