A MESSAGE FROM ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR ROBERT DEVINE

"Effective July 25th, I assumed responsibility
as Acting Deputy Director of USCIS until
President Bush nominates a new Director and the Senate
confirms this appointment. It is a honor and a privilege to work
with such a talented team at USCIS. It is my intention to
facilitate a seamless transition process for our new Director and
to continue working to ensure national security, eliminate
backlog processing, and improve customer service.
From July 18th to July 22nd, USCIS convened our second
annual Leadership Conference in Cambridge, Maryland,
bringing together 150 Directors, Supervisors and Managers
from across every sector of our organization for a “Meeting of
the Minds.” With the USCIS Strategic Plan as our blueprint, we
proposed cooperative solutions to the challenges we face and
the best approaches to critical decisions on strategy, policy,
organization and the implementation of new initiatives and
programs. The results of the Leadership Conference will help
shape the future of USCIS.
Sincerely,
Robert Divine"

EMPLOYMENT VISA AVAILABILITY DURING FY-2006 FROM: Visa Bulletin for September 2005

Visa Bulletin for September 2005: "EMPLOYMENT VISA AVAILABILITY DURING FY-2006
The backlog reduction efforts of both Citizenship and Immigration Services, and the Department of Labor continue to result in very heavy demand for Employment-based numbers. It is anticipated that the amount of such cases will be sufficient to use all available numbers in many categories. As a result cut-off dates in the Employment Third preferency category will apply to the China, India, and Philippines chargeabilities beginning in October, and it is possible that Mexico may be added to this list. In addition, it is anticipated that heavy demand will require the establishment of a Third preference cut-off date on a Worldwide basis by December.
The amount of Employment demand for applicants from China and India is also likely to result in the oversubcription of the Employment First and Second preference categories for those chargeability areas. The establishment of such cut-off dates is expected to occur no later than December.
The level of demand in the Employment categories is expected to be far in excess of the annual limits, and once established, cut-off date meovements are likely to be slow. "

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