USCIS Increases Period of Stay for TN Workers - October 14, 2008
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has increased the maximum stay of TN workers from 1 to 3 years. Eligible TN nonimmigrants may now be allowed to receive extensions of stay in increment of up to 3 years instead of the prior maximum period of stay of 1 year. USCIS update

November Visa Bulletin Released - October 8, 2008
No major changes especially for employement based category. However, there are certain religious worker category is unavailable. Click here to view the current bulletin.

Requirement for Naturalization Abroad by Spouses of Members of the U.S. Armed Forces - October 2,2008
On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 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.

To be eligible for naturalization abroad, lawful permanent resident spouses of members of the U.S. armed forces, who live abroad on official military orders, must meet the requirements of either section 316(a) or 319(a) of the INA at the time of filing

Overseas Naturalization eligibility to certain children of U.S. Armed Forces Member - October 2, 2008
Under the latest amended immigration and Nationality Act, certain eligible children of the armed forces is allowed to become naturalized U.S. citizen without having to travel to the United States for any part of the naturalization process. See USCIS update.

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