2004 Current Immigration News

   

2004

 

January

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March

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September

October

November

December

 

DECEMBER 2004

 

12/09/2004 - USCIS Press Alert- USCIS To Implement H-1B Visa Reform Act of 2004

12/08/2004 - President Signs FY 2005 Omnibus Appropriations - L & H-1B Visas

 

NOVEMBER 2004

 

11/23/2004 - Effective 12/01/2004, Forms I-485, I-765 and I-131 Must Be Filed in Chicago

11/11/2004 - Department of State Issues Guidelines for the DV Lottery for 2006

11/11/2004 - U.S. Supreme Court Rules Unanimously - "DUI" does not Constitute a Crime of Violence

11/04/2004 - DHS Extends TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua; Is "Favorably Disposed" To Extension for El Salvador

 

OCTOBER 2004

 

10/03/2004 - CIS Announces After Office Hours on Friday 10/01/2004 of H-1B

Cap for FY 2005

 

SEPTEMBER 2004

 

09/15/2004 - Philippine Clients - Please Read Recent News Regarding Medical Examinations Conducted for Immigrants (K-1 Fiancée or K-3 Spousal Visas)

 

APRIL 2004

 

04/15/2004 - CIS Filing Fee Increase Effective 04/30/2004

04/14/2004 - Press Release - US CIS Increase Fees

 

MARCH 2004

 

03/26/2004 - AILA (04021967): H-1B Cap - Now What? The Status of F/J with D/S

03/10/2004 - USCIS Announces H-2B Procedures - Reaches Cap

 

FEBRUARY 2004

 

02/17/2004 - USCIS Reaches H-1B  Quota For 2004

02/12/2004 - Minnesota Judge Finds Treatment of Asylees as "Egregious"

02/10/2004 - Nebraska Service Center Issues Memo for Motions & Appeals