Though we are a few days behind in getting this newsletter out, we hope you will agree that it was worth the wait. With 42 articles, this is one of our largest issues ever!

The past several weeks have demonstrated how serious world events can have an immediate effect on the US immigration system. The tragic bomb blasts at the US Embassies in Tanzania and Kenya not only brought visa processing at those two

consular posts, but also at a number of other US embassies and consulates around the world. In this issue, we provide the latest news on this matter.

As the elections in November approach, Congress is rushing to complete work on a number of bills including several dealing with important immigration matters - the H-1B freeze, reviving Section 245i, a new agricultural guestworker program, a new nurse visa program, to name a few. Many matters have been put on temporary hold for the next few weeks while both Houses of Congress are adjourned. We report on where matters were left before the legislators left Washington.

We finally have news to report on the long stalled nurse regulations that have caused enormous problems for nurses waiting to complete immigrant visa processing. While details remain sketchy, we do know that the regulations will be out very soon.

In other news, we report on upcoming INS fee hikes, a reversal of the USIA's policy on home residency waivers and dual citizenship, news on the denaturalization class action suit as well as our regular features including Immigration and the Internet, Visa Spotlight, Border News, Consular Focus and Government Processing Times.

As always, we remind readers that this publication is put out by Siskind, Susser, Haas & Devine, an immigration law firm, and we are available for telephone consultations to answer immigration questions and discuss our representing individuals and employers in immigration matters. If interested, please go to http://www.visalaw.com/intake.html.