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IMMIGRATION UPDATES
UAMS Immigration Insider
Special points of interest
Update on Executive Or-
ders
Welcome to our new
team member Margaret
Arkansas Gem Petit
Jean State Park
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Office of Immigration Services April 2017
Inside this issue
Announcements 2
Welcome new team
member 3
Food Festivals 4-5
Birthdays 7
Update on Executive Order on Visas and Travel for Nationals of
Certain Countries
On March 6th President Trump signed a revised Executive Order banning
nationals of six countries (Iran Libya Somalia Sudan Syria and Yemen)
from obtaining US visas or traveling to the US for 90 days This ban was
scheduled to go into effect on March 16th but was blocked by federal
judges on March 15th As of today the executive order is not in effect and
nationals from these 6 countries are eligible to obtain visas and travel to
the US However this matter is still developing and the judge rulings may
be reversed The UAMS Immigration Services office strongly recommends
that anyone who is a citizen of one of the countries affected not travel out
of the US until further notice If you have any questions or concerns
please contact the Immigration Services office at 501-686-8132 or
AskImmigrationuamsedu to schedule an appointment with one of our
staff members
Delays in Visa Processing Abroad
Recently the Immigration Services Office has noticed a delay in pro-
cessing time for some visa applications at US consulates abroad This
delay in processing time has affected both new visa applicants as well as
renewals and has been experienced by both J-1 and H-1B visa holders If
you plan to travel outside of the US in the near future and will need to re-
new your visa stamp while abroad please prepare for a longer processing
time than normal and adjust your travel dates if necessary As a reminder
all H-1B visa holders must request an H-1B Travel Packet at least 2 weeks
prior to travel if a visa renewal is
necessary Also J-1 visa holders
must get a travel signature on
their DS-2019 prior to all travel
Contact our office if you have
travel-related questions
Page 2 UAMS Immigration
IMMIGRATION UPDATES CONTINUED
H-1B Premium Processing Suspension As of April 3 2017 USCIS temporarily suspended premium processing for
all H-1B petitions This suspension may last up to 6 months and affects new
H-1Bs extensions and amendments of H-1B status as well as petitions
that are currently pending If you are on H-1B status and have a question
about how this suspension may affect you please contact the Immigration
Services office For more information on the suspension visit the USCIS
website
Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure
Airports
Homeland Security has determined it is necessary to enhance security pro-
cedures for passengers at certain last point of departure airports to the
United States Please check more details here
Announcements
Reminder for passport renewal
All foreign nationals are required to maintain a valid
passport while in the US We suggest you to begin the renewal process
four or six months before the expiry date Once renewed please send a
scanned copy of your new passport bio page to us at askimmigra-
tionuamsedu so that we may update our files
Reminders for J-1 exchange visitors
DS-2019 form needs signature for travel
Travel without a travel-endorsed DS-2019 might result in some trouble
when you reenter the US therefore please remember to get your DS-
2019 form signed for travel validation before you travel out of the country
Updating contact information We must keep your contact information updated in SEVIS system If your
local living address changes please notify us by submitting the ldquoForeign
National Change of Addressrdquo on our website also send us email
(ASKimmigrationuamsedu) if your phone number or email address
changes
Page 3 UAMS Immigration
Welcome Margaret to our Team Margaret Portlock started her career at UAMS in
1981 working at the Medical College Physician
Group for 7 years Later she was transferred to
the Department of Human Resources where shersquos
been working for the last 28 years and has been
groomed in many areas of the department Mar-
garetrsquos experiences with immigration began when
she worked temporarily in our office from 1996 to
