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The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) has announced implementation of a "bi-specialization" program, to take effect on April 1, 2006. Bi-specialization pairs "sister" service centers in processing two common petitions and related applications. After April 1st, Form I-129, Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker, will be filed at the Vermont Service Center (VSC), and processed at either VSC or the California Service Center (CSC), while Form I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, will be filed at the Nebraska Service Center (NSC), and processed at either NSC or the Texas Service Center (TSC). Receipt notices will be issued by the service center processing the case(s). Cases that are misfiled after April 1st will retain their original filing date, and will be redirected to the appropriate service center by the USCIS.
Click here to download the USCIS News Release announcing the program. A detailed update will be provided in our next Newsletter.
Proskauer Rose LLP counsels corporate clients and their employees in all areas of immigration, nationality and consular law. This includes obtaining work authorizations and visas to enable companies to hire aliens or transfer personnel between nations; compliance with and defense of anti-discrimination and unlawful immigration practices; and advice and appearances in special circumstance matters such as asylum claims and removal proceedings. Much of the work involves obtaining appropriate non-immigrant or immigrant visas to enable corporations to transfer executives, managers, persons with specialized knowledge or other key personnel temporarily or permanently to the United States.
For more information contact: David Grunblatt
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