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Breaking News: USCIS & Consular Updates

Breaking News: USCIS & Consular Updates

USCIS offices throughout the country are cancelling immigrant interviews in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Local offices include, but are not limited, to Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. USCIS also announced the temporary suspension of premium processing service for fiscal year (FY) 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions.   USCIS will resume premium processing for FY 2021 cap-subject H-1B petitions […]

Two Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Barbados; Public Gatherings Curtailed as Country Enters Stage 1 of COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

Minister of Health and Wellness, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic making the announcement this morning.

Two Cases of Coronavirus Confirmed in Barbados; Public Gatherings Curtailed as Country Enters Stage 1 of COVID-19 Preparedness Plan

By Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tuesday March 17, 2020 â€“ The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) has reached Barbados. Minister of Health and Wellness Lt. Col. Jeffrey Bostic announced today that two people who came in from the United States have the virus. One is a 48-year-old male visitor who arrived on March 13 and the other, a 39-year-old […]

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Schools in Antigua Closed; Classes At UWI Campus Suspended in Response to COVID-19

By Caribbean360 ST JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda, Monday, March 16, 2020 â€“ All schools in Antigua and Barbuda closed today, while classes at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Five Islands Campus have been suspended, in an effort to mitigate against the spread of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). There has been one confirmed case of […]

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Christopher Tufton

Jamaica Turns to Cuban Nurses to Help Cope with Coronavirus; Confirmed Cases Increase to 10

By Caribbean360 KINGSTON, Jamaica, Monday, March 16, 2020 â€“ The first batch of 21 specialist nurses from Cuba will arrive in Jamaica on March 24, to boost the capacity of the health system to deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). “We’re trying to get about 100 additional specialist nurses in the system, focusing primarily on high […]