1.   At the same time, American consular officials in Tokyo, Taipei, Guangzhou, Seoul and Hong Kong raised questions about dozens of visa petitions.

2.   The immigration service, the lawmakers said, knew all along what the investors were doing and never raised an eyebrow when the government approved the visa petitions.

3.   To be eligible, illegal immigrants must have a sponsor file a visa petition or an employer file a labor certification on their behalf.

4.   In Chicago, Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and community groups plan to hold a workshop Monday to assist immigrants with visa petitions.

5.   The ruling came after a Spaniard contested an Interior Ministry rejection of a residency visa petition from his Colombian boyfriend.