Archive for the ‘Religious Workers’ Category

House/Senate Pass Extension of Religious Worker Program

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

The U.S. House and Senate passed a bill to extend the religious worker program until March 6, 2009.  The program was set to expire at the end of this month.  The bill now awaits the President's signature. 

The Immigration Service Continues Suspension of Premium Processing for Religious Workers (R-1)

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) announced today that the suspension of premium processing for nonimmigrant religious worker (R-1) cases will continue at least until January 7, 2009.  The original suspension of premium processing for these cases was announced on January 4, 2008. Premium processing is a faster processing ...