1997 and again in 2013 to 2016 In March of this
year she became a full-time member of our team
She is assisting with visa processing travel pack-
ets employment verification letters foreign national check-in and assisting with other duties
as assigned or required of the Immigration Services Office
Outside of work Margaret has an interest
in her communityneighborhood She is a
youth leaderteacher at her church Girl
Scout Troop Leader member of the UAMS
Mixed Bowling League and volunteers her
time with the Relay for Life Events She
has a beautiful smile that never fades and
doesnrsquot let any obstacles stop her from be-
ing a faithful employee at UAMS
Page 4 UAMS Immigration
Dancers at the International
Greek Food Festival 2016
Spring is festival season Take a trip to different parts of the world without leaving Arkansas by attending one of our many food and cultural fes-tivals Below are a few of the upcoming festivals in Little Rock and nearby Arkansas cities Jewish Food and Cultural Festival April 30 2017 War Memorial Stadium Little Rock Arkansas Again this year the Jewish Food Festival will include traditional Jewish foods such as old fashioned corned beef sandwiches lox bagels and cream cheese kosher hot dogs rugelach and many more wonderful Jew-ish delicacies Want a traditional Israeli meal of kabobs falafel and Israeli salad Then the Jewish Food Festival is the place to be Magnolia Blossom Festival amp World Championship Steak Cook-Off May 19-20 2017 Magnolia Arkansas 28th Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and 26th Annual World Champion-ship Steak Cook-Off This will also be the 65th Anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show This yearrsquos festival is sure to be grand as there are several new events being planned along with some fantastic music acts International Greek Food Festival May 19 2017- May 21 2017 Little Rock Arkansas This year the Festival is featuring the scrumptious medley of Greek and Mediterranean menu favorites including BAKLAVA gyros calamari pastit-so sourota Greek pizza Armenian pizza soutzoukakia (Greek meatballs) and much more All of this mouthwatering cuisine can be enjoyed at the Festival or picked up at the drive thru Africa Day Fest May 27 2017 11am-5pm Bernice Gardens Little Rock AR The festival will feature music dance drumming food vendors amp booths on African cultures as well as a kids zone with childrens activities Dont miss this opportunity to discover African cultures right here in Arkansas
61st Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival June 9-10 2017 Warren Arkansas The oldest continuous running festival in Arkansas During the Pink Toma-to Festival theres dancing in the streets - literally All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato
Upcoming Food and Cultural Festivals
Page 5 UAMS Immigration
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
Page 2 UAMS Immigration
IMMIGRATION UPDATES CONTINUED
H-1B Premium Processing Suspension As of April 3 2017 USCIS temporarily suspended premium processing for
all H-1B petitions This suspension may last up to 6 months and affects new
H-1Bs extensions and amendments of H-1B status as well as petitions
that are currently pending If you are on H-1B status and have a question
about how this suspension may affect you please contact the Immigration
Services office For more information on the suspension visit the USCIS
website
Aviation Security Enhancements for Select Last Point of Departure
Airports
Homeland Security has determined it is necessary to enhance security pro-
cedures for passengers at certain last point of departure airports to the
United States Please check more details here
Announcements
Reminder for passport renewal
All foreign nationals are required to maintain a valid
passport while in the US We suggest you to begin the renewal process
four or six months before the expiry date Once renewed please send a
scanned copy of your new passport bio page to us at askimmigra-
tionuamsedu so that we may update our files
Reminders for J-1 exchange visitors
DS-2019 form needs signature for travel
Travel without a travel-endorsed DS-2019 might result in some trouble
when you reenter the US therefore please remember to get your DS-
2019 form signed for travel validation before you travel out of the country
