How one family’s struggle illustrates problems with the program meant to help Afghans who helped the US
Analysis by Jim Sciutto, Chief National Security Correspondent: For more than a year, I have been trying to help a family leave Afghanistan for safety and a new life abroad. I met one member of the family of four years ago on multiple assignments in Afghanistan and we have stayed in touch through the many ups and downs of the war and its aftermath. You may find the details of the report in
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/13/politics/afghan-special-immigration-visas/index.html
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DHS and DOL Announce Availability of Additional H-2B Visas for Fiscal Year 2023
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) are issuing a temporary final rule that makes available 64,716 additional H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2023. These supplemental H-2B visas are for U.S. employers seeking to petition for additional workers at certain periods of the fiscal year before Sept. 15, 2023. The H-2B program permits employers to temporarily hire noncitizens to perform nonagricultural labor or services in the United States.
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United States of America announce changeover to use ‘’Türkiye’’ from using ‘’Turkey’’
United States Secretary of State Spokesman Ned Price announced that they will use the Word ‘’Türkiye’’ instead of ‘’Turkey’’ in their formal correspondence, upon the request by the Washington Embassy of Türkiye.
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PREMIUM PROCESSING RIGHT HAS BEEN ENTITLED TO ONGOING ‘’E13 MULTINATIONAL EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS’’ AND ‘’E21 NATIONAL INTERST WAIVER’’ CATEGORIES. YOU MAY FND THE DETAILS AT THE LINK
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US DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLISHED THEIR DECEMBER 2022 VISA BULLETIN
DV GREEN CARD LOTTERY IS UPDATED AS 15000, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WAITING FOR AN INTERVIEW. WITH THIS WAY, IT IS NOW POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH FILE NUMBER 15000 AND LESS TO ENTER INTERVIEW.
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USA VISA AND INTERVIEW WAIT TIMES ARE UPDATED.
CONSULATE OF ISTANBUL VISA AND INTERVIEW WAIT TIMES
280 CALENDAR DAYS FOR B1 AND B2 VISA CATEGORIES
95 CALENDAR DAYS FOR F,M AND J VISA CATEGORIES
74 CALENDAR DAYS FOR H1,L1,O1 AND P1 VISA CATEGORIES
CASES WITH INTERVIEW WAIVER GETS PROCESSED ON THE SAME DAY
CONSULATE OF ANKARA VISA AND INTERVIEW WAIT TIMES
173 CALENDAR DAYS FOR B1 AND B2 VISA CATEGORIES
63 CALENDAR DAYS FOR F,M AND J VISA CATEGORIES
81 CALENDAR DAYS FOR H1,L1,O1 AND P1 VISA CATEGORIES
7 CALENDAR DAYS FOR CASES WITH INTERVIEW WAIVER
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html
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The Ministry of Finance has recently loosened its long-standing stance regarding the provision for uncollectible foreign receivables of companies. The funny thing is, anyone neither noticed nor realized this. Moreover, while loosening its strict attitude, the ministry also showed the way to those who has receivables to collect from abroad in this situation.
https://www.dunya.com/kose-yazisi/maliye-yurt-disi-supheli-alacakla-ilgili-gorusunu-esnetti/659276
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As of the end of July, the short-term external debt stock increased by 10.7% compared to the end of 2021 and reached USD 134.6 billion. In this period, banks’ short-term external debt stock increased by 7.6% and reached 55.3 billion US dollars, while the short-term external debt stock of other sectors increased by 12.2% and reached 49.5 billion US dollars.
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FTC Refunded $4.86 Million to Victims of Abusive Debt Collectors in 2021
The Federal Trade Commission has provided the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) with its annual summary of activities to protect consumers from abusive and predatory debt collectors. The CFPB requested the summary for its annual report to Congress on the activities of both agencies, who share law enforcement responsibility in this area, to put a stop to unlawful debt collection that harms consumers.
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