Any individual, including non-immigrants, Green Card holders and US citizens, can file FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests with the USCIS and request copies of their USCIS records. To obtain immigration records from USCIS, customers must file Form G-639, Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act Request. They can file this form to request access to information under the […]
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Foreign nationals who receive their immigrant visas will need to pay a fee to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) called the USCIS immigrant fee must be paid online through the USCIS ELIS (Electronic Immigration System). Immigrant visa recipients need to remember that they can get their green cards only after they pay this fee to
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The US Department of State has released the visa bulletin for the month of October. October 2013 visa bulletin is the first bulletin for the fiscal year 2014. F2A family preference category that is current will have a cutoff date starting 1st October 2013. This category, that is meant for the immediate relatives such as
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A new telephone scam is now targeting USCIS customers. A new technique called “Caller ID spoofing” is being used by the scammers to display inaccurate information in the recipient’s caller ID. The callers pose as USCIS immigration officials and request the recipient’s personal information, including their Alien Registration numbers, Social Security numbers, and their passport
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US citizens living in America can bring their fiancé(e)s who are citizens of foreign countries to the United States and get married to them here. To do so, they need to petition for K-1 fiancé(e) visas by filing Form I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiancé(e), with the USCIS. This form must be filed by US citizens
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The Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Program for Iraqi Nationals was created by Section 1244 of Public Law 110-181, in 2008. This benefits Iraqi nationals who have been employed by the government of the United States in Iraq, between 20th March, 2003, and the present. Authorization for the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program for nationals of
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US citizens and Green Card holders can sponsor their spouses and children for lawful status in America. Spouses and children of US citizens belong to the immediate relatives category and the spouses and children of permanent residents belong to the family preference category. People who belong to the immediate relatives category need not wait for
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Citizens of foreign countries can obtain US citizenship. In order to become US citizens, they need to become permanent residents or Green Card holders. A Green Card will not make a person a US citizen. Permanent resident status and US citizenship are both different. Many wrongly believe that having a Green Card is the same as being
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The deputy press secretary of USCIS, Marie Thérèse Sebrechts, clarified that the individuals who have been granted CW or some other non-immigrant status, cannot apply for parole. CW refers to “Commonwealth-only worker” status and this status will expire on 31st December 2014. There is a lot of confusion about parole in the community and this
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Many believe that immigration reform will grant the country’s undocumented immigrants amnesty. People also believe that immigration reform would only benefit the undocumented immigrants and not the Americans. But immigration reform would benefit the Americans and the unauthorized residents. It would also boost the country’s economy. Similarly, immigration reform would not grant anyone amnesty. It
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