• H-2B Cap as of November 16, 2012

    • November 20, 2012
    • Category: H-2B Cap
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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its count of H-2B filing for temporary non-agricultural visas (H-2Bs) for employment for the first half of FY 2013.

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  • FOIA Petitions for Trusted Traveler (Global Entry, SENTRI, NEXUS, etc…) Application Denials

    • November 16, 2012
    • Category: FAST, Global Entry, GOES, NEXUS
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    Suppose that you are appealing a Global Entry denial.  If you do not have a criminal record, your main questions would next be do I have an unknown customs violation or what information is in my Global Entry file?

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  • Global Entry Denials

    • October 27, 2012
    • Category: CBP, Global Entry
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    (Updated October 27, 2012):  What do you do if U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) denies your membership in the Global Entry program?  According to CBP, a denied applicant has two options, although I have added a third:

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  • The Problem with Global Entry

    • October 27, 2012
    • Category: CBP, Global Entry
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    I have identified what I believe is the central problem with the U.S. Customs and Border Protecton (“CBP”) Global Entry program:  you have a law enforcement agency that has entered into the retail sales arena.

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  • Global Entry Denials: Quoted in the New York Times

    • October 20, 2012
    • Category: General
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    I have previously blogged about HOW TO APPEAL a Global Entry denial or revocation.  The New York Times had a recent article on Global Entry denials.  I was privileged to be quoted on this issue in this article by Susan Stellin. 

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  • H-2B Cap as of September 28, 2012

    • October 11, 2012
    • Category: H-2B Cap
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    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its count of H-2B filing for temporary non-agricultural visas (H-2Bs) for employment for the second half of FY 2012 and the first half of FY 2013.

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  • Diversity Visa Lottery: DV-2014 To Begin October 2

    • September 20, 2012
    • Category: Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program
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    The online registration period for the 2014 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2014) will begin at on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and conclude on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4).

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  • Advance Notification of the Diversity (DV) Immigrant Category Rank Cut-Offs Which Will Apply In November

    • September 19, 2012
    • Category: Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program
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    For November, immigrant numbers in the DV category are available to qualified DV-2013 applicants chargeable to all regions/eligible countries as follows. When an allocation cut-off number is shown, visas are available only for applicants with DV regional lottery rank numbers BELOW the specified allocation cut-off number:

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  • CSPA and USCIS Interpretation Problems

    • September 13, 2012
    • Category: CSPA, USCIS, Visa Bulletin
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    I was representing a client at her green card interview at USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) earlier this week.  With this client of mine, we had filed her I-130 visa petition before her I-485 green card adjustment of status application to preserve her rights under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).  During the course of

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  • Additional DV-2013 Selections beginning October 1, 2012

    • September 5, 2012
    • Category: Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery Program
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    The Department of State has the following message for DV-2013 Applicants on its web page:  Be advised that additional DV-2013 entrants MAY be selected beginning October 1, 2012.  SOURCE

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