Updating contact information We must keep your contact information updated in SEVIS system If your
local living address changes please notify us by submitting the ldquoForeign
National Change of Addressrdquo on our website also send us email
(ASKimmigrationuamsedu) if your phone number or email address
changes
Page 3 UAMS Immigration
Welcome Margaret to our Team Margaret Portlock started her career at UAMS in
1981 working at the Medical College Physician
Group for 7 years Later she was transferred to
the Department of Human Resources where shersquos
been working for the last 28 years and has been
groomed in many areas of the department Mar-
garetrsquos experiences with immigration began when
she worked temporarily in our office from 1996 to
1997 and again in 2013 to 2016 In March of this
year she became a full-time member of our team
She is assisting with visa processing travel pack-
ets employment verification letters foreign national check-in and assisting with other duties
as assigned or required of the Immigration Services Office
Outside of work Margaret has an interest
in her communityneighborhood She is a
youth leaderteacher at her church Girl
Scout Troop Leader member of the UAMS
Mixed Bowling League and volunteers her
time with the Relay for Life Events She
has a beautiful smile that never fades and
doesnrsquot let any obstacles stop her from be-
ing a faithful employee at UAMS
Page 4 UAMS Immigration
Dancers at the International
Greek Food Festival 2016
Spring is festival season Take a trip to different parts of the world without leaving Arkansas by attending one of our many food and cultural fes-tivals Below are a few of the upcoming festivals in Little Rock and nearby Arkansas cities Jewish Food and Cultural Festival April 30 2017 War Memorial Stadium Little Rock Arkansas Again this year the Jewish Food Festival will include traditional Jewish foods such as old fashioned corned beef sandwiches lox bagels and cream cheese kosher hot dogs rugelach and many more wonderful Jew-ish delicacies Want a traditional Israeli meal of kabobs falafel and Israeli salad Then the Jewish Food Festival is the place to be Magnolia Blossom Festival amp World Championship Steak Cook-Off May 19-20 2017 Magnolia Arkansas 28th Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and 26th Annual World Champion-ship Steak Cook-Off This will also be the 65th Anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show This yearrsquos festival is sure to be grand as there are several new events being planned along with some fantastic music acts International Greek Food Festival May 19 2017- May 21 2017 Little Rock Arkansas This year the Festival is featuring the scrumptious medley of Greek and Mediterranean menu favorites including BAKLAVA gyros calamari pastit-so sourota Greek pizza Armenian pizza soutzoukakia (Greek meatballs) and much more All of this mouthwatering cuisine can be enjoyed at the Festival or picked up at the drive thru Africa Day Fest May 27 2017 11am-5pm Bernice Gardens Little Rock AR The festival will feature music dance drumming food vendors amp booths on African cultures as well as a kids zone with childrens activities Dont miss this opportunity to discover African cultures right here in Arkansas
61st Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival June 9-10 2017 Warren Arkansas The oldest continuous running festival in Arkansas During the Pink Toma-to Festival theres dancing in the streets - literally All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato
Upcoming Food and Cultural Festivals
Page 5 UAMS Immigration
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
Page 3 UAMS Immigration
Welcome Margaret to our Team Margaret Portlock started her career at UAMS in
1981 working at the Medical College Physician
Group for 7 years Later she was transferred to
the Department of Human Resources where shersquos
been working for the last 28 years and has been
groomed in many areas of the department Mar-
garetrsquos experiences with immigration began when
she worked temporarily in our office from 1996 to
1997 and again in 2013 to 2016 In March of this
year she became a full-time member of our team
She is assisting with visa processing travel pack-
ets employment verification letters foreign national check-in and assisting with other duties
as assigned or required of the Immigration Services Office
Outside of work Margaret has an interest
in her communityneighborhood She is a
youth leaderteacher at her church Girl
Scout Troop Leader member of the UAMS
Mixed Bowling League and volunteers her
time with the Relay for Life Events She
has a beautiful smile that never fades and
doesnrsquot let any obstacles stop her from be-
ing a faithful employee at UAMS
Page 4 UAMS Immigration
Dancers at the International
Greek Food Festival 2016
Spring is festival season Take a trip to different parts of the world without leaving Arkansas by attending one of our many food and cultural fes-tivals Below are a few of the upcoming festivals in Little Rock and nearby Arkansas cities Jewish Food and Cultural Festival April 30 2017 War Memorial Stadium Little Rock Arkansas Again this year the Jewish Food Festival will include traditional Jewish foods such as old fashioned corned beef sandwiches lox bagels and cream cheese kosher hot dogs rugelach and many more wonderful Jew-ish delicacies Want a traditional Israeli meal of kabobs falafel and Israeli salad Then the Jewish Food Festival is the place to be Magnolia Blossom Festival amp World Championship Steak Cook-Off May 19-20 2017 Magnolia Arkansas 28th Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and 26th Annual World Champion-ship Steak Cook-Off This will also be the 65th Anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show This yearrsquos festival is sure to be grand as there are several new events being planned along with some fantastic music acts International Greek Food Festival May 19 2017- May 21 2017 Little Rock Arkansas This year the Festival is featuring the scrumptious medley of Greek and Mediterranean menu favorites including BAKLAVA gyros calamari pastit-so sourota Greek pizza Armenian pizza soutzoukakia (Greek meatballs) and much more All of this mouthwatering cuisine can be enjoyed at the Festival or picked up at the drive thru Africa Day Fest May 27 2017 11am-5pm Bernice Gardens Little Rock AR The festival will feature music dance drumming food vendors amp booths on African cultures as well as a kids zone with childrens activities Dont miss this opportunity to discover African cultures right here in Arkansas
61st Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival June 9-10 2017 Warren Arkansas The oldest continuous running festival in Arkansas During the Pink Toma-to Festival theres dancing in the streets - literally All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato
Upcoming Food and Cultural Festivals
Page 5 UAMS Immigration
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
Page 4 UAMS Immigration
Dancers at the International
Greek Food Festival 2016
Spring is festival season Take a trip to different parts of the world without leaving Arkansas by attending one of our many food and cultural fes-tivals Below are a few of the upcoming festivals in Little Rock and nearby Arkansas cities Jewish Food and Cultural Festival April 30 2017 War Memorial Stadium Little Rock Arkansas Again this year the Jewish Food Festival will include traditional Jewish foods such as old fashioned corned beef sandwiches lox bagels and cream cheese kosher hot dogs rugelach and many more wonderful Jew-ish delicacies Want a traditional Israeli meal of kabobs falafel and Israeli salad Then the Jewish Food Festival is the place to be Magnolia Blossom Festival amp World Championship Steak Cook-Off May 19-20 2017 Magnolia Arkansas 28th Annual Magnolia Blossom Festival and 26th Annual World Champion-ship Steak Cook-Off This will also be the 65th Anniversary of the Sidewalk Art Show This yearrsquos festival is sure to be grand as there are several new events being planned along with some fantastic music acts International Greek Food Festival May 19 2017- May 21 2017 Little Rock Arkansas This year the Festival is featuring the scrumptious medley of Greek and Mediterranean menu favorites including BAKLAVA gyros calamari pastit-so sourota Greek pizza Armenian pizza soutzoukakia (Greek meatballs) and much more All of this mouthwatering cuisine can be enjoyed at the Festival or picked up at the drive thru Africa Day Fest May 27 2017 11am-5pm Bernice Gardens Little Rock AR The festival will feature music dance drumming food vendors amp booths on African cultures as well as a kids zone with childrens activities Dont miss this opportunity to discover African cultures right here in Arkansas
61st Annual Bradley County Pink Tomato Festival June 9-10 2017 Warren Arkansas The oldest continuous running festival in Arkansas During the Pink Toma-to Festival theres dancing in the streets - literally All in celebration of that symbol of Bradley County - the tomato
Upcoming Food and Cultural Festivals
Page 5 UAMS Immigration
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
Page 5 UAMS Immigration
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
Page 6 UAMS Immigration
Petit Jean State Park is an Arkansas icon a state natural and historic treasure that has welcomed travelers over the decades The natural beau-ty and ancient geology of legendary Petit Jean Mountain inspired the crea-tion of Arkansass first state park and with it our state park system The park mirrors the mountains rugged beauty with its rustic-style native log and stone facilities con-structed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) beginning in 1933
Within the park are three National Historic Dis-tricts containing more than 80 structures trails and bridges Each of these remarkable works connects you to the craftsmanship and conservation legacy of the CCC the close to his heart Tree Army of Franklin D Roosevelts New Deal
The focal point of this Adiron-dack-style park architecture is historic Mather Lodge the parks mountain lodge on the bluff of rugged scenic Cedar Creek Canyon Nearby are the park cabins campsites picnic sites swimming pool Lake Bailey boathouse and other facilities and re-sources Learn more about this state treasure at the Petit Jean State Park website
Arkansas Gem Petit Jean State Park
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
May Anita Bucur
Aziez Ahmed Brian Walker Chunqiao Luo
Diana Escalona-Vargas Eva Diaz Fuentes
Habibullah Abdullah Han-Ni Wang
Jun Gao Karthika Veerapaneni
Kshitij Chatterjee Maohua Cao
Marwan Moussa Nadir El-Sharawi
Pankaj Patyal Preecha Patumcharoenpol
Ramakrishna Thotakura Rohan Samant
Samjhana Shakya Shouye Liu
Soma Shekar Dachavaram Sridhar Enuganti
Suman Siddamreddy Suneetha Sampath
Supriya Kairamkonda Towino Paramby
June Alamelu Palaniappan Alberto Allegre Alonso
Anita Akbar Ali Bernice Nounamo Carolina Schinke
Chitharanjan Duvoor Di Chang
Emre Ermisoglu Giridharan Jaya Shankar
James Sorensen Jiang Fang
Jonathan Mhlanga Malik Dawoud
Mohamed Ayan Naga Venkata Pothineni
Narendra Gutta Pavitra Murali Raga Palagiri
Raja Lakshmanan Samrat Roy Choudhury
Shahanawaz Jiwani Shiqiao Ye
Sohaib Rana Suping Zhang Xiaocong LI
Yesenia Mejia Chavelo Zhongpeng Lu
July Ajay Kumar Alok Surana Amit Ketkar
Anil Kopparapu Anthonya Cooper
Aura Maria Ramirez Angel Christopher Wardell
Devendra Patel Divyan Chopra
Elise Gaudreau-Lavoie Faysal Fedda
Intawat Nookaew Jaideep Bharate
Kazuya Fujii Letycia Nunez Argote Mahanazuddin Syed
Mallikarjuna Rao Rettiganti Mao Zhang
Meenakshisundaram Bal-asubramaniam
Mohammed Eid Madmani Muthukumar Radhakrishnan
Naresh Gunaganti Parisa Khalili Boroojeni
Pooja Gurram Pradeep Kumbham
Raja Pola Ryan Campbell
Sadiq Shaik
Sai Kiran Raghavapuram Sajid Khan
Sandra Susanibar Adaniya Shashank Kraleti
Shilpi Yadav Shobanbabu Bommagani
Syed Ali Umesh Wankhade
Venkata Uppala Zufeng Ding
Page 7 UAMS Immigration
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8
4301 W Markham Street
Slot 564
Central Building 4th Floor Wing D
Room 4D08
Little Rock AR 72205
Phone 501-686-8132
Fax 501-603-1318
E-mail askimmigrationuamsedu
hruamseduimmigration
UAMS Immigration
Services
UAMS Immigration
Upcoming Holidays
Sunday May 14 2017
Motherrsquos Day
Monday May 29 2017
Memorial Day (UAMS Holiday)
Sunday June 18 2017
Fatherrsquos Day
Tuesday July 4 2017
Independence Day (UAMS Holiday)
Happenings Around Town
Main Street Food Truck Fridays
Every Friday 500 Capitol Ave Little Rock
Each Friday from 1045 am until 130 pm at least four of the cityrsquos
amazing food trucks park at Main Street and Capitol Avenue on the
plaza dishing up lunch and dessert This year there are several new
trucks along with all of the yummy favorites
34th Annual Pops on the River at River Market
Tuesday July 4 2017 Downtown Little Rock
Be part of a central Arkansas tradition which includes free childrens
activities a classic car show a shopping marketplace food trucks and
lots of entertainment For info (501) 378-3807 FREE
Page 8