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No-Match Letters Will Not Be Sent This Year, SSA Says; DHS Will Revise Rule

A Social Security Administration (SSA) spokesperson reportedly has stated that the SSA will not send out no-match letters this year to employers, in response to an October 10, 2007, preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California that enjoined and restrained the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the SSA… Read More

USCIS Releases New Form I-9

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has revised the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form, to be required beginning December 26, as a first step toward achieving the document reduction goals under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act and “as a further step in its ongoing work toward reducing the number of documents used… Read More

Basic Pilot Findings Released

Recent findings about the Web-based Basic Pilot program, now called E-Verify, have been released. Among other things, the new report notes that employers are satisfied with many aspects of the new online version of the former Basic Pilot program. Also, the accuracy of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) database used for verification has… Read More

Nonimmigrant Visa Delays Caused by Electronic Verification Requirement

According to a Department of State cable (No. 155679) sent to the field on November 13, 2007, consular posts are now able to access the details of approved nonimmigrant visa petitions in a new report called “PIMS” (Petition Information Management Service). The Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) has ceased e-mailing scanned copies of approved petitions to… Read More

USCIS Releases List of EB-5 Regional Centers

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently released an updated list of active approved EB-5 “Regional Centers,” which are public or private entities approved to participate in the EB-5 immigrant investor program. The Regional Center program makes the investor program useful for those unable to invest the full $1 million by allowing $500,000 investments that require… Read More