Members of the US Congress will soon be debating a brand new bill known as the Visa Waiver for Israel Act of 2012 that, if passed into law, would have the effect of allowing the citizens of Israel to be exempt from requiring US visas for up to 90 days to enter the United States […]
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Citizens of India who put in an application for US immigration visas will now be able to check the status of their application via the internet, a statement made by the US Consulate General of Kolkata says. The US Mission in India, which is a sector of the US Embassy, is to offer superior customer
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A number of highly skilled university graduates could end up being forced to leave the United States following the expiration of their student visas. An annual cap on the amount of US visas that are given to thousands of foreigners with graduate degrees is the reason for the problem, and Kazeem Olanrewaju is one of
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Potential immigrants in the Philippines looking to move to the United States have been warned not to fall for a scam that claims to be able to provide its victims with US visas for a large sum of money and no trip to the US Embassy to attend an interview. Ricardo David Jnr, the commissioner
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E-3 Visas are temporary work visas for nationals of Australia. In order to qualify for an E-3 Visa, you must have a specialty occupation. What is a Specialty Occupation? A specialty occupation requires theoretical and practical application of a body of specialized knowledge along with at least a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent. For example,
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A bill designed to create a permanent US visas program for overseas workers who have advanced science and technical degrees was able to clear the House of Representatives last Friday, in what is the most recent salvo in the larger fight brewing over immigration reform. The measure, which was backed by the Republican Party, proposes
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The top immigration official of the Obama administration says that he and his agency are working to try and attract and retain more high-tech entrepreneurs from overseas who are looking to start firms in the United States, in a move that he hopes will allow the country to keep its edge in what is an
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A nine-year-old boy from Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and his family have been granted extended US visas in order for him to receive medical treatment for a large tumor that is growing on his neck. Originally the family was given a visa for just 45 days but when New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez received word
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The United States used the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 to create a new transitional work visa intended for the sole use of those who resided in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Despite this, however, as much as 37% of the 12,428 employees who had petitioned for a visa in 2011 have
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Immigration officials have been noticing a large increase in the amount of U visa applications all across the United States. California’s Oakland Police Department had processed no less than 502 applications last year, which is a massive jump from those processed back in 2007, which numbered just three, according to a recent news article from
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