The Trump administration plans to vastly increase the number of immigrants who would be required to submit biometrics data with their immigrant visa applications, while also allowing the government to collect additional personal information, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)… View Article
IMPORTANT UPDATE —August 25, 2020: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that the agency would avert its plans to furlough about 13,400 employees come Aug. 30 and that it would continue operating through the end of fiscal year 2020…. View Article
Starting over in a new city, let alone in a new country, can be daunting. The good news? There are plenty of online tools and apps to help ease the transition for recent immigrants to the United States.Below are some… View Article
Every year, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) Ombudsman submits an annual report on U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to the United States Congress.An ombudsman is an official that plays an important role in U.S. federal… View Article
The U.S. Department of State released its latest Visa Bulletin. That’s a big deal if you’re waiting for your priority date to be current so that your green card application can move forward.
This article was provided by MyPassportPhotos, a company that helps green card applicants take their own photos online.The photo is an important part of your green card application, and the U.S. government has a long list of photo requirements. Read… View Article
We have good news and we have bad news.The good news is, over 110,000 people are apparently on track to complete the Oath of Allegiance and become U.S. citizens by the end of July. They had all successfully completed every… View Article
The U.S. Department of State released its latest Visa Bulletin. That’s a big deal if you’re waiting for your priority date to be current so that your green card application can move forward.
IMPORTANT UPDATE — July 31, 2020: Effective Oct. 2, 2020, government filing fees will increase for marriage-based green card applications filed from within the United States, as well as for naturalization applications. Total fees for green card applications filed from… View Article
These days, it seems like the federal government is announcing new immigration policies all the time. Yet often it’s difficult to tell the difference between what’s a real change and what’s still just in the planning stages.That distinction — between… View Article
