News and Events

The POSTDOCket, the official newsletter of the National Postdoctoral Association.

• What is the VISA Backlog and How Will it Affect You?
  Adam Frank and Brendan Delaney, Winter 2009
• From J to Where? Immigration options for Foreign-born Postdocs
  Adam Frank and Brendan Delaney, Fall 2008

Updates

• Update on H-Visa Usage for fiscal 2010
• Read the Spring 2009 Issue of Immigration Law Update.
• Visa Bulletin
  The latest visa bulletin for June 2009 has made EB2 immigrant visas for India available from 1/2000, and moved the dates for China to 1.2000. More.
• Service Center Timelines
  Nebraska has updated their timelines again as has Texas. (Updated June 16, 2009). More.
• Background Checks
  On Februrary 14, 2008, USCIS issued a new statement regarding cases caught up in background checks. They expect to complete this process by the end of April, 2008. Read the policy.
• Blog Please click here to check the latest news on our blog.

 Events

• Immigration Conference for Foreign Postdocs
  April 3, 2008, noon
  University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  Piscataway NJ.