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USCIS Develops Tools to Help Foreign Entrepreneurs Create and Grow Businesses in the United States

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas marked a significant milestone for the USCIS Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) initiative by launching an online resource center today at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship in Cambridge, Mass. The resource center, Entrepreneur Pathways, provides entrepreneurs who seek to start a business in the United States an intuitive way to navigate the immigration process.

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USCIS Reminds Eligible Nationals of Haiti to Re-register for Temporary Protected Status

Eligible nationals of Haiti (and persons without nationality who last habitually resided in Haiti) who currently have Temporary Protected Status (TPS) must re-register for TPS by November 30, 2012. Failure to re-register by this deadline may result in the loss of your TPS status. If you re-register after November 30 2012, you must provide good reason you could not re-register on time such as hardship due to Hurricane Sandy.

Details and procedures for re-registering for TPS are provided on the USCIS website and in the Federal Register notice announcing the extension of TPS for Haiti.

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Expanded e-Request Services

USCIS has expanded the services offered by our e-Request system. This Web-based tool allows customers to inquire about applications and petitions submitted to USCIS. On November 19, customers will see the following enhancements to e-Request:

Create a service request for all forms to either inquire about the status of your application or petition if it is outside of the normal processing time OR notify USCIS about an administrative error in a notice or document we sent you.
For Forms I-90 and N-400 only, inquire about an Application Support Center appointment notice or other notice you were expecting to receive.
Accessibility to individuals with disabilities (section 508 compliant).

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e-request Expansion

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Visa Bulletin – January 2013

Family-Sponsored All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA mainland born India Mexico Philippines
F1 22DEC05 22DEC05 22DEC05 08JUL93 22DEC97
F2A 22SEP10 22SEP10 22SEP10 01SEP10 22SEP10
F2B 08DEC04 08DEC04 08DEC04 22NOV92 15APR02
F3 22JUN02 22JUN02 22JUN02 08MAR93 08AUG92
F4 08APR01 08APR01 08APR01 22JUL96 15APR89