On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed and sent to the Senate H.R. 5570, the Religious Worker Visa Extension Act of 2008. The bill extends until January 1, 2010 the eligibility of certain religious workers for visas, but also requires the Department of Homeland Security by the end of this year to issue final regulations to eliminate or reduce fraud by applicants for religious worker visas. Proposed rules were already published in the Federal Register in April, but have been the subject of concern by some religious groups. (See prior posting.) The full text of the proposed rules and the public comments that have been submitted on them is available online.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Posted y: Michael
The House has done a perfect job. I'm a religious worker and I'm concerned about the issue. It is a fact that R-1 visa provides support to religious organizations in order to fill their need of religious professional workers since a lot of citizens are not interested in religious professional and non-professional work. Yes the program has a huge rate of scam but the Departmet of Homeland Security is doing a wonderful job to cover that gap. Once more, GOOD JOB.
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