When immigrants overstay visas, US does little
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13:53 24/10/2005
The US Department of Homeland Security frequently fails to follow up on leads that foreign visitors have overstayed their visas, the agency's inspector general says in a new report. The result is an...
Dependent spouses of US H-1B visa holders often frustrated
10:45 11/10/2005
For thousands of immigrant women professionals who arrive in the United States as spouses on their husbands' visas, being forced to stay at home and not work is difficult and depressing. The...
US immigration dropped after 2001
11:49 29/09/2005
Legal and illegal immigration into the United States declined as of 2001 after reaching a high in 2000, a study released by the Pew Hispanic Center found. "The number of migrants coming to the United...
New program allows US employers to check immigrants' status on-line
13:43 05/09/2005
Across the US , a small group of businesses is testing a Department of Homeland Security program that can check immigration status with a few clicks on the Internet. The program would help employers...
Reminder: some US H-1B visas still available
11:41 29/08/2005
As workpermit.com reported on 15 August 2005, the US's annual H-1B visa limit for the 2006 fiscal year has been met. However, we would like to remind you that graduates of U.S. masters degree or...
US immigration faces crisis
10:45 26/08/2005
Within the last week, two US states along the border with Mexico - Arizona and New Mexico - have declared states of emergency due to soaring violence and human and drug smuggling connected to illegal...
