Posts Tagged ‘Issuance’

DOS unable to Issue F, M and J Visas

November 20th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

“The Department of State (DoS) has recently identified difficulties with its Consolidated Consular Database (CCD) communicating with the Student and Exchange Visitor Program’s (SEVP) Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS).  DoS discovered this issue on November 14, 2011.  SEVP and DoS are investigating this issue between CCD and SEVIS to bring about a resolution as quickly as possible. Effective immediately, in order to ensure maximum data integrity and consistency, DoS has temporarily halted the issuance of ALL F, M and J visas at all U.S. Embassies and Consulates.  Please note that this may alter prospective students’ or exchange visitors’ travel schedules.”

Source: NAFSA memo to SEVIS Users


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Issuance of Prevailing Wage Requests Resumed

August 26th, 2011 Tushar Mathur

The U.S. Department of Labor has resumed issuance of Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD) after a few weeks of suspension of the service.  PWD is required in all PERM foreign labor application cases and is also used in other non-immigrant visa petitions such as H-1Bs and H-2Bs.  Recently, the service was suspended by the Labor Department temporarily in order for the agency to meet the requirements of a federal court order to process thousands of H-2B PWDs. 


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Help for Students on F1 Visa in US

November 12th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

Getting an admission to one of the schools in the United States and then getting the visa approved basis that to get in to the United States on an F1 visa is really the easy part. It’s to be noted that the F1 visa is not a sponsored program, as in the case of the J1 visa. Thus the visitor has to bear all the related expenses himself during his stay in the United States. Thankfully the United States government is considerate about this and to help the students during the stay they are allowed to work for limited number of hours.

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New Rule in Force from 6th October

October 10th, 2009 Tushar Mathur

There is a rule from the Department of Homeland Security that requires the sponsoring employers to file a petition for all the Aliens for whom R-1 non-immigrant status is sought. To comply with the same now the consular officers are required to ensure that, the said applicants have obtained an I-129 petition form from the Department of Home land security, prior to the issuance of the visa. The said rule has been in force from the 6th of October 2009.

In case there is a further requirement of a clarification about this rule you might feel free to get in touch with the Legislation & Regulations division of the Visa Service’s.

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