US Immigration

Resources for New Immigrants If you are a new immigrant, you may feel nervous, excited, and even overwhelmed by the US immigration process. Luckily, there are many excellent resources that can help you adapt to your new country and navigate the immigration process easily: The USCIS guide for new immigrants (http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a5479ddf801b3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=a5479ddf801b3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD). Whether you want to […]

US travel with a child can be challenging in many ways; you may need to arrange for additional fare and arrange to keep your child occupied and happy on a long trip. You will also generally have to arrange for a US passport for your child and ensure that your child has authorization to leave

If you have a green card or permanent resident status in the US, you will want to hold onto that status. Your conditional resident green card or permanent green card is an important asset that lets you live and work in the US. While a permanent green card is permanent, you can lose your status

Every year, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and foreign nationals in the US are removable or inadmissible under the law and their arrest, detention, and removal is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The DHS also maintains records about these enforcement actions and each year publishes statistics about the removals and arrests. For

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) all have their unique roles in the US immigration process. The USCIS is responsible for accepting and processing immigration forms and petitions as well as for handling the administrative side of the US immigration process. ICE

Immigration services scams are a major problem for immigrants and for US immigration authorities. These US fraud scams target immigrants and many newcomers are scammed into giving up money for useless services or are scammed into becoming targets of identity theft. Now, the USCIS and other US immigration authorities are getting serious about all scams

Employment of non-US workers in the US is closely monitored and is restricted to only those employees who have authorization to work in the US. These rules and regulations exist in order to protect both US jobs and US workers (both US workers and non-US workers). Strict rules ensure that US jobs are available for

Studies on US Immigration have recently been publishing, giving some new insights into lives of immigrants in the US. Researcher Jacob L. Vigdor from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, for example, has been researching immigration in the US through 2009. He concludes that immigrants to the US in 2008 and 2009 were more likely

Originally, in the 1700s and the early 1800s, it was relatively easy to come to America. Any immigrant who had enough money to come to America could generally do so with relatively few restrictions. After the Civil War, however, many states began to restrict US immigration and by 1875, the Supreme Court determined that US

The US immigration process may seem complicated, filled with long forms, waiting times, and complex sets of instructions. The good news is that immigrants do not need to go through the process alone. The USCIS (U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and other organizations have a number of very useful resources that every new immigrant should

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal agency tasked with ensuring that both immigrants and US residents remain safe while borders to and from the US are kept secured. The ICE keeps immigrants safe in a number of ways: 1) By removing illegal aliens from the US. ICE enforcement activities include removing fugitives,