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This classification expired as of December 20, 2009. The H-1C nonimmigrant temporary worker classification is for foreign nurses coming to the United States temporarily to perform services as a registered nurse in a health professional shortage area as determined by the Department of Labor (DOL).

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) invited interested individuals to participate in a stakeholder teleconference to discuss the EB-5 Immigrant Investor program on April 3, 2013.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano has re-designated Syria for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and extended the existing TPS designation for the country from Oct. 1, 2013, through March 31, 2015.

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today announced the indictment of Martin Mannert, 41, for stealing tens of thousands of dollars from victims of a scam after falsely representing himself as someone qualified to provide assistance with immigration benefit applications.

USCIS Provides Processing Update on Hague Adoptions During National Adoption Awareness Month.

On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.R.4986 / Public Law 110-181) into law. Part of that law is a new section 319(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which allows certain eligible spouses of members of the U.S. armed forces to naturalize abroad without traveling to the United States for any part of the naturalization process.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services invited you to participate in our national Spanish language teleconference.

On April 4, 2013, the USCIS International Operations (IO) met with AILA liaisons. USCIS provide updates and responded to questions submitted prior to the meeting by AILA. Below are the questions posed by AILA and the responses provided by IO.