Several items of note for the week of July 25, 2008:
On July 24, 2008 USCIS updated the count of H-2B petitions received and counted toward the H-2B and as of July 23, 2008, it appears that 31,619 petitions have been counted toward the 33,000 cap for the first half of FY 2009.
Further, on July 21, 2008, CBP announced that a preview of Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) under the Visa Waiver Program is now available and that the ESTA website will go live and begin accepting applications on August 1, 2008.
Also, DOS and DHS announced this week that the new U.S. Passport Card is in full production and is being distributed. The new "passport card" is a wallet-sized document that can be used for land and sea travel between the United States and Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean, and Bermuda, but is NOT valid for international air travel.
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