Visa Bulletin
Number 19 Volume IX Washington, D.C.
VISA BULLETIN FOR APRIL 2010
A. STATUTORY NUMBERS
1.  This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers during April. Consular officers are required to report to the Department of State documentarily qualified applicants for numerically limited visas; the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in the Department of Homeland Security reports applicants for adjustment [...]

A resolution to allow SGA to send a letter to elected representative expressing Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) support of the proposed DREAM ACT failed.
Read below of an article published by the campus newspaper:
SGA votes down DREAM Act resolution
Representatives express concern, say no to support of illegal immigration bill
By Rozalind Ruth
Community News Editor
Published: Sunday, April [...]

Section 101(a)(15) of the INA specifies various classes of persons admissible to the U.S. as nonimmigrants.
A nonimmigrant may engage only in activities consistent with his or her status. In general, the filing of an application for a different status or even the approval of a petition (for example an I-129 petition to accord H, L, O or [...]

Every nonimmigrant seeking admission or extension or change of status must satisfy the inspector or adjudicator that he or she is capable of maintaining status and will not become a public charge. In situations where the status sought involves employment, the income from the employment itself generally satisfies the support requirement. A separate affidavit of [...]