Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Increase in visa processing in Brazil

The U.S. Mission to Brazil processed a record number of visa applications – 820,000 – in fiscal year 2011, a 42 percent

year-over-year increase.

Monday, December 12, 2011

DS-160 down

The DOS website that hosts the DS-160 form was down a few days ago on Friday. Hopefully the site is back up as nonimmigrants need to access it to apply for this visas.

Friday, December 2, 2011

USCIS Transformation System

USCIS announced they are in post-development of their transformation system. It's a new system that will allow applicants to apply for benefits online moving the agency away from a paper-based system. The first form to be rolled out is the I-539. Given the complexity of the application process, it'll take some time for the USCIS to get this transition down. We'll keep an eye on the progress.