Immigration Application Fees to Rise By 80 Percent
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The Bush administration will announce an increase today in immigration application fees of more than 80 percent, federal officials said yesterday.
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The homeland security secretary said the increase were tied to efforts to stop smuggling and illegal immigration.
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In response to pressure from high-tech businesses and industry groups, Congress this weekend approved an increase in the number of H-1B visas by 20,000 but limited it to specially qualified students.
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Transit fees for ships using Egypt's Suez Canal will increase in 2008 by an average of 7.1 percent, the canal authority said on Sunday.
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1,800 expected to be sent in nation-building exercise as response to 'strong pressure' from Washington
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The US administration is expected to request $80bn extra for military  operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Rail fares are set to rise by 4% on average next year, but some passengers will have to pay up to 7% more.
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Officials said the estimated toll from the disaster now surpassed 80,000 dead, as impatience with the pace of relief efforts rose.
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Investor's Business Daily - Applications rose 2.4% in the week ended Sept. 14, the 3rd straight gain, the Mortgage Bankers Association said. Applications to refinance rose 4.6% as borrowers sought to prevent rate resets from boosting their monthly payments. Home purchase applications rose 0.9%. Fixed 30-year mortgage rates rose 4 basis points to 6.29%. The 1-year adjustable rate rose to 6.39% from 6.34%.
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Business & money: Average interest rates on personal loans have jumped to almost double the advertised rate
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Congress is letting employers hire 20,000 more foreign high-tech workers under a special visa program after businesses reached the annual ceiling on the first day of the government&#39;s fiscal year.
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Illegal immigrants to the United  States cost the federal government over $10 billion a year, but  that figure would increase almost threefold if they were  granted legal status, according to a study released on  Wednesday.
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Facing a huge backlog of visa applications, authorities will allow some immigrants to become permanent residents without F.B.I. background checks, officials said.
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The U.S. House of Representatives on  Thursday voted to increase the federal credit limit by $800  billion to $8.184 trillion, a move that will allow the measure  to be sent to President Bush for signing into law.
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It would cost at least $94 billion to find, detain and remove all 12 million people believed to be staying illegally in the United States, the federal government estimated Wednesday.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday first-time applications for unemployment benefits climbed to a seven-month high last week. Labor said initial jobless claims rose 18,000
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Costs of employer-sponsored health plans are expected to climb an average of 8 percent in 2005, the first time in five years increases have been in single digits.