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USCIS Explains Employment-Related Notification Requirements for Petitioners of Religious Workers

Posted on August 11, 2009 by Tahmina Watson

Reprinted from USCIS: WASHINGTON —U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today the manner in1 which petitioners for religious workers must notify USCIS regarding their employment of nonimmigrant religious workers[…]

USCIS resume premium processing for certain R-1 petitions

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Tahmina Watson

USCIS announced today that, effective today, certain R-1 petition can be filed using premium processing. Premium processing allows a petitioner to pay an additional $1000 for an adjudication within 10[…]

New R-1 Visa Application Rules from November 2008

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Tahmina Watson

This article is written for a South Asian publication that will be printed soon. New R-1 visa application requirements as per November 26, 2008 rules Religious visas have been a[…]