Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, Sept. 27, 2023 "The U.S. will aim to resettle up to 50,000 refugees from Latin America and the Caribbean in the next 12 months as part of a Biden administration plan to welcome as many as 125,000 people fleeing violence across...
State Department, Sept. 8, 2023 "The State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs is developing the capability to issue a digital visa authorization (DVA) instead of the traditional visa printed and placed in applicants’ passports. The U.S....
DOS, Sept. 7, 2023 "The Diversity Visa (DV) program awards up to 55,000 immigrant visas per year and allows those from countries with low immigration rates to the United States, to enter for a chance to apply for a U.S immigrant visa. Since its launch in...
DOS, Sept. 1, 2023 "All receipts for payment of Machine-Readable Visa (MRV) fees issued before October 1, 2022, will expire September 30, 2023. There will be no extensions of fee validity. Applicants must schedule an appointment or submit an interview waiver...
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 170 / Tuesday, September 5, 2023 "The Department of State (‘‘Department’’) has decided not to finalize the regulatory amendments made by the 2019 interim final rule entitled ‘‘Visas: Ineligibility...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 07/26/2023 "AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. SUMMARY: The Department proposes a rule to provide that private attorneys, interpreters, and other third...
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 134 / Friday, July 14, 2023 "The Department of State (Department) amends its regulations governing nonimmigrant and immigrant visas to update classification symbols and descriptions for certain immigrant and nonimmigrant visas...
DOS, June 26, 2023 "This notice serves to clarify the retrogression that will take place for Employment-Based Third preference (EB-3) visa applicants chargeable to India, effective in the July 2023 Visa Bulletin . This notice is updated to further explain...
White House, June 22, 2023 Domestic Visa Renewals: The U.S. Department of State will launch a pilot this year to adjudicate domestic renewals of certain petition-based temporary work visas, including for Indian nationals, who will no longer be required to leave...
Trevor Hunnicutt and Ted Hesson, Reuters, June 21, 2023 "The Biden administration will make it easier for Indians to live and work in the United States, using this week's state visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to help some skilled workers enter...
State Department, June 2, 2023 "On June 17, 2023, the nonimmigrant visa (NIV) application processing fee for visitor visas for business or tourism (B1/B2s and BCCs), and other non-petition based NIVs such as student and exchange visitor visas (F, M, and...
State Department, May 30, 2023 "Document Submission to KCC suspended for DV-2024 and onward. Effective for the Diversity Visa (DV) program for fiscal year 2024 (DV-2024) and onward, selectees only need to submit to the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) the...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 06/01/2023 "This final rule (TFR) temporarily amends Department of State (Department) regulations to provide that Afghan nationals applying for an immigrant visa as an immediate relative...
This document is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on 05/26/2023 "The Department of State (the Department) is delaying the effective date of a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on March 28, 2023, to provide for a 60-day delay...
State Department, May 19, 2023 "The Department of State is processing visas more efficiently than ever while upholding our national security responsibilities. We are continuously reducing the time required for “administrative processing,” a range of various...