Immigration News

U.S. Department of State has recently announced that entries for the DV-2010 Diversity Visa Lottery will be accepted beginning at noon, Eastern Daylight Time, Thursday, October 2, 2008 and ending at noon, Eastern Standard Time (EST) Monday, December 1, 2008.
Applicants may access the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (E-DV) at www.dvlottery.state.gov during the registration period.

The annual DV program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the simple, but strict, eligibility requirements. A computer-generated random lottery drawing chooses selectees for Diversity Visas. For DV-2010, natives of the following countries are NOT eligible to apply because the countries sent a total of more than 50,000 immigrants to the U.S. in the previous five years: Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Pakistan, Philippines, Peru, Poland, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam. Persons born in Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan are eligible.

USCIS Updates Projected Naturalization Processing Times
August 11, 2008 - USCIS now anticipates naturalization application processing will average 10-12 months nationally by the end of September 2008 – a substantial improvement from its estimated average processing time of 16-18 months first announced last year.
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Department of State Publishes Final Rule on Student Interns
June 2008 - DOS published a final rule creating a new subcategory of the College and University Student category called "Student Interns."
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USCIS Issues 2-year Employment Authorization Documents
June 2008 - USCIS announced that beginning on June 30, 2008 it will issue Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) valid for two years.
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