Issue #008 | August 2002

CONTENTS:

1. Registration and Fingerprinting Requirements for Certain Foreign Nationals
2. State Dept to Perform Review of Visa Issuance Procedures and INS Issues IBIS Memo
3. DOL Lengthy Processing Times
4. You Can Not Lose Your Green Card If You Spend A Week In The US Every Year - MYTH Here is the REALITY…
5. Global Immigration Seminars
6. Social Security No Match Letters
7. Social Security Administration and INS Acting As a Team to Reduce Fraud
8. Update on Security Checks and Visa Revalidation by the State Dept. in the U.S.
9. Recapturing Time: Can You?? Should You?
10. Concurrent Filings
11. Attorney General to Authorize State or Local Law Enforcement Officers to Exercise Federal Immigration Enforcement Authority
12. Guest Worker Essential Worker Immigration
13. August 2002 Processing Times and Visa Bulletin

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The GT Business Immigration Observer is published by the business immigration practice group at Greenberg Traurig. Our newsletter contains the most recent developments in immigration law. Moreover, the authors analyze relevant immigration related issues as well as pertinent or proposed legislation. Finally, the GT Newsletter serves as an invaluable resource to individuals, and human resource managers who must keep current on these matters.

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