[Sept 1, 2005]

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?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that U.S. Citizenship And Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that Hondurans and Nicaraguans with TPS (temporary protected status) will get a 90-day automatic extension of their work permit?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that the USCIS issued a fact sheet about military personnel naturalization where members of the U. S. Armed Forces including members of the Selected Reserve may apply for citizenship under special provisions of the law?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that visa numbers for E-3 employment-based category will not be available until October 2005 when the new fiscal immigration year starts?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that there will be no H-1B numbers available until October 2005?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that there are many applicants and numbers will be used up fast for the rest of 2006 unless Congress passes another law?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that no additional numbers will be available?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that the five-year period of physical presence for the purpose of U.S. citizenship must be met at the time of filing and not again and again like some immigration officers demand at the date of the interview and then at the date of the swearing in?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that an individual can apply at an embassy for an R-1 religious worker visa without filing a petition?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that a religious worker does not need a new petition approved (Form I-129) each time they travel outside the U.S., provided that they have a valid R-1 visa stamped in their passport and they continue to work for the original petitioning organization?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that, on the other hand, if an individual requests for a change of status in the U.S. to a religious worker, then he or she does need an approval of Form I-129 petition?

?span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">                 that it has been reported that many immigration officers at the airport do not recognize the difference between the R-1 granted at the Embassy and an R-1 obtained here by asking for a change of status in the U.S?