State Tax Workshop Registration

International Student and Scholar Services (ISSS) recommends that students register for the State Tax Workshops using iStart. 

After signing in, please choose Session Sign-ups in the left-hand column where you’ll choose the date and time. You will not receive a confirmation email but you can confirm your request has been successfully processed by viewing the session you have registered in your iStart account.

See the complete State Tax Workshop Schedule here: http://globalbuzzgeorgiatech.blogspot.com/2013/02/state-tax-workshop-schedule.html 

Keep up-to-date with the latest information from Georgia Tech’s International Student and Scholar Services with their bi-weekly newsletter, InTECHnational News. InTECH includes important immigration information and upcoming events and opportunities for Georgia Tech’s international population. Past issues and the current issue of InTECHnational News can be found at http://oie.gatech.edu/isss/intechnational-news. 

March 2013 Visa Bulletin

EB-2 China Will Advance One Month, But Still No Movement for EB-2 India

According to the State Department’s March 2013 Visa Bulletin, the EB-2 category will advance by one month for China, to February 15, 2008, and will remain current for all other countries except India, which will remain at a cut-off date of September 1, 2004. 

March 2013 Visa Bulletin, Employment-Based Immigrant Visas

See the entire bulletin here: http://travel.state.gov/visa/bulletin/bulletin_5885.html 

Delays in Cases Appearing in USCIS Case Status Online

AILA InfoNet Doc. No. 13020801 (posted Feb. 8, 2013)

Expect a 30-45-day delay between when your application or petition is filed and when your information is available in Case Status Online, depending on the volume of applications USCIS receives.

Check your case status here: https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/Dashboard/CaseStatus.do