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Visas for Managers, Executives - 60 Months

2012-02-07 US Welcomes and Encourages Business Visa Applicants Good news for Filipino and business owners! The US State Department continues its drive to compete for tourist, student and business visas, the latter specifically for L-1 Intra-company Transferee Visas (executives or managers of businesses with at least 1 year involvement in the operation of a Philippine firm that has established presence or intends to set up, expand, diversify business activities in the United States. IVC sources indicate that the State Department's will soon publish ... Read more

Canada Changes Code for Occupations: For Better Results, Consult!

2012-02-06 Canada Revises Occupational Descriptions: For Better Results, Consult If you have not yet submitted your application for permanent residency through Canada’s priority occupations scheme under the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program – be sure you know how Canada’s new National Occupational Classifications (NOC) will affect you. Each occupation has a specific code: Pharmacists for example is under 3131; 0631 refers to Restaurant and Food Service Managers; 3152 for Registered Nurses; 3142 for Physical Therapists and so forth. Before you submit, check out the ... Read more

8 of 29 Occupations for Canadian Residency Filled; Others Still Open

2012-02-01 8 of 29 Priority Occupations in Canada Filled Up; Others Remain Open for Permanent Residency Starting November 5, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will accept a total of 1,000 applications from international students who have completed at least two years of study towards a PhD and or who graduated from a Canadian PhD program in the 12 months before the date their application is received by CIC. These limits do not apply to applications with an offer of arranged employment (job ... Read more

US Visa Fee Increase Now Final

2012-02-01 Patrick F. Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management, Department of State issued the fnal rule increasing the fees that U.S. visa applicants would have to pay for consular services. The interim rule was published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2010. § Passport Book Application Services for Applicants Age 16 or Over (including renewals): from $55 to $70 § Additional Passport Visa Pages: from $0 to $82 § Passport Book Security Surcharge (Enhanced Border Security Fee) from $20 to $40 § File ... Read more

Pres. Obama Seeks Lifting of Immigrant Worker Quota; Double Family Visa Numbers

2012-01-31 US Plays Catch Up with START UP OBAMA Announced Immigration Legislative and Administrative Agenda After seeing best, brightest, professionals and most skilled workers migrate to Canada, Australia, New Zaland and Asia, the United States finally realized it has to do something to get its share of talents and skills. After all, the United States has been considered globally as the land of opportunity, milk and honey and where you can be the best of what you can be. Yesterday, January 31, 2011 in the ... Read more

2012 Federal Poverty Guidelines

2012-01-25 For visa applicants whose priority dates are about to be current, our experience over the last 26 years (and historical processing from the U.S. State Department) shows that starting to obtain documents early to establish eligibility for the Family-based category being applied saves time and money. Not to mention heartaches if the application is relegated to the dustbin of administrative review, or worse - refused for incorrect, incomplete and non-verifiability of documents. Among the documents required for submission is the I-864 ... Read more

When to Apply for US Social Security Number and License

2012-01-24 When to Apply for Social Security Number and Driver’s License The following is a news release from USCIS SEVIS for nonimmigrant Students One of the first things a new F, M or J nonimmigrant typically wants to do after entering the United States is get a driver’s license or, where appropriate, an SSN. Like many things, however, correct timing is everything. The Student and Exchange Visitor Program wants all F, M or J nonimmigrants eligible for a driver’s license or an SSN ... Read more

Pres. Obama Orders the Government to Compete for Tourist Visas

2012-01-22 By authority vested in him by the Constitution, President U.S. Obama issued an Executive Order on January 19, 2012 directing the US Government to compete for the world's trillion-dollar visitor visa industry. The White House Order confirms that a U.S. visitor spends about $6,000 per visit. That does not include the $140.00 visa fee. Pres. Obama ordered the US Governtment (State Department and others involved) "to improve visa and foreign visitor processing and travel promotion in order to create jobs and ... Read more

How To Read Visa and Migration Ads

2012-01-21 How To Read a Classified Ad on Visas and Migration Publishing an advertisement about visas, immigration and migration is virtually not regulated – except if the ads are for overseas recruitment and therefore, are subject to rules and regulations by the Philippine Employment Overseas Administration (POEA). As Immigrant Advocates and International Visa Counselors (IVC) we shall provide an analysis of visa and migration advertisements (especially appearing on Sundays). The analysis evaluates the ... Read more

UK High Court Rules: No English, No Visa for Spouse

2012-01-15 High Court rules immigrant spouses must speak English before visas are issued “No speak English, no visa.” Three foreign spouses of UK citizens were denied their entry clearance or visas by the UK High Court for failure to speak English and have knowledge of UK life, thereby preventing reunification with their spouses. The decision was issued in December 2011. One British citizen who challenged the rule was Rashida Chapti, who has been married for almost 40 years to her husband, Vali. The ... Read more