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In December 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Elinor Caplan issued a joint statement, committing their two governments to pursuing a Safe Third Country Agreement. Mr. Ashcroft and Ms. Caplan noted that:
“Cooperation between our two countries will enhance the orderly handling of refugee claims, strengthen the public confidence in the integrity of our asylum systems and help reduce abuse of refugee programs …”
The Agreement embodies the commitment made by both governments to more effectively share responsibility with respect to refugee claims. It is based on a mutual recognition that international cooperation is required to share the responsibility for refugee protection between countries, and builds on a strong history of Canada-U.S. bilateral cooperation on migration and refugee protection issues.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a listening session on Tuesday,
Dec. 16, from 2–3p.m. (Eastern) to discuss a new website for U.S. workers called myE-Verify.
USCIS and the Department of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Department of State, has added the Czech Republic, Denmark, Madagascar, Portugal, and Sweden to the list of countries whose nationals are eligible to participate in the H-2A and H-2B Visa programs for the coming year.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has approved the statutory maximum of 10,000 petitions for U-1 nonimmigrant status (U visas) for fiscal year 2015. This marks the sixth straight year that USCIS has reached the statutory maximum since it began issuing U visas in 2008.
USCIS has redesigned www.uscis.gov/careers to make it easier for job seekers to learn about vacancies, special hiring programs, benefits, career development opportunities and the hiring process.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) invited you to participate in a stakeholder engagement session on Friday, Dec. 5, from 1 to 3:00 p.m. Eastern to discuss the Immigrant Investor Program. This engagement is part of our efforts to enhance dialogue with external stakeholders regarding the program, also known as EB-5.
During the first part of this engagement, we provided EB-5 program updates from fiscal year 2014 and discussed initiatives for fiscal year 2015. The second part of the engagement we had a question-and-answer session.
As of August 2014, the national pass rate for the naturalization test is 91%.
As of September 2014, the national pass rate for the naturalization test is 91%.
On November 6, 2014 The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Verification and Documentation Liaison Committee me with the USCIS Verification Division and ICE Homeland Security Investigations in Washington, DC. The questions below were submitted by AILA and responses were provided by the USCIS Verification Division.