From: xiong@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Bo Xiong)
Subject: [Visa] US INS H-1B Reg's & Immigration Visa Number for May
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 17:29:01 -0500

The following is carried in April 11 CND-US:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6. INS Publishes H-1B, O, and P Regulations; Visa Numbers for May ....... 40
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Amy Yenkin, NAFSA Central Office. Forwarded by Bo Xiong
Date:  Friday, April 10, 1992

1.  INS Publishes Two Interim Rules for H-1B, O, and P Nonimmigrants

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has published two interim final
rules regarding H-1B, O, and P nonimmigrants.  The first rule deals
exclusively with the H-1B category and addresses eligibility criteria for
foreign physicians in the United States and filing procedures, both mandated
by the Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments
of 1991 (MTINA) which Congress passed last fall.  The second notice
implements other provisions of MTINA as they relate to the eligibility and
filing procedures for H-1B, O, and P nonimmigrants.

Both rules were published in the Federal Register on April 9, 1992 (p. 12177
and 12179) and are effective retroactively to March 31, 1992 and April 1,
1992 respectively.  INS will be accepting comments on the interim rules
until June 8, 1992.  Comments can be sent in triplicate to: Records Systems
Division, Director, Policy Directives and Instructions Branch, INS, 425 Eye
Street, NW, Room 5304, Washington, DC 20536.  NAFSA's government relations
staff is currently reviewing the interim rules and will distribute a summary
over Bitnet next Friday.  Stay tuned...

2. Visa Numbers for May 1992

The State Department's Visa Bulletin for May 1992 shows that the worldwide
priority date for entry under the new SECOND EMPLOYMENT-BASED category is
current except for the Philippines.  The priority date for entry from the
Philippines under the second employment-based category is July 1, 1989. The
other employment- based preference dates are as follows:

EMPLOYMENT-BASED

1st: Current
3rd (Skilled workers and Professionals): Current except for the Philippines:
 February 15, 1987
3rd (other workers): Worldwide date: August 22, 1987, except for the 
 Philippines: February 15, 1987.
4th (Special Immigrants): Current
4th (Religious Workers): Current
5th (Employment-creation): Current
5th (Targeted Employment Areas): Current

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   Editor of This Issue: George Zhu      Coordinating Editor: Zuofeng Li  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  China News Digest (CND) offers the following services:                  |
|     (1) Global News (daily)        (2) US Regional News                  |
|     (3) Canada Regional News       (4) Europe & Pacific Regional News    |
|     (5) Hua Xia Wen Zhai (a weekly Chinese magazine)                     |
|     (6) several information packages.                                    |
|  To subscribe or get help, mail to:   CND-LM@BRONZE.UCS.INDIANA.EDU      |
|  To contribute news, please send to:  CND-EDITOR@BRONZE.UCS.INDIANA.EDU  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Forwarded to SCC by Bo Xiong in Chicago