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WASHINGTON—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it extended an accommodation for H-2A workers in the sheepherding industry to transition to the three-year limitation of stay requirements. USCIS will require H-2A sheepherders who have reached their maximum three-year period of stay to depart the United States by Aug. 16, 2012, and remain outside the country for at least three months before petitioning for H-2A classification again.
Moderator: Edna Ruano, Chief, Office of CommunicationsU.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)March 15, 201211 A.M. EDTCoordinator: Welcome and thank you for standing by. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. During the question and answer session, if you’d like to ask a question please press star 1 on your touchtone phone.Today’s call is being recorded. If you have any objections you may disconnect at this time.
On February 9, 2012, the USCIS International Operations Division hosted an engagement with AILA representatives.
Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), conducted a national stakeholder engagement to discuss the agency's 2012 priorities on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. (EDT).
On January 23, 2012, the USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate (SCOPS) hosted an engagement with American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) representatives. USCIS discussed issues related to operations and adjudications. The attached information provides a review of the questions solicited by AILA and the responses provided by USCIS.
On November 30, 2011, the USCIS Service Center Operations Directorate hosted an engagement with AILA representatives. USCIS discussed issues related to operations and adjudications. The information below provides a review of the questions solicited by AILA and the responses provided by USCIS.
USCIS is underway in 2012 with priority initiatives to help safeguard our nation’s security, uphold the integrity of the immigration system, and carry forward our country’s proud tradition as a land of hope and opportunity.
USCIS conducted a teleconference on March 9, 2012, at 3:00 p.m. EST to discuss the transition to centralized Lockbox filing of Form I-601, Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, filed by applicants outside the United States.
New edition dated 03/09/12.
Whether we asked the question or you asked us, this page is your source for USCIS feedback responses. On this page, you will find:
Messages from Director Mayorkas
List of draft memoranda and review periods and results
Link to the final policy memorandum
from May 2010 - December 2011.