Latest US Immigration Posts

The purpose of the deferred action program that was implemented by President Obama, is to confer lawful status upon the undocumented youth who entered into America as children and who are currently in schools or who served in the US military. Such young undocumented immigrants, who receive deferred action status will be allowed to study, [...]

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is still accepting H-1B nonimmigrant applications which fall under the numerical cap for fiscal year 2013. These applications were first accepted on April 2, 2012, and in many cases there is a flood of petitions once the immigration applications are accepted, since only so many [...]

Countries lobby in fight for visas. Certain foreign countries are planning to win provisions in the immigration reform bill, that would benefit the citizens of their countries, that are not available to the citizens of other foreign countries. Irish and the South Korean government and the government of Poland are putting direct appeals to the [...]

During its third work session, the Senate Judiciary Committee debated on 26 amendments and adopted 16 amendments. Most of the amendments that were considered by the Judiciary Committee dealt with employment and more than half of those amendments were from the Republicans. The Senate Committee has met thrice and it has considered 99 amendments so [...]

Foreign nationals who invest in the United States will be granted Green Cards, in return for their investment. However, they need to file several applications, undergo criminal background checks and submit several other supporting documents, to become lawful residents. EB-5 visa program is a program of the USCIS, that grants lawful status to eligible foreign [...]

BCIS, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Service was earlier working under the US Department of Homeland Security and was providing services that were once provided by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Later, BCIS was reformed and it is now known as USCIS. A non-resident can apply for a US Green Card through the USCIS, [...]

After receiving deferred action status, an undocumented immigrant in the United States can remain in the country and work there for US employers legally. Similarly, certain American states have announced that they can also obtain driver’s licenses. The next question that comes to the minds of undocumented immigrants who receive deferred action status is, Can I legally [...]

DREAM Act is nothing but the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act and this act if signed into law would help the undocumented immigrants to become lawful residents and finally citizens of the United States. In order to qualify, undocumented immigrants will have to prove that they were not above age 16 when [...]

While traveling to the United States as a visitor, it is advisable to buy visitor medical insurance prior to traveling to the country as the health care costs in the United States are very high and at times, uninsured visitors may be refused service. Even if you are healthy and if you do not have [...]

Losing travel documents and passports can be a stressful situation and if you lose your US passport while in America, you must immediately report the loss of your passport to the US Department of State and prevent your passport from being misused. Followed by that, you will have to start the process of applying for [...]

The comprehensive immigration reform bill crafted by the 8 bipartisan senators was unveiled in April. 301 amendments to the Senate bill were filed and more than half of those amendments were from the Republicans. The Senate panel cast the first congressional votes on the amendments on Thursday and the Senate Judiciary Committee met and debated [...]

The long-awaited Senate immigration reform bill, “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013″, that was unveiled on Wednesday is likely to change various aspects of the country’s immigration laws. Key provisions of the bill are border security, path to US citizenship and immigration overhaul. You can read the full 844 page immigration [...]

Obtaining US citizenship could be one of the toughest things as the applicants will have to file several forms and take few tests to obtain citizenship status. Likewise, becoming citizens of the United States is a lifelong dream for many but they fail to apply for citizenship though they are eligible as they do not [...]

By taking the naturalization self test, you will be able to test your knowledge of the US history, laws and the government. Naturalization test is an important part of the US citizenship process and only if you get through this test, you will be granted US citizenship. The civics test is an oral test and [...]

USCIS and the US Department of State, are working together to bring about an adoption process that would help the adoptive parents and children. The adoption process between America and Russia will be improved and this process will come into force in November. According to this new agreement, US parents who look forward to adopt [...]

In recent months, there has been increasing support for immigration reform for children of undocumented immigrants. Recently, President Obama created a new policy which ensures that qualified young children of undocumented immigrants will be safe from deportation and can even apply for legal work authorization. However, some legislators oppose policies which would offer status for [...]

To obtain an immigration benefit, you will have to file the particular USCIS form that best suits your need. But you need to concentrate on few things prior to filing the form and you need to do a lot of home work. USCIS forms can be downloaded from the USCIS website and almost all the [...]

To make the form filing process easier, USCIS allows the customers to e-file some immigration forms. Though all the USCIS forms can be downloaded from the website, only few forms can be filed electronically. Hence, it is mandatory to know about the USCIS forms that can be filed online and the following USCIS forms can [...]

Cuban government has announced that the citizens of Cuba may not be required to obtain exit visas to travel abroad. According to the current law, Cuban nationals must obtain passports and visas to travel to a foreign country and along with that, they must also obtain exit permits from the Cuban immigration service. They may [...]

Many cities in the US are becoming more diverse as the Latino population grows. As a result, many experts claim, many areas that have been bastions for the Republican party are now mostly Democratic. This is very noticeable in areas such as Orange County, Santa Ana, and other parts of California. While Republicans have traditionally [...]

Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, is the immigrant petition that must be filed by a US citizen who seeks to help his family member to immigrate to America. Some wrongly believe that they would be granted Green Cards as soon as this petition is approved but the approval of this immigrant petition is just the [...]

A joint US Department of State and USCIS team, visited Taiwan, to discuss about the Pre-Adoption Immigration Review process (PAIR Process), with the Taiwan authorities. Before the US citizen parents could adopt a child, complete information about the child will be provided to the Taiwan courts, through this process. After reviewing the information that is [...]

US citizens alone are eligible for US passports. Native American citizens and foreign nationals who obtained US citizenship through the naturalization process, must apply for and obtain US passports to travel abroad. They need not renew any documents that are granted to them as a proof of US citizenship but they need to renew their [...]

There are many ways to get proof of US citizenship if you are a US citizen. For example, if you have gone through the naturalization process you will typically be provided with a naturalization certificate, which you can use to prove your citizenship. If you were born abroad to US citizen parents or were born [...]

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are the STEM disciplines. Many foreign students study in the United States and obtain advanced degrees in the so called STEM fields and most of these graduates are highly skilled and the United States is in short of such skills. Hence, these graduates must not be sent back to their [...]

To enter into the United States, foreign nationals must obtain immigrant or non-immigrant visas, based on the purpose of their travel and immigrant visas are meant for the people who wish to permanently live in the United States. Foreign nationals can also obtain non-immigrant US visas and travel to the United States but these temporary [...]

The USCIS field office in Panama City will permanently be closed and the countries, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Venezuela and Suriname, that were in the jurisdiction of the Panama City Field Office, will be in the jurisdiction of the Field offices in San Salvador, El Salvador, Lima or Peru. After 1st February, 2012, [...]

Foreign nationals who now apply for immigrant visas will have to pay the USCIS immigrant fees. USCIS and the DOS worked jointly and implemented this new fees and the immigrant visa applicants must pay the immigrant fees to the USCIS apart from paying the visa processing fees to the DOS. After they receive their visa [...]