Prawo i regulacje · 5.05.1995

Employment-Based Direct Mail Program for the Texas Service Center; and Clarification of all Service Center Names

This notice will inform the public that, as of October 1, 1994, Immigration and Naturalization (INS) service centers are identified by state location, i.e., Texas Service Center. This does not affect their multi-state jurisdiction. This notice also implements a trial program for filing of employment-based immigrant and non- immigrant petitions at the Texas Service Center. Currently all such cases are filed at the service centers located in Vermont, Nebraska and California. Under the trial program, employment-based petitions may be mailed directly to the Texas Service Center during the specified period, from May 5, 1995, through November 6, 1995. This trial Program is being set up as a way of analyzing the Service Center's processes relating to employment-based petitions. If, after the 6-month period, the trial program is deemed successful, the Texas Service Center will have exclusive jurisdiction over all employment-based petitions, except those related to major league baseball, the National Hockey League, and the [[Page 22409]] North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), filed by petitioners in states listed under the jurisdiction of the Texas Service Center.