Will Marsha Wilson the daughter of Basil Wilson of Free Town, Clarendon or anyone knowing the whereabouts of Marsha Wilson who resides in Ontario, Toronto Canada, please contact the office of Betton-Small, Daley and Company, Attorneys-at-Law located at Suite No. 8, 47E Old Hope Road, Kingston 5 in the parish of Saint Andrew. Telephone #876-978-3063, 876927-9695 and 876-667-5395 Email: lawyers@bsdandco.net soonest. N O T I C E ‘LADIES AND MEN’ FOR DATES & FRIENDS, 18-80 YEARS FROM THE UK, CANADA, USA, JAMAICA AND OTHER CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CALL PAM ANYTIME, 1-347-944-6305 JAMAICAN FAMILY members who have had petitions pending before the United States immigration department will now see their applications fast-tracked under new arrangements announced by the administration. THE NEW measures are designed to clear some 9.5 million backlog applications which have stymied family reunification, green card renewals, work visas as well as applications by permanent residents to become US citizens. According to the new processing guidelines, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officers should process applications, including those for US citizenship, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals renewals and green card requests for family members or employers, within six months. Another rule change will be in the hiring of more caseworkers and improving the processing technology to meet new timelines for processing applications. September 2023 is the target date to significantly reduce the backlog. A senior government official on Tuesday said the USCIS plans to expand the number of applicants who can pay extra fees to have their immigration petitions adjudicated more quickly, propose a rule that would provide relief to immigrants waiting for work permit renewals and set processing time goals. The new rule will also provide temporary relief to immigrants who have not had their work authorisation renewed. Under the current rule, work authorisation is automatically extended for 180 days but in many instances because of the backlog, the extension period has passed. The USCIS has struggled with processing backlogs for years but the onset of COVID-19 led to a shutdown of in-person interviews and other services which greatly exacerbated the problem. Irwine Clare, head of the Queens, New York-based Car ibbean Immigration Services and a local community activist, said the clearing of the backlog will have a ripple effect on both Jamaica and the United States. “Family reunification will be significantly impacted. It is a significant winner as families in Jamaica have been held in the balance because of the backlog in processing applications,” he said. Clare said that the slow down in the processing of visa applications was systematically orchestrated over the four years before the Biden administration. He called the announcement by the Biden administration good news pointing out that since the beginning of 2021, many people were denied having their applications processed in a timely manner. “Many people were exposed to the possibility of deportation because they could not get their green cards renewed and it also affected their ability to work,” he said. editorial@gleanerjm.com Biden to ease immigration backlog 1952: TWO records are created as the 42nd renewal of the Interscholastic track and field championships get underway at Hope (the Jamaica College sports field) in the morning and at Sabina Park in the afternoon. The records established were Keith Bair of Jamaica College replacing his own foot mark of 44’ 9’ with 45’ 4 3/4’’ in the Hop, Step and Jump Class One, and Howard Aris of Kingston College who eclipsed A. C. Ellington’s 14-year old Class Two long jump record by 3/8’ with a new mark of 21’ 6 3/8’. (See related photo below) 1961: Prime minister of the United Kingdom Harold Macmillan ends his West Indian tour and leaves Jamaica for Washington for talks with President Kenendy. He left in a Royal Air Force Transport Command Comet II at 12:25.p.m, accompanied by his wife, Lady Macmillan, and other members of his party. 1963: Arthur Bernard Lamoria, who said he was from Miami, is refused leave to land when he arrives at the Palisadoes Airport aboard a KLM flight fromMiami because he had a real, live monkey in his possession. Sergeant Allan Shirley of the Immigration Department notes that Lamoria had no permission from the Government and no visa and that there was no evidence of him performing in Jamaica before. - The Gleaner Archives https://gleaner.newspaperarchive.com/ This Day In Our Past: April 4 US President Joe Biden AP Phyllis Barnes phyllis.barnes@gleanerna.net NEW YORK Christopher Barnes - Manager (Interim) christopher.barnes@gleanerna.net Normadelle Rose - Office Supervisor normadelle.rose@gleanerna.net 92-05 172nd Street, Jamaica, NY 11433, 718-657-0788 Aubrey Campbell aubreycgleaner@gmail.com Phyllis Barnes phyllis.barnes@gleanerna.net NEW YORK Garfield Grandison - Manager garfield.grandison@gleanerna.net Normadelle Rose - Office Supervisor normadelle.rose@gleanerna.net 92-05 172nd Street, Jamaica, NY 11433, 718-657-0788 Aubrey Campbell aubreycgleaner@gmail.com LIVING LEGEND: Rev Jesse Jackson, Sr (left, mic), at the Living Legends Awards ceremony on Monday night, March 21, in NYC. The awards were presented by HIP HOP and the Union of Rainbow Push. Jackson, Sr is considered one of the ‘old school’ iconic, HIP HOP political leaders, then. Watching intently at right is son, Jonathan Jackson, who is running for elected office in the State of Illinois 1st Congressional District, a seat held by former Black Panther/civil rights activist-turned pastor Bobby Rush, who is resigning this year after serving for almost three decades. HE WEEKLY GLEANER | APRIL 4 - 30, 2022 | www.jamaica-gleaner.com | NEWS